Here are some notes, tidbits and stats heading for Saturday's game between the Wisconsin Badgers and Northwestern Wildcats:
-- This is the 97th meeting between Wisconsin and Northwestern. The Badgers lead the all-time series 57-34-5, including 26-14-2 in Madison.
-- This is the first time Wisconsin and Northwestern have played in which both teams were ranked since 1995.
-- Under Paul Chryst this season, Wisconsin is 6-1 when scoring first, 2-1 when the opponent scores first, 6-1 when leading after the first quarter, 1-1 when trailing after the first quarter, 6-0 when leading at halftime, 1-2 when trailing at halftime, 7-0 when leading after the third quarter and 1-2 when trailing after the third quarter.
-- 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, a 74-game drought.
-- Corey Clement needs 84 rushing yards to pass Dave Mohapp for 20th place, 88 to pass Larry Canada for 19th place and 141 to pass Brooks Bollinger for 18th place on UW's all-time list.
-- Joel Stave will be making his 39th start for Wisconsin, which will pass Mike Samuel for 3rd place on UW's all-time starts at QB list. Wisconsin would need to make the Big Ten championship game for Stave to tie Brooks Bollinger (42 starts) for second place.
-- With his next win, Stave will tie Brooks Bollinger for 1st place on UW's all-time wins as a starting quarterback list (with 30).
-- Stave needs 128 passing yards to pass John Stocco for 2nd place on UW's all-time list.
-- Stave needs 1 passing touchdown to pass John Stocco for 2nd place on UW's all-time list.
-- Stave needs 5 completions to pass Mike Howard (1984) for 9th place, 10 to pass Darrell Bevell (1993) for 8th place, 16 to pass Tyler Donovan (2007) for 7th place, 17 to pass Scott Tolzien (2010) for 6th place, 18 to pass Darrell Bevell (1995) for 5th place, 20 to pass John Stocco (2005) for 4th place and 31 to pass on UW's all-time single-season list.
-- Stave needs 9 pass attempts to pass Darrell Bevell for 10th place, 18 to pass Russell Wilson (2011) for 9th place, 23 to pass Mike Howad (1984) for 8th place, 30 to pass John Stocco (2004) for 7th place, 32 to pass Randy Wright (1983) for 6th place and 37 to pass John Stocco (2005) and Scott Tolzien (2009) for 4th place on UW's all-time single-season list.
-- Stave needs 24 passing yards to pass John Stocco (2006) for 12th place, 90 to pass Jim Sorgi (2003) for 11th place, 111 to pass Darrell Bevell (1995) for 10th place, 130 to pass Randy Wright (1982) for 9th place, 229 to pass Randy Wright (1983) for 8th place, 298 to pass Scott Tolzien (2010) for 6th place and 333 to pass himself (2013) for 5th place on UW's all-time single-season list.
-- Alex Erickson needs 178 receiving yards to pass Jonathan Orr for 11th place on UW's all-time list.
-- Erickson needs 1 reception to pass Chris Chambers for 7th place and 4 to tie and 5 to pass Al Toon for 6th place on UW's all-time list.
-- Erickson needs 95 receiving yards to pass Jonathan Orr for 11th place and 139 to pass Pat Richter for 10th place on UW's all-time list.
-- Erickson needs 7 receiving yards to pass Jared Abbrederis (2012) for 12th place, 12 to pass Jonathan Orr (2002) for 11th place, 51 to pass Al Toon (1983) for 10th place, 73 to pass Travis Beckum (2006) for 9th place, 90 to pass Lee DeRamus (1993) for 8th place, 96 to pass Nick Toon (2011) for 7th place and 103 to pass Jared Abbrederis (2011) for 6th place on UW's all-time single-season list.
-- Erickson needs 1 reception to tie and 2 to pass Lee Evans (2003) and Nick Toon (2011) for 4th place, 12 to tie and 13 to pass Lee Evans (2001) and Travis Beckum (2007) for 2nd place and 15 to tie and 16 to pass Jared Abbrederis (2013) for 1st place on UW's all-time single-season list.
-- Joe Schobert needs 1.5 tackles for loss to tie Tim Jordan, O'Brien Schofield and Nick Greisen for 14th and 2.5 to tie Gary Casper for 13th place on UW's all-time list.
-- Schobert needs 1.5 sacks to tie DeAndre Levy for 12th place and 2 to tie Matt Shaughnessy for 11th place on UW's all-time list.
-- Schobert needs .5 sacks to tie Bryan Jurewicz (1996) and Mike Thompson (1993) for 7th place, 1.5 to tie Tim Jordan (1985) and Darryl Sims (1982) for 5th place and 2.5 to tie Tarek Saleh (1995) and O'Brien Schofield (2009) for 3rd place on UW's all-time single-season list.
-- Schobert needs 1 forced fumble to tie and 2 to pass Erasmus James for 2nd place on UW's all-time list.
-- Schobert needs 1 forced fumble to tie and 2 to pass Chris Borland (2009 & 2011) for 1st place on UW's all-time single-season list.
-- Vince Biegel needs .5 sacks to pass Matt Shaughnessy for 11th place, 1.5 to tie and 2 to pass O'Brien Schofield, Daryl Sims and Chris Borland for 8th place and 2.5 to tie Erasmus James for 7th place on UW's all-time list.
-- Sojourn Shelton needs 1 pass breakup to tie Brett Bell for 12th place, 2 to tie Steve Wagner and Troy Vincent for 10th place and 3 to tie and 4 to pass Niles Brinkley for 9th place on UW's all-time list.
-- Darius Hillary needs 1 pass breakup to tie Scott Nelson and Aaron Henry for 17th place and 2 to tie Lamar White, Joey Boese and Roderick Rogers for 14th place on UW's all-time list.
-- Michael Caputo needs 1 fumble recovery to tie Ed Bosold (1972) for 1st place on UW's all-time single-season list.
-- Meyer needs 9 punts to tie and 10 to pass Kevin Stemke for 2nd place on UW's all-time list.
-- Rafael Gaglianone needs 1 field goal to pass Matt Davenport for 6th place on UW's all-time list.
-- Gaglianone needs one field-goal attempt to move past a five-way tie for 6th place, 2 to tie Philip Welch (2008 & 2009) for 4th place, 3 to tie Taylor Mehlhaff (2007) for 3rd place and 6 to tie Todd Gregoire (1994) for 2nd place on UW's all-time list.
-- Gaglianone needs 5 extra-points to tie and 6 to pass Mike Allen for 5th place on UW's all-time list.
-- Gaglianone needs one more 50+-yard field goal to join Taylor Mehlhaff and Philip Welch as the only to have three FGs from 50+ in Wisconsin history (Mehlhaff 52, 51, 51; Welch 57, 52, 50; Gaglianone 51, 50).
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