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2015 | 2016
Wisconsin Badgers (Big Ten West)
2015 Schedule & Results
| Record: 10-3 | Second-order wins (diff.): 9.0 (-1.0) | S&P+ Rk: 31 | |||||||||
| Date | Opponent | Opp. S&P+ Rk | Score | W-L | Win Expectancy |
Adj. Scoring Margin |
Percentile Performance |
Off. Percentile |
Def. Percentile |
| 5-Sep | vs. Alabama | 1 | 17-35 | L | 0% | -20.6 | 69% | 66% | 13% |
| 12-Sep | Miami-OH | 117 | 58-0 | W | 100% | 42.0 | 88% | 56% | 98% |
| 19-Sep | Troy | 90 | 28-3 | W | 100% | 34.1 | 90% | 95% | 83% |
| 26-Sep | Hawaii | 118 | 28-0 | W | 100% | 26.3 | 88% | 71% | 60% |
| 3-Oct | Iowa | 47 | 6-10 | L | 75% | 5.3 | 91% | 33% | 95% |
| 10-Oct | at Nebraska | 48 | 23-21 | W | 49% | -0.2 | 29% | 44% | 68% |
| 17-Oct | Purdue | 86 | 24-7 | W | 100% | 28.3 | 72% | 45% | 96% |
| 24-Oct | at Illinois | 61 | 24-13 | W | 68% | 3.6 | 32% | 64% | 44% |
| 31-Oct | Rutgers | 105 | 48-10 | W | 100% | 45.8 | 83% | 71% | 94% |
| 7-Nov | at Maryland | 65 | 31-24 | W | 42% | -1.6 | 13% | 13% | 53% |
| 21-Nov | Northwestern | 56 | 7-13 | L | 13% | -8.9 | 11% | 13% | 73% |
| 28-Nov | at Minnesota | 37 | 31-21 | W | 94% | 12.5 | 64% | 60% | 80% |
| 30-Dec | vs. USC | 17 | 23-21 | W | 63% | 2.7 | 44% | 50% | 73% |
| Category | Offense | Rk | Defense | Rk |
| S&P+ | 26.4 | 83 | 16.0 | 8 |
| Points Per Game | 26.8 | 81 | 13.7 | 1 |
Five Factors
| Offense | Defense | |||||
| Category | Avg. | Rk | Avg. | Rk | Nat'l Avg. | |
| EXPLOSIVENESS | IsoPPP | 1.18 | 107 | 1.17 | 23 | 1.27 |
| EFFICIENCY | Success Rate | 41.3% | 72 | 33.4% | 6 | 40.3% |
| FIELD POSITION | Avg. FP | 33.0 | 11 | 27.7 | 26 | 29.9 |
| FINISHING DRIVES | Pts. Per Trip in 40 | 4.14 | 106 | 3.56 | 4 | 4.67 |
| TURNOVER MARGIN | EXPECTED | -0.44 | 73 | Turnover Luck (PPG): +1.32 |
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| ACTUAL | 3 | 46 | ||||
Rushing
| Offense | Defense | ||||
| Avg. | Rk | Avg. | Rk | Nat'l Avg. | |
| Rushing S&P+ | 95.3 | 97 | 120.6 | 13 | 100.0 |
| Rushing Success Rate | 37.6% | 111 | 34.3% | 10 | 42.3% |
| Rushing IsoPPP | 1.02 | 87 | 1.11 | 83 | 1.08 |
| Adj. Line Yards | 100.5 | 70 | 104.3 | 46 | 100.0 |
| Opportunity Rate | 33.7% | 113 | 30.8% | 5 | 38.9% |
| Power Success Rate | 75.6% | 20 | 67.9% | 80 | 66.3% |
| Stuff Rate | 16.2% | 17 | 20.1% | 63 | 19.6% |
Individual Rushing Stats
| Player | Pos. | Ht, Wt | Year | Rushes | Yards | TD | Yards/ Carry |
Hlt Yds/ Opp. |
Opp. Rate |
Fumbles (Lost) |
| Dare Ogunbowale | RB | 5'11, 200 | JR | 194 | 819 | 7 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 34.5% | 0 (0) |
| Taiwan Deal | RB | 6'1, 220 | FR | 117 | 503 | 6 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 37.6% | 0 (0) |
| Alec Ingold | ILB | 6'2, 237 | FR | 49 | 131 | 6 | 2.7 | 4.5 | 18.4% | 1 (0) |
| Corey Clement | RB | 5'11, 219 | JR | 48 | 221 | 5 | 4.6 | 6.1 | 31.3% | 1 (0) |
| Tanner McEvoy | S | 6'6, 231 | SR | 17 | 132 | 2 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 52.9% | 1 (1) |
| Joel Stave | QB | 6'5, 219 | SR | 12 | 26 | 1 | 2.2 | 5.1 | 16.7% | 5 (3) |
| Derek Watt | FB | 6'2, 236 | SR | 9 | 45 | 0 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 33.3% | 0 (0) |
| Alex Erickson | WR | 6'0, 197 | SR | 7 | 111 | 0 | 15.9 | 18.4 | 57.1% | 3 (1) |
| Reggie Love | WR | 6'3, 216 | JR | 7 | 38 | 0 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 57.1% | 0 (0) |
| NOTE: Quarterback run totals above do not include sacks (which are counted toward pass averages below) or kneeldowns. | ||||||||||
Passing
| Offense | Defense | ||||
| Avg. | Rk | Avg. | Rk | Nat'l Avg. | |
| Passing S&P+ | 109.3 | 40 | 125.6 | 8 | 100.0 |
| Passing Success Rate | 45.2% | 24 | 32.6% | 8 | 40.3% |
| Passing IsoPPP | 1.31 | 106 | 1.23 | 5 | 1.49 |
| Adj. Sack Rate | 114.1 | 44 | 128.9 | 24 | 100 |
Individual Passing Stats
| Player | Ht, Wt | Year | Comp | Att | Yards | TD | INT | Comp Rate |
Sacks | Sack Rate | Yards/ Att. |
| Joel Stave | 6'5, 219 | SR | 225 | 370 | 2687 | 11 | 11 | 60.8% | 21 | 5.4% | 6.5 |
| Bart Houston | 6'4, 224 | JR | 27 | 47 | 281 | 3 | 2 | 57.4% | 3 | 6.0% | 5.3 |
Individual Receiving Stats
| Player | Pos. | Ht, Wt | Year | Targets | Catches | Yards | TD | Yds/ Catch |
Yds/ Target |
Catch Rate | Success Rate | Target Rate |
| Alex Erickson | WR | 6'0, 197 | SR | 128 | 77 | 978 | 3 | 12.7 | 7.6 | 60.2% | 53.1% | 32.1% |
| Dare Ogunbowale | RB | 5'11, 200 | JR | 50 | 36 | 299 | 1 | 8.3 | 6.0 | 72.0% | 46.0% | 12.5% |
| Robert Wheelwright | WR | 6'3, 202 | JR | 49 | 32 | 416 | 4 | 13.0 | 8.5 | 65.3% | 59.2% | 12.3% |
| Troy Fumagalli | TE | 6'6, 247 | SO | 46 | 28 | 313 | 1 | 11.2 | 6.8 | 60.9% | 41.3% | 11.5% |
| Jazz Peavy | WR | 6'0, 189 | SO | 30 | 20 | 268 | 0 | 13.4 | 8.9 | 66.7% | 50.0% | 7.5% |
| Tanner McEvoy | S | 6'6, 231 | SR | 22 | 10 | 109 | 0 | 10.9 | 5.0 | 45.5% | 36.4% | 5.5% |
| Austin Traylor | TE | 6'4, 245 | SR | 20 | 14 | 210 | 4 | 15.0 | 10.5 | 70.0% | 65.0% | 5.0% |
| Derek Watt | FB | 6'2, 236 | SR | 16 | 15 | 139 | 0 | 9.3 | 8.7 | 93.8% | 68.8% | 4.0% |
| Reggie Love | WR | 6'3, 216 | JR | 11 | 4 | 55 | 0 | 13.8 | 5.0 | 36.4% | 18.2% | 2.8% |
| Jordan Fredrick | WR | 6'4, 208 | SR | 9 | 7 | 81 | 0 | 11.6 | 9.0 | 77.8% | 55.6% | 2.3% |
| Eric Steffes | TE | 6'5, 255 | JR | 7 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 16.7 | 7.1 | 42.9% | 42.9% | 1.8% |
| George Rushing | WR | 6'1, 180 | SO | 5 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10.0 | 2.0 | 20.0% | 20.0% | 1.3% |
| Corey Clement | RB | 5'11, 219 | JR | 3 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 9.5 | 6.3 | 66.7% | 66.7% | 0.8% |
| Austin Ramesh | FB | 6'1, 246 | SO | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.3% |
| Caleb Kinlaw | RB | 5'10, 190 | FR | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.3% |
| Taiwan Deal | RB | 6'1, 220 | FR | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.3% |
Standard Downs
| Offense | Defense | ||||
| Avg. | Rk | Avg. | Rk | Nat'l Avg. | |
| Standard Downs S&P+ | 98.3 | 79 | 119.7 | 8 | 100.0 |
| Standard Downs Success Rate | 44.3% | 97 | 39.3% | 6 | 46.5% |
| Standard Downs IsoPPP | 1.06 | 87 | 1.03 | 32 | 1.11 |
| SD Line Yards per Carry | 2.74 | 90 | 2.82 | 55 | 2.90 |
| SD Sack Rate | 4.4% | 55 | 4.8% | 73 | 5.0% |
Passing Downs
| Offense | Defense | ||||
| Avg. | Rk | Avg. | Rk | Nat'l Avg. | |
| Passing Downs S&P+ | 112.0 | 40 | 132.8 | 7 | 100.0 |
| Passing Downs Success Rate | 34.7% | 32 | 21.9% | 3 | 30.7% |
| Passing Downs IsoPPP | 1.50 | 122 | 1.68 | 40 | 1.77 |
| PD Line Yards per Carry | 2.96 | 90 | 2.80 | 30 | 3.20 |
| PD Sack Rate | 7.0% | 57 | 9.9% | 22 | 7.5% |
Situational
| Offense | Defense | |||
| Avg. | Rk | Avg. | Rk | |
| Q1 S&P+ | 91.4 | 104 | 131.0 | 7 |
| Q2 S&P+ | 129.4 | 8 | 110.4 | 41 |
| Q3 S&P+ | 106.0 | 56 | 142.9 | 4 |
| Q4 S&P+ | 91.3 | 102 | 119.4 | 18 |
| 1st Down S&P+ | 96.8 | 87 | 117.7 | 18 |
| 2nd Down S&P+ | 111.4 | 40 | 138.2 | 5 |
| 3rd Down S&P+ | 102.5 | 72 | 116.9 | 20 |
Offensive Footprint
| Team | Rk | Nat'l Average | |
| Std. Downs Run Rate | 62.1% | 51 | 60.4% |
| Pass Downs Run Rate | 24.5% | 113 | 34.0% |
| Adj. Pace | -0.1 | 62 | +0.0 |
| % of Solo Tackles | 64.2% | 122 | 74.9% |
Defensive Footprint
| Team | Rk | Nat'l Average | |
| Std. Downs Run Rate | 57.0% | 100 | 60.3% |
| Pass. Downs Run Rate | 31.1% | 88 | 33.9% |
| Overall Havoc Rate | 18.8% | 20 | 16.0% |
| DL Havoc Rate | 2.0% | 125 | 5.1% |
| LB Havoc Rate | 10.1% | 1 | 4.5% |
| DB Havoc Rate | 6.8% | 48 | 6.3% |
| PD to INC | 32.8% | 63 | 32.8% |
Individual Defensive Stats
| Name | Pos | Ht, Wt | Year | Tackles | % of Team | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF | FR |
| T.J. Edwards | ILB | 6'1, 238 | FR | 62.5 | 10.3% | 6.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Schobert | OLB | 6'2, 236 | SR | 59.0 | 9.7% | 19.5 | 9.5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Michael Caputo | S | 6'1, 206 | SR | 50.5 | 8.3% | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Vince Biegel | OLB | 6'4, 246 | JR | 48.5 | 8.0% | 14.0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Cichy | OLB | 6'2, 223 | SO | 46.0 | 7.6% | 8.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Darius Hillary | CB | 5'11, 187 | SR | 36.0 | 5.9% | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Orr | ILB | 6'0, 228 | FR | 35.0 | 5.8% | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tanner McEvoy | S | 6'6, 231 | SR | 34.5 | 5.7% | 2.0 | 1.0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Chikwe Obasih | DE | 6'3, 268 | SO | 30.0 | 5.0% | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Tindal | CB | 5'11, 176 | SO | 25.0 | 4.1% | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sojourn Shelton | CB | 5'9, 176 | JR | 24.5 | 4.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Conor Sheehy | NT | 6'4, 272 | SO | 19.5 | 3.2% | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D'Cota Dixon | S | 5'10, 203 | SO | 13.5 | 2.2% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alec James | DE | 6'3, 264 | SO | 12.0 | 2.0% | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Natrell Jamerson | CB | 6'0, 191 | SO | 12.0 | 2.0% | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Connelly | ILB | 6'3, 233 | FR | 11.5 | 1.9% | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arthur Goldberg | DE | 6'3, 296 | JR | 11.0 | 1.8% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leon Jacobs | ILB | 6'2, 233 | JR | 7.5 | 1.2% | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leo Musso | S | 5'10, 186 | JR | 6.5 | 1.1% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Straus | FB | 6'1, 227 | SR | 6.5 | 1.1% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T.J. Watt | OLB | 6'5, 244 | SO | 6.0 | 1.0% | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Ferguson | S | 6'1, 195 | SO | 6.0 | 1.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arrington Farrar | S | 6'2, 215 | FR | 5.5 | 0.9% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesse Hayes | OLB | 6'3, 233 | SR | 5.0 | 0.8% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Keefer | DE | 6'3, 273 | SR | 4.5 | 0.7% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Note: It appears "Fumble Returns" are getting pulled instead of "Fumble Recoveries." My apologies. Will try to get that corrected. | |||||||||||
Special Teams
| Rating | Rank | |
| Special Teams S&P+ | -0.7 | 96 |
| Category | Rate | Rank |
| FG Value (per kick) | -0.03 | 75 |
| Punt Success Rate | 52.1% | 88 |
| Kickoff Success Rate | 64.8% | 93 |
| Punt Return Success Rate | 65.5% | 18 |
| Kick Return Success Rate | 42.9% | 74 |
| Place-Kicker | Ht, Wt | Year | PAT | FG | Pct |
| Rafael Gaglianone | 5'11, 240 | SO | 40-40 | 18-27 | 66.7% |
| Jack Russell | 6'0, 175 | SR | 2-2 | 0-0 | #DIV/0! |
| Punter | Ht, Wt | Year | Punts | Avg | TB | FC | I20 | FC/I20 Ratio |
| Drew Meyer | 6'3, 189 | SR | 69 | 39.7 | 10 | 18 | 19 | 53.6% |
| P.J. Rosowski | 6'3, 199 | FR | 1 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Kicker | Ht, Wt | Year | Kickoffs | Avg | TB | TB% | OOB | Fair Catches |
Onside Att |
Onside Success |
| Andrew Endicott | 5'9, 172 | JR | 36 | 60.0 | 9 | 25.0% | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Russell | 6'0, 175 | SR | 26 | 54.5 | 3 | 11.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P.J. Rosowski | 6'3, 199 | FR | 9 | 59.7 | 1 | 11.1% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Punt Returner | Ht, Wt | Year | Returns | Avg. | TD | Fair Catch | Fumbles (Lost) |
| Alex Erickson | 6'0, 197 | SR | 24 | 7.3 | 0 | 24 | 3 (1) |
| Sojourn Shelton | 5'9, 176 | JR | 3 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) |
| Jazz Peavy | 6'0, 189 | SO | 2 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) |
| Kick Returner | Ht, Wt | Year | Returns | Avg. | TD | Fair Catch | Fumbles (Lost) |
| Natrell Jamerson | 6'0, 191 | SO | 20 | 22.4 | 1 | 0 | 1 (0) |
| Derek Straus | 6'1, 227 | SR | 3 | 11.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) |
| Alec Ingold | 6'2, 237 | FR | 2 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) |
Stats via SportSource Analytics