How the Badgers ran and passed: Game 8 at Illinois
Time for this week's look at the directions and success of Wisconsin's run game, as well as the targets thrown to by Badgers quarterbacks.
So, yeah, that was different.
Who had Bart Houston and Alex Erickson as the leading passer and leading rusher before the game against Illinois? No, things didn't turn out as planned and we're here to show you the successes and failures in the run game plus who Houston threw to when he was in at quarterback (OK, that strategy didn't change much).
Here's the key to the tables below:
LI = left inside; LO= left outside; LW = left wide (i.e. end around); MID = middle; RI = right inside; RO = right outside; RW = right wide; INT = intended receiver on an interception; LOST/PEN = a complete pass nullified by an offensive penalty; INC/PEN = An incomplete pass nullified by a penalty; D = penalty declined; offset = offsetting penalty
Run vs. Illinois
| OGUNBOWALE |
INGOLD |
ERICKSON |
TOTALS |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LI RUSH | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| LI YDS | 5 | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| LI AVG | 1.67 | 8.00 | n/a | 3.25 |
| LO RUSH | 6 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| LO YDS | 18 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| LO AVG | 3.00 | 0.20 | n/a | 1.73 |
| LW RUSH | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| LW YDS | 5 | 0 | 69 | 74 |
| LW AVG | 5.00 | n/a | 34.50 | 24.67 |
| MID RUSH | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| MID YDS | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| MID AVG | 1.50 | 2.00 | n/a | 1.67 |
| RI RUSH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| RI YDS | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| RI AVG | n/a | 4.00 | n/a | 4.00 |
| RO RUSH | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| RO YDS | 11 | 11 | 8 | 30 |
| RO AVG | 2.75 | 2.20 | 8.00 | 3.00 |
| RW RUSH | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| RW YDS | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| RW AVG | n/a | n/a | 4.00 | 4.00 |
Run (season)
| OGUNBOWALE | INGOLD | DEAL | TOTALS* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LI RUSH | 25 | 5 | 22 | 56 |
| LI YDS | 85 | 17 | 94 | 208 |
| LI AVG | 3.40 | 3.40 | 4.27 | 3.71 |
| LO RUSH | 29 | 11 | 16 | 59 |
| LO YDS | 159 | 35 | 79 | 279 |
| LO AVG | 5.48 | 3.18 | 4.94 | 4.73 |
| LW RUSH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| LW YDS | 7 | 0 | 0 | 122 |
| LW AVG | 1.75 | n/a | n/a | 10.17 |
| MID RUSH | 15 | 6 | 12 | 34 |
| MID YDS | 65 | 30 | 58 | 155 |
| MID AVG | 4.33 | 5.00 | 4.83 | 4.56 |
| RI RUSH | 12 | 5 | 11 | 33 |
| RI YDS | 47 | 15 | 49 | 122 |
| RI AVG | 3.92 | 3.00 | 4.45 | 3.70 |
| RO RUSH | 25 | 11 | 18 | 62 |
| RO YDS | 147 | 21 | 69 | 269 |
| RO AVG | 5.88 | 1.91 | 3.83 | 4.34 |
| RW RUSH | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| RW YDS | 14 | 0 | 9 | 51 |
| RW AVG | 7.00 | n/a | 4.50 | 5.67 |
* -- Includes totals for Corey Clement, Alex Erickson, Caleb Kinlaw, Reggie Love, George Rushing, Mark Saari, Serge Trezy and Derek Watt.
Pass vs. Illinois (Stave)
| PLAYER | TARGETED | CATCHES |
|---|---|---|
| Erickson | 1 | 1 |
| Fumagalli | 2 | 1 |
| Ogunbowale | 2 | 1 |
| Steffes | 1 | |
| Wheelwright | 1 |
Pass vs. Illinois (Houston)
| PLAYER | TARGETED | CATCHES | DROPS | INT | LOST/PEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erickson | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wheelwright | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fumagalli | 4 | 4 | |||
| Ogunbowale | 4 | 4 | |||
| McEvoy | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Love | 1 | ||||
| Steffes | 1 | 1 | |||
| Thrown away | 1 | ||||
| Watt | 1 | 1 |
Pass (season/Stave)
| PLAYER | TARGETED | CATCHES | DROPS | INT | LOST/PEN | INC/PEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clement | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Deal | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Erickson | 73 | 45 | 6 | 3 | 2 | |
| Fredrick | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Fumagalli | 26 | 15 | 2 | |||
| Love | 7 | 3 | 2 | |||
| McEvoy | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Ogunbowale | 30 | 21 | 3 | |||
| Peavy | 21 | 12 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ramesh | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Rushing | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Steffes | 6 | 3 | ||||
| Thrown away | 2 | |||||
| Traylor | 18 | 10 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Watt | 12 | 10 | 1 | |||
| Wheelwright | 45 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |
| TOTALS | 216 | 128 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
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