-- Wisconsin has won 16 consecutive season-opening games (dating back to 1998), which is the third-longest streak in the nation. LSU has won its opening game for 11 straight seasons.
-- LSU has won 45 consecutive regular-season. nonconference games â which is the longest streak in FBS history (last loss: 26-8 to Virginia Tech in its 2002 season opener).
-- Wisconsin was 1-2 in night games last season. The Badgers were 2-1 in 2012 and 3-2 in 2011.
-- The Badgers are 0-3 against SEC teams in the regular season, although the last loss was in 1984.
-- Wisconsin's last 15 wins have all been by a double-digit margin. The last single-digit win was against Utah State on Sept. 15, 2012.
-- Wisconsin has had seven 100-yard rushers in neutral-site games which weren't bowl games. Four of those were in Big Ten championship games (and three in 2012). Two were in the 1993 game in Tokyo vs. Michigan State and the other was P.J. Hill vs. Bowling Green in Cleveland.
-- Wisconsin had had two 200-yard passers in non-bowl neutral-site games: Russell Wilson 347 vs. Northern Illinois in Chicago and Darrell Bevell 235 vs. Michigan State in Tokyo.
-- If Tanner McEvoy does indeed start, he'll have some tough shoes to follow. The last five Wisconsin quarterbacks -- and eight of the last nine -- to make their starting debut have won. The last five: Curt Phillips at Indiana, Joel Stave vs. UTEP, Danny O'Brien vs. Northern Iowa, Russell Wilson vs. UNLV and Scott Tolzien vs. Northern Illinois.
-- Last year, Corey Clement had 60 carries in games in which Wisconsin won by 30+ points (five games). He had seven carries combined in the other eight games. He also only had two first-half carries.
-- The last Wisconsin player not named Jared Abbrederis to have 100+ yards receiving in a game was Nick Toon vs. Oregon in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 2, 2012 (27 games ago). In a regular season game, it was Toon at Minnesota on Nov. 12, 2011 (32 games ago).
-- A Badgers tight end hasn't had a 100-yard receiving game since Lance Kendricks did it in back-to-back weeks in 2010 vs. Arizona State on Sept. 18 and Austin Peay on Sept. 25.
-- Melvin Gordon needs 12 carries to qualify for top career rushing average at Wisconsin. He enters Saturday at 8.1 yards/carry. Gordon would have to lose 459 yards to not be No. 1 on the list (James White, 6.24).
-- Joel Stave needs 102 passing yards to pass Neil Graff for 9th place on UW's all-time list.
-- Stave needs 11 completions to pass Jim Sorgi for 9th place on UW's all-time list.
-- Stave needs 4 passing touchdowns to tie Scott Tolzien for 7th place on UW's all-time list.
-- Stave's next win as a starter will be his 14th, tying him with Randy Wright for 7th place on UW's all-time list.
-- Kenzel Doe needs 36 kick return yards to pass Jared Abbrederis for 10th place on UW's all-time list.
-- Doe has 1 kick return for a touchdown. Only two Wisconsin players have had 2 kick returns for TDs: Ira Matthews and Nick Davis.
-- Doe needs 2 punt return to tie and 3 to pass Jim Miller for 10th place on UW's all-time list.
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