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1997 Wisconsin Badgers Stats

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Record: 8-5 (38th of 112) (Schedule & Results)

Conference: Big Ten

Conference Record: 5-3

Coach: Barry Alvarez (8-5)

Points For: 285

Points/G: 23.8 (63rd of 112)

Points Against: 273

Opp Pts/G: 22.8 (49th of 112)

SRS: 1.66 (53rd of 112)

SOS: 1.58 (47th of 112)

Bowl Game: Lost Outback Bowl 33-6 versus Georgia

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Team Stats

Most values are per game averages

Team Stats Table
		Passing					Rushing				Total Offense				Penalties		Turnovers
Split	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	1D	No.	Yds	Fum	Int	Tot
Offense	12	12.0	21.0	57.1	156.8	0.7	48.8	198.7	4.1	2.3	69.8	355.5	5.1	18.7	3.8	31.3	1.2	0.9	2.1
Defense	12	14.3	24.4	58.4	213.5	1.1	36.1	151.7	4.2	1.3	60.5	365.2	6.0	16.3	5.5	44.5	1.3	0.7	2.0
Difference		-2.3	-3.4	-1.3	-56.7	-0.4	+12.7	+47.0	-0.1	+1.0	+9.3	-9.7	-0.9	+2.4	-1.7	-13.2	-0.1	+0.2	+0.1

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Awards
1	Mike Samuel	QB	12	133	227	58.6	1812	8	3.5	11	4.8	8.0	6.51	13.6	151.0	127.6
2	Scott Kavanagh	QB	6	11	25	44.0	70	0	0.0	0	0.0	2.8	2.80	6.4	11.7	67.5
	Team Totals		12	144	252	57.1	1882	8	3.2	11	4.4	7.5	6.14	13.1	156.8	121.6

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Rushing					Receiving					Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Pos	G	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	Y/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Y/G	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD	Awards
1	Eric Grams	TE	12	0	0		0	0.0	13	111	8.5	0	9.3	13	111	8.5	0
2	Willie Austin	WR	12	0	0		0	0.0	7	129	18.4	0	10.8	7	129	18.4	0
3	Tony Simmons	WR	12	0	0		0	0.0	27	537	19.9	5	44.8	27	537	19.9	5
4	Mike Samuel	QB	12	119	243	2.0	8	20.3	0	0		0	0.0	119	243	2.0	8
5	Kevin Huntley	RB	12	2	10	5.0	0	0.8	7	81	11.6	0	6.8	9	91	10.1	0
6	John Sigmund	TE	12	0	0		0	0.0	1	35	35.0	1	2.9	1	35	35.0	1
7	Ahmad Merritt	WR	12	0	0		0	0.0	3	46	15.3	0	3.8	3	46	15.3	0
8	Donald Hayes	WR	12	0	0		0	0.0	40	574	14.4	2	47.8	40	574	14.4	2
9	Branden Cantrell	RB	12	1	2	2.0	0	0.2	1	7	7.0	0	0.6	2	9	4.5	0
10	Cecil Martin	RB	11	19	68	3.6	1	6.2	16	116	7.3	0	10.5	35	184	5.3	1
11	Ryan Sondrup	TE	11	0	0		0	0.0	10	87	8.7	0	7.9	10	87	8.7	0
12	Ron Dayne	RB	10	249	1421	5.7	15	142.1	10	117	11.7	0	11.7	259	1538	5.9	15
13	Eddie Faulkner	RB	9	90	353	3.9	1	39.2	1	6	6.0	0	0.7	91	359	3.9	1
14	Chris Chambers	WR	9	2	17	8.5	0	1.9	2	4	2.0	0	0.4	4	21	5.3	0
15	Rasheed Golden	WR	8	0	0		0	0.0	2	14	7.0	0	1.8	2	14	7.0	0
16	Carl McCullough	RB	7	81	340	4.2	2	48.6	4	18	4.5	0	2.6	85	358	4.2	2
17	Scott Kavanagh	QB	6	12	-29	-2.4	0	-4.8	0	0		0	0.0	12	-29	-2.4	0
18	Rob Christen	RB	5	5	12	2.4	0	2.4	0	0		0	0.0	5	12	2.4	0
19	Dague Retzlaff	TE	4	0	0		0	0.0	1	12	12.0	1	3.0	1	12	12.0	1
20	Charles Williams	RB	2	3	1	0.3	0	0.5	0	0		0	0.0	3	1	0.3	0
21	Ben McCormick	QB	1	1	-5	-5.0	0	-5.0	0	0		0	0.0	1	-5	-5.0	0
	Team Totals		12	584	2384	4.2	27	198.7	145	1894	13.1	9	156.8	729	4266	5.9	36

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Kick & Punt Returns

Kick & Punt Returns Table
				Kick Returns				Punt Returns
Rk	Player	Pos	G	Ret	Yds	Y/Ret	KRTD	Ret	Yds	Y/Ret	PRTD	APYd	Awards
1	Ahmad Merritt	WR	12	26	502	19.3	0	21	125	6.0	0	673
2	Branden Cantrell	RB	12	1	18	18.0	0	0	0		0	27
3	Eric Grams	TE	12	1	4	4.0	0	0	0		0	115
4	John Sigmund	TE	12	1	10	10.0	0	0	0		0	45
5	Kevin Huntley	RB	12	8	202	25.3	0	0	0		0	293
6	LaMar Campbell	DB	12	0	0		0	3	33	11.0	0	44
7	Marcus Carpenter	DL	12	1	16	16.0	0	0	0		0	16
8	Tim Rosga	DB	12	0	0		0	1	44	44.0	0	44
9	Cecil Martin	RB	11	5	62	12.4	0	0	0		0	246
10	Donte King	DB	11	2	28	14.0	0	0	0		0	28
11	Chris Chambers	WR	9	1	15	15.0	0	5	2	0.4	0	38
12	Carl McCullough	RB	7	2	31	15.5	0	0	0		0	389
	Team Totals		12	48	888	18.5	0	30	204	6.8	0	1958

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