The final edition of this feature for the 2014 season (hold your applause) is a lot more palatable than the pentultimat one, I'm sure.
Some interesting tidbits from the Auburn game include:
-- In a game in which center Dan Voltz was lost due to injury (and early), Melvin Gordon had a season-high six carries up the middle (i.e. over the center spot)
-- Corey Clement had run left wide (i.e. a jet sweep) once all season and it came in the opener against LSU for seven yards. Against Auburn, he had two such carries for 43 and 14 yards.
-- Tanner McEvoy had his first pass since Nov. 8, although it was wiped out as Auburn accepted a holding penalty on the play rather than the incompletion. McEvoy's target was to Gordon.
-- Finally, the upcoming wide receiver corp of sophomore Reggie Love and Rob Wheelwright and freshmen Natrell Jamerson, George Rushing and Krenwick Sanders were not targeted in the bowl game. For the season, they had nine catches on 24 targets. Not what Wisconsin fans expected, I'm sure.
Here's the final numbers (including every penalty) from the season. I hope you found this interesting, informative and/or entertaining.
Run vs. Auburn
| GORDON | CLEMENT | TOTALS* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| LI RUSH | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| LI YDS | 68 | 6 | 74 |
| LI AVG | 17.00 | 2.00 | 10.57 |
| LO RUSH | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| LO YDS | 91 | 34 | 125 |
| LO AVG | 10.11 | 6.80 | 8.93 |
| LW RUSH | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| LW YDS | 0 | 57 | 96 |
| LW AVG | n/a | 28.50 | 24.00 |
| MID RUSH | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| MID YDS | 20 | 1 | 21 |
| MID AVG | 3.33 | 1.00 | 3.00 |
| RI RUSH | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| RI YDS | 38 | 0 | 40 |
| RI AVG | 4.75 | n/a | 4.44 |
| RO RUSH | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| RO YDS | 34 | 5 | 39 |
| RO AVG | 4.86 | 1.67 | 3.90 |
| RW RUSH | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| RW YDS | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| RW AVG | n/a | 2.00 | 9.00 |
* -- Includes two rushes by Kenzel Doe (both left wide for 39 yards), one rush by George Rushing (right wide for 16 yards) and one rush by Derek Watt (right inside for 2 yards)
Rush (season)
| GORDON | CLEMENT | DOE | OGUNBOWALE | TOTALS** | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LI RUSH | 58 | 27 | 0 | 13 | 98 |
| LI YDS | 454 | 152 | 0 | 87 | 693 |
| LI AVG | 7.83 | 5.63 | n/a | 6.69 | 7.07 |
| LO RUSH | 90 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 125 |
| LO YDS | 791 | 188 | 6 | 12 | 1009 |
| LO AVG | 8.79 | 6.71 | 6.00 | 3.00 | 8.07 |
| LW RUSH | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 22 |
| LW YDS | 109 | 64 | 76 | 0 | 398 |
| LW AVG | 18.17 | 21.33 | 15.20 | n/a | 18.09 |
| MID RUSH | 37 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 58 |
| MID YDS | 225 | 112 | 0 | 8 | 345 |
| MID AVG | 6.08 | 5.89 | n/a | 4.00 | 5.95 |
| RI RUSH | 74 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 110 |
| RI YDS | 345 | 161 | 0 | 24 | 540 |
| RI AVG | 4.66 | 5.75 | n/a | 4.80 | 4.91 |
| RO RUSH | 71 | 36 | 0 | 9 | 116 |
| RO YDS | 599 | 262 | 0 | 57 | 918 |
| RO AVG | 8.44 | 7.28 | n/a | 6.33 | 7.91 |
| RW RUSH | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 32 |
| RW YDS | 71 | 10 | 67 | 0 | 218 |
| RW AVG | 14.20 | 2.00 | 6.70 | n/a | 6.81 |
** -- Includes rushes from Alex Erickson, Natrell Jamerson, Reggie Love, George Rushing, D.J. Spurling and Derek Watt.
Passing vs. Auburn (Joel Stave)
| PLAYER | TARGETED | CATCHES | INT | LOST/PEN | INC/PEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arneson | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Clement | 2 | 2 | |||
| Doe | 5 | 1 | |||
| Erickson | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Fredrick | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Fumagalli | 3 | 2 | |||
| Gordon | 2 | 2 |
Pass (season/Stave)
| PLAYER | TARGETED | CATCHES | DROPS | INT | LOST/PEN | INC/PEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arenson | 32 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Clement | 11 | 9 | ||||
| Doe | 24 | 12 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Erickson | 68 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Fredrick | 18 | 11 | 1 | |||
| Fumagalli | 22 | 10 | 1 | |||
| Gordon | 15 | 10 | 2 | |||
| Love | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Ramesh | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Rushing | 6 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Sanders | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Thrown away | 4 | |||||
| Traylor | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Watt | 3 | |||||
| Wheelwright | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| TOTALS | 214 | 111 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 7 |
Pass (season/Tanner McEvoy)
| PLAYER | TARGETED | CATCHES | DROPS | INT | LOST/PEN | INC/PEN | BAT/CTCH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arneson | 19 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Clement | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Doe | 10 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Erickson | 43 | 18 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Fredrick | 3 | 2 | |||||
| Fumagalli | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Gordon | 12 | 9 | 1 | ||||
| Love | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Ramesh | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Rushing | 4 | 2 | |||||
| Steffes | 1 | ||||||
| Thrown away | 3 | ||||||
| Traylor | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Watt | 1 | ||||||
| Wheelwright | 1 | 1 | |||||
| TOTALS | 117 | 59 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
Note: Bart Houston targets: Corey Clement 1 target, 1 catch; George Rushing 1 target, 1 drop; Eric Steffes 1 target, 1 drop
Penalties (season)
| PLAYER | GAME | PENALTY | YARDS | TEAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arneson | LSU | false start | 5 | off |
| Arneson | Minnesota | false start | 5 | off |
| Arneson | Rutgers | false start | 5 | off |
| Arneson | LSU | holding | 6 | off |
| Arneson | Purdue | substitution infraction | 5 | off |
| Ball | Auburn | holding | 10 | off |
| Baretz | Northwestern | illegal block | 6 | st |
| Biegel | W. Illinois | personal foul | 15 | def |
| Costigan | Nebraska | holding | 10 | off |
| Costigan | Nebraska | holding | 10 | off |
| Costigan | Northwestern | holding | 10 | off |
| Costigan | South Florida | holding | 10 | off |
| Costigan | W. Illinois | personal foul | 9 | off |
| Doe | Minnesota | personal foul | 15 | st |
| Erickson | Bowling Green | holding | 10 | off |
| Erickson | W. Illinois | illegal block | 15 | st |
| Figaro | Ohio State | pass interference | 15 | def |
| Fumagalli | Northwestern | holding | 10 | st |
| Fumagalli | Rutgers | holding | 10 | off |
| Fumagalli | South Florida | holding | offset | off |
| Fumagalli | Maryland | pass interference | declined | off |
| Gaulden | Bowling Green | pass interference | 15 | def |
| Gaulden | LSU | pass interference | 15 | def |
| Goldberg | Northwestern | facemask | 8 | def |
| Gordon | Maryland | false start | 5 | off |
| Gordon | Nebraska | false start | 5 | off |
| Gordon | Purdue | tripping | 15 | off |
| Havenstein | W. Illinois | false start | 5 | off |
| Havenstein | Northwestern | holding | declined | off |
| Herring | Ohio State | offsides | 1 | def |
| Hillary | Minnesota | holding | 9 | def |
| Hillary | Iowa | pass interference | 15 | def |
| Hillary | Iowa | pass interference | 15 | def |
| Jamerson | Bowling Green | illegal block | 10 | st |
| Jean | Purdue | facemask | 15 | def |
| Jean | Minnesota | holding | 10 | st |
| Lewallan | Maryland | holding | declined | off |
| Lewallan | Minnesota | holding | 10 | off |
| Lewallan | Rutgers | holding | 10 | off |
| Lewallan | Iowa | ineligible downfield | 5 | off |
| Marz | Iowa | holding | 10 | off |
| Marz | South Florida | holding | offset | off |
| Meyer | Auburn | delay of game | 5 | st |
| Meyer | Purdue | delay of game | 5 | st |
| Musso | Minnesota | facemask | 15 | st |
| Obasih | Illinois | personal foul | 15 | def |
| Rushing | South Florida | false start | 5 | off |
| Schobert | Ohio State | personal foul | 7 | def |
| Schobert | Iowa | roughing the kicker | 5 | st |
| Shelton | Nebraska | holding | 10 | def |
| Shelton | Rutgers | holding | 10 | st |
| Shelton | Auburn | pass interference | 13 | def |
| Shelton | Bowling Green | pass interference | 15 | def |
| Shelton | Illinois | pass interference | 8 | def |
| Shelton | Illinois | pass interference | 15 | def |
| Shelton | Illinois | pass interference | 15 | def |
| Shelton | Maryland | pass interference | 15 | def |
| Shelton | Nebraska | pass interference | 15 | def |
| Stave | Northwestern | delay of game | 5 | off |
| Stave | Rutgers | delay of game | 5 | off |
| Team | Nebraska | 12 men on the field | 5 | def |
| Team | Iowa | delay of game | 5 | off |
| Team | Rutgers | delay of game | 5 | st |
| Team | Bowling Green | sideline interference | 5 | other |
| Traylor | Iowa | false start | 5 | off |
| Traylor | Minnesota | holding | 5 | off |
| Traylor | Northwestern | holding | 10 | off |
| Traylor | South Florida | holding | 10 | off |
| Voltz | Rutgers | clipping | 10 | off |
| Watt | Ohio State | holding | declined | off |
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