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 .
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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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
1 2 3 4 Total Zips 0 10 0 7 17 Badgers 14 3 14 7 38
1 2 3 4 Total Thundering Herd 7 7 0 0 14 Badgers 0 17 21 13 51
1 2 3 4 Total Badgers 7 3 3 0 13 Bulldogs 0 0 10 0 10
1 2 3 4 Total Badgers 6 13 0 6 25 Wolverines 0 0 7 20 27
1 2 3 4 Total Buckeyes 7 0 3 10 20 Badgers 0 10 0 7 17
1 2 3 4 Total Nittany Lions 3 21 17 7 48 Badgers 0 7 0 0 7
1 2 3 4 Total Badgers 0 3 6 7 16 Hawkeyes 7 7 14 10 38
1 2 3 4 Total Fighting Illini 0 10 7 0 17 Badgers 3 7 7 10 27
1 2 3 4 Total Badgers 7 3 7 7 24 • Spartans 0 6 7 12 25
1 2 3 4 Total Badgers 14 10 17 14 55 Hoosiers 13 7 0 0 20
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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1 2 3 4 OT Total Mustangs 7 13 3 6 6 35 Badgers 0 14 7 8 7 36
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
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
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 [ edit ] [ 5]
^ 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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