2008 Wisconsin Badgers football team American college football season
The 2008 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Badgers were coached by Bret Bielema and played their home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin .
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 30 11:00 a.m. Akron * No. 13 BTN W 38–1780,910 September 6 11:00 a.m. Marshall * No. 11 Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI BTN W 51–1480,396 September 13 9:30 p.m. at No. 21 Fresno State * No. 10 ESPN2 W 13–1042,387 September 27 2:30 p.m. at Michigan No. 9 ABC/ESPN L 25–27109,833 October 4 7:00 p.m.[ 1] No. 12 Ohio State No. 18 Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI ABC[ 1] L 17–2081,608 October 11 7:00 p.m.[ 1] No. 6 Penn State Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI ESPN[ 1] L 7–4881,524 October 18 11:00 a.m. at Iowa BTN L 16–3870,585 October 25 11:00 a.m. Illinois Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI ESPN2 W 27–1781,241 November 1 11:00 a.m. at No. 22 Michigan State ESPN L 24–2575,121 November 8 11:00 a.m. at Indiana BTN W 55–2030,618 November 15 2:30 p.m. Minnesota Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (rivalry ) ABC W 35–3281,228 November 22 2:30 p.m. No. 3 (FCS ) Cal Poly * Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI BTN W 36–35 OT 80,709 December 27 3:30 p.m. vs. Florida State * ESPN L 13–4252,692 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
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Rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final AP 13 11 10 8 9 18 Coaches 12 11 10 8 8 17 24 Harris Not released 16 Not released BCS Not released Not released
Game summaries
Akron
1
2
3
4
Total
Zips
0
10
0
7
17
Badgers
14
3
14
7
38
Marshall
1
2
3
4
Total
Thundering Herd
7
7
0
0
14
Badgers
0
17
21
13
51
Fresno State
1
2
3
4
Total
Badgers
7
3
3
0
13
Bulldogs
0
0
10
0
10
Michigan
1
2
3
4
Total
Badgers
6
13
0
6
25
Wolverines
0
0
7
20
27
Ohio State
1
2
3
4
Total
Buckeyes
7
0
3
10
20
Badgers
0
10
0
7
17
Penn State
1
2
3
4
Total
Nittany Lions
3
21
17
7
48
Badgers
0
7
0
0
7
Iowa
1
2
3
4
Total
Badgers
0
3
6
7
16
Hawkeyes
7
7
14
10
38
Illinois
1
2
3
4
Total
Fighting Illini
0
10
7
0
17
Badgers
3
7
7
10
27
Michigan State
1
2 3 4 Total
Badgers
7
3 7 7
24
• Spartans
0
6 7 12
25
Indiana
1
2
3
4
Total
Badgers
14
10
17
14
55
Hoosiers
13
7
0
0
20
Minnesota
1
2 3 4 Total
Golden Gophers
0
21 3 8
32
• Badgers
7
0 10 18
35
Scoring summary 1 12:38 WIS Garrett Graham 2-yard pass from Dustin Sherer (Philip Welch kick)Wisconsin 7-0 2 13:30 MINN Brandon Green 4-yard pass from Adam Weber (Joel Monroe kick) Tie 7-7 2 11:14 MINN Brodrick Smith 43-yard pass from Adam Weber (Joel Monroe kick) Minnesota 14-7 2 8:17 MINN Adam Weber 6-yard run (Joel Monroe kick) Minnesota 21-7 3 10:14 WIS Philip Welch 47-yard field goal Minnesota 21-10 3 4:17 WIS P.J. Hill 1-yard run (Philip Welch kick)Minnesota 21-17 3 1:37 MINN Joel Monroe 30-yard field goal Minnesota 24-17 4 13:25 WIS P.J. Hill 1-yard run (Philip Welch kick) Tie 24-24 4 13:16 WIS Safety, ball fumbled out of end zone Wisconsin 26-24 4 10:47 WIS Safety, Adam Weber tackled by Mike Newkirk in end zone Wisconsin 28-24 4 6:59 WIS John Clay 5-yard run (Philip Welch kick)Wisconsin 35-24 4 4:15 MINN Shady Salamon 13-yard pass from Adam Weber (Shady Salamon run) Wisconsin 35-32
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Cal Poly
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
Mustangs
7
13
3
6 6
35
Badgers
0
14
7
8 7
36
Personnel
Roster
Coaching staff
Regular starters
Statistics
Offense
Passing
Name
GP-GS
Year
Att-Cmp-Int
Pct
Yds
TD
Avg/G
Allan Evridge 6-6
Sr (R)
132-71-5
53.8%
949
5
126.3
Dustin Sherer
11-7
Jr (R)
191-104-5
54.5%
1389
6
158.2
Scott Tolzien 3-0
So (R)
5-8-1
62.5%
107
0
35.7
Total 13-13
N/A
333-180-11
54.1%
2445
11
188.2
Opponents 13-13
N/A
404-212-12
52.5%
2545
15
195.8
Rushing
Name
Att
Yards
Avg
Long
TD
P.J. Hill 226
1161
5.1
13
John Clay 155
844
5.7
46
9
Zach Brown
55
305
5.5
23
3
David Gilreath
25
285
11.4
90 (TD)
2
Bill Rentmeester 11
50
4.5
9
0
Isaac Anderson
3
21
7.0
19
0
Dustin Sherer
49
19
0.4
30
1
Bradie Ewing 4
14
3.5
8
1
Scott Tolzien
4
13
3.3
8
1
Chris Pressley 3
6
2.0
3
0
Allan Evridge
23
4
0.2
19
1
Total 567
2,745
4.8
90
31
Opponents 450
1,733
3.8
23
Receiving
Name
GP
No.
Yds
Avg
TD
Long
Avg/G
Garrett Graham 11
40
540
13.5
5
49.1
David Gilreath 13
31
520
16.7
3
40.0
Isaac Anderson
13
21
286
13.6
0
22.0
Travis Beckum 6
23
264
11.4
0
44.0
Nick Toon 12
17
257
15.1
1
21.4
Kyle Jefferson
11
14
189
13.5
0
17.2
Lance Kendricks 7
6
141
23.5
0
20.1
P.J. Hill
13
7
72
10.3
0
5.5
Maurice Moore
6
5
61
12.2
0
10.2
Zach Brown
12
8
47
5.9
0
3.9
Mickey Turner
13
4
46
11.5
0
3.5
Elijah Theus
5
2
17
8.5
1
3.4
Team players selected in the 2009 NFL Draft
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References
^ a b c d "Big Ten Announces Five Prime-Time Football Games to Appear on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 During 2008 Season" . Big Ten Conference . April 16, 2008. Archived from the original on April 20, 2008. Retrieved April 16, 2008 .^ "Game-by-Game Statistics" . University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on September 9, 2011. Retrieved October 12, 2011 .^ "Two Safeties Highlight Badgers' Comeback Over Rival Gophers" . ESPN the original on November 7, 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2014 .^ "Football Roster" . University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on November 12, 2006. Retrieved August 12, 2008 .^ "2009 NFL Draft Listing | Pro-Football-Reference.com" . Archived from the original on September 19, 2009.
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