# 2008 Wisconsin Badgers football team

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 | Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI | BTN | W 38–17 | 80,910 |
| September 6 | 11:00 a.m. | Marshall* | No. 11 | Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI | BTN | W 51–14 | 80,396 |
| September 13 | 9:30 p.m. | at No. 21 Fresno State* | No. 10 | Bulldog StadiumFresno, CA | ESPN2 | W 13–10 | 42,387 |
| September 27 | 2:30 p.m. | at Michigan | No. 9 | Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI | ABC/ESPN | L 25–27 | 109,833 |
| October 4 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 12 Ohio State | No. 18 | Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI | ABC | L 17–20 | 81,608 |
| October 11 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 6 Penn State | | Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI | ESPN | L 7–48 | 81,524 |
| October 18 | 11:00 a.m. | at Iowa | | Kinnick StadiumIowa City, IA (rivalry) | BTN | L 16–38 | 70,585 |
| October 25 | 11:00 a.m. | Illinois | | Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI | ESPN2 | W 27–17 | 81,241 |
| November 1 | 11:00 a.m. | at No. 22 Michigan State | | Spartan StadiumEast Lansing, MI | ESPN | L 24–25 | 75,121 |
| November 8 | 11:00 a.m. | at Indiana | | Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN | BTN | W 55–20 | 30,618 |
| November 15 | 2:30 p.m. | Minnesota | | Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI (rivalry) | ABC | W 35–32 | 81,228 |
| November 22 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 3 (FCS) Cal Poly* | | Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI | BTN | W 36–35 $^{OT}$ | 80,709 |
| December 27 | 3:30 p.m. | vs. Florida State* | | Florida Citrus BowlOrlando, FL (Champs Sports Bowl) | ESPN | L 13–42 | 52,692 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time ||||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | 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 | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | 16 | | | | | | | | | | Not released |
| BCS | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | 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 |

### Cal Poly

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Mustangs | 7 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 35 |
| Badgers | 0 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 36 |

## Personnel
### Coaching staff

| Name | Position |
| Bret Bielema | Head coach |
| Paul Chryst | Offensive coordinator/Quarterbacks coach |
| Dave Doeren | Defensive coordinator/Inside linebackers coach |
| Del Alexander | Wide receivers coach |
| Bob Bostad | Offensive line coach/Run game coordinator |
| Kerry Cooks | Defensive backs coach |
| Randall McCray | Outside linebackers coach/Recruiting coordinator |
| Charlie Partridge | Defensive line/Special teams coach |
| Joe Rudolph | Tight ends coach |
| John Settle | Running backs coach |
| Terrance Jamison | Student assistant |

### Regular starters

| Position | Player |
| Quarterback | Dustin Sherer |
| Running back | P. J. Hill |
| Fullback | Chris Pressley |
| Wide receiver | Isaac Anderson |
| Wide receiver | David Gilreath |
| Tight end | Garrett Graham |
| Left tackle | Gabe Carimi |
| Left guard | Andy Kemp |
| Center | John Moffitt |
| Right guard | Kraig Urbik |
| Right tackle | Eric Vanden Heuvel |
| Kicker | Philip Welch |
| Position | Player |
| Defensive end | O'Brien Schofield |
| Defensive tackle | Jason Chapman |
| Defensive tackle | Mike Newkirk |
| Defensive end | Matt Shaughnessy |
| Outside linebacker | DeAndre Levy |
| Middle linebacker | Jaevery McFadden |
| Outside linebacker | Jonathan Casillas |
| Cornerback | Allen Langford |
| Strong safety | Jay Valai |
| Free safety | Shane Carter |
| Cornerback | Niles Brinkley |
| Punter | Brad Nortman |

## 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 | 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

| Player | Position | Round | Overall Selection | NFL Team |
| Matt Shaughnessy | Defensive End | 3 | 71 | Oakland Raiders |
| DeAndre Levy | Linebacker | 3 | 76 | Detroit Lions |
| Kraig Urbik | Guard | 3 | 79 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Travis Beckum | Tight End | 3 | 100 | New York Giants |