Record: 11-2, .846 W-L% (9th of 120) ▪ Rank: 7th in Final AP Poll
Conference: Big Ten
(Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bret Bielema (11-2)
PS/G: 41.5 (5th of 120) ▪ PA/G: 20.5 (25th of 120)
SRS: 14.02 (14th of 120) ▪ SOS: 0.64 (59th of 120)
Bowl Game: Lost Rose Bowl 21-19 versus Texas Christian
| Passing | Rushing | Total Offense | First Downs | Penalties | Turnovers | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Split | G | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | Pass | Rush | Pen | Tot | No. | Yds | Fum | Int | Tot |
| Offense | 13 | 15.5 | 21.2 | 73.2 | 199.5 | 1.3 | 44.9 | 245.7 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 66.2 | 445.2 | 6.7 | 9.9 | 13.1 | 0.9 | 23.9 | 3.2 | 30.7 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| Defense | 13 | 16.1 | 28.2 | 56.9 | 193.9 | 1.5 | 32.5 | 127.8 | 3.9 | 0.7 | 60.8 | 321.8 | 5.3 | 8.8 | 7.4 | 0.7 | 16.9 | 4.7 | 38.9 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.8 |
| Difference | -0.6 | -7.0 | +16.3 | +5.6 | -0.2 | +12.4 | +117.9 | +1.6 | +3.0 | +5.4 | +123.4 | +1.4 | +1.1 | +5.7 | +0.2 | +7.0 | -1.5 | -8.2 | -0.5 | -0.6 | -1.1 | |
| Passing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
| 1 | Scott Tolzien | 194 | 266 | 72.9 | 2459 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 16 | 6 | 165.9 |
| 2 | Jon Budmayr | 8 | 10 | 80.0 | 134 | 13.4 | 15.4 | 1 | 0 | 225.6 |
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | John Clay | 187 | 1012 | 5.4 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 188 | 1021 | 5.4 | 14 |
| 2 | Montee Ball | 163 | 996 | 6.1 | 18 | 16 | 128 | 8.0 | 0 | 179 | 1124 | 6.3 | 18 |
| 3 | James White | 156 | 1052 | 6.7 | 14 | 11 | 88 | 8.0 | 0 | 167 | 1140 | 6.8 | 14 |
| 4 | Scott Tolzien | 30 | -30 | -1.0 | 0 | 30 | -30 | -1.0 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | David Gilreath | 7 | 67 | 9.6 | 0 | 23 | 370 | 16.1 | 1 | 30 | 437 | 14.6 | 1 |
| 6 | Kyle Zuleger | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | Isaac Anderson | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 24 | 233 | 9.7 | 0 | 28 | 235 | 8.4 | 0 |
| 8 | Jared Abbrederis | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | 20 | 289 | 14.5 | 3 | 23 | 316 | 13.7 | 3 |
| 9 | Bradie Ewing | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 1 | 8 | 82 | 10.3 | 2 | 11 | 101 | 9.2 | 3 |
| 10 | Brad Nortman | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | Nick Toon | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 36 | 459 | 12.8 | 3 | 38 | 469 | 12.3 | 3 |
| 12 | Rob Korslin | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | Jon Budmayr | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | Lance Kendricks | 2 | -10 | -5.0 | 0 | 43 | 663 | 15.4 | 5 | 45 | 653 | 14.5 | 5 |
| 15 | Nate Tice | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 1 | ||||
| 16 | Jacob Pedersen | 8 | 132 | 16.5 | 2 | 8 | 132 | 16.5 | 2 | ||||
| 17 | Jake Byrne | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 1 | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 1 | ||||
| 18 | Kyle Jefferson | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 0 | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | Jeff Duckworth | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | ||||
| Tackles | Def Int | Fumbles | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Solo | Ast | Tot | Loss | Sk | Int | Yds | Avg | TD | PD | FR | Yds | TD | FF |
| 1 | Blake Sorensen | 30 | 36 | 66 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 2 | J.J. Watt | 42 | 20 | 62 | 21.0 | 7.0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |||
| 3 | Culmer St. Jean | 38 | 24 | 62 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Aaron Henry | 47 | 11 | 58 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 87 | 43.5 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Mike Taylor | 27 | 31 | 58 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 6 | Antonio Fenelus | 43 | 13 | 56 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Niles Brinkley | 40 | 8 | 48 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 | |||||||
| 8 | Louis Nzegwu | 28 | 18 | 46 | 7.5 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| 9 | Jay Valai | 25 | 17 | 42 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 10 | Devin Smith | 17 | 13 | 30 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 11 | Patrick Butrym | 12 | 16 | 28 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 1 | ||||||||
| 12 | Kevin Claxton | 7 | 17 | 24 | 2.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 13 | Jordan Kohout | 6 | 16 | 22 | 1.5 | 1.0 | |||||||||
| 14 | David Gilbert | 13 | 8 | 21 | 1.5 | 1.5 | |||||||||
| 15 | Ethan Hemer | 10 | 11 | 21 | 0.5 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 16 | Jacob Pedersen | 8 | 8 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 17 | Beau Allen | 6 | 9 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 18 | Shelton Johnson | 13 | 2 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 19 | Kevin Rouse | 10 | 5 | 15 | 2.0 | 2.0 | |||||||||
| 20 | Ethan Armstrong | 8 | 6 | 14 | 2.5 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 21 | Tyler Dippel | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 22 | Manasseh Garner | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 23 | Kyle Zuleger | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 24 | Chris Borland | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2.0 | 1.0 | |||||||||
| 25 | Dezmen Southward | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 26 | Pat Muldoon | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 27 | Bradie Ewing | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 28 | A.J. Fenton | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 29 | Conor O'Neill | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | ||||||||
| 30 | Eriks Briedis | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 31 | Marcus Cromartie | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 32 | Coddye Ring-Noonan | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 33 | Philip Welch | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 34 | Jared Abbrederis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 35 | Adam Hampton | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 36 | Isaac Anderson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 37 | Montee Ball | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 38 | Ryan Groy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 39 | Kyle Wojta | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Kick Ret | Punt Ret | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | David Gilreath | 27 | 659 | 24.4 | 1 | 8 | 82 | 10.3 | 0 |
| 2 | James White | 17 | 329 | 19.4 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | Jared Abbrederis | 3 | 111 | 37.0 | 0 | 7 | 67 | 9.6 | 0 |
| 4 | Bradie Ewing | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | Kyle Zuleger | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | ||||
| 6 | Chris Borland | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | Brian Wozniak | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | Aaron Henry | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | Punting | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | XPM | XPA | XP% | FGM | FGA | FG% | Pts | Punts | Yds | Avg |
| 1 | Philip Welch | 67 | 67 | 100.0 | 17 | 22 | 77.3 | 118 | |||
| 2 | Alec Lerner | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | Brad Nortman | 38 | 1623 | 42.7 | |||||||
| Touchdowns | Kicking | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Rush | Rec | Int | FR | PR | KR | Oth | Tot | XPM | FGM | 2PM | Sfty | Pts |
| 1 | Philip Welch | 67 | 17 | 118 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Montee Ball | 18 | 18 | 108 | ||||||||||
| 3 | John Clay | 14 | 14 | 84 | ||||||||||
| 4 | James White | 14 | 14 | 84 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Lance Kendricks | 5 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Aaron Henry | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||
| 7 | Nick Toon | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Bradie Ewing | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||
| 9 | Jared Abbrederis | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 10 | David Gilreath | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||
| 11 | Jacob Pedersen | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Jake Byrne | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Nate Tice | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Antonio Fenelus | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Alec Lerner | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||