2012 Wisconsin Badgers football team

2012 Wisconsin Badgers football
Big Ten champion
Big Ten Championship Game, W 70–31 vs. Nebraska
Rose Bowl, L 14–20 vs. Stanford
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Division	Leaders Division
2012 record	8–6 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Bret Bielema (13 games, through December 4, 2012) Barry Alvarez (Rose Bowl)
Offensive coordinator	Matt Canada
Defensive coordinator	Chris Ash Charlie Partridge
Captain	Montee Ball Chris Borland Travis Frederick Shelton Johnson Mike Taylor Ricky Wagner
Home stadium	Camp Randall Stadium (Capacity: 80,321)
Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

2012 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Legends Division
#25 Nebraska x		7	–	1					10	–	4
#24 Michigan		6	–	2					8	–	5
#17 Northwestern		5	–	3					10	–	3
Michigan State		3	–	5					7	–	6
Iowa		2	–	6					4	–	8
Minnesota		2	–	6					6	–	7
Leaders Division
#3 Ohio State* x		8	–	0					12	–	0
Penn State*		6	–	2					8	–	4
Wisconsin $		4	–	4					8	–	6
Purdue		3	–	5					6	–	7
Indiana		2	–	6					4	–	8
Illinois		0	–	8					2	–	10
Championship: Wisconsin 70, Nebraska 31
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Ohio State and Penn State ineligible for conference championship game and post-season bowl games due to NCAA sanctions. Rankings from AP Poll

Northern Iowa at #12 Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 Total Northern Iowa 0 0 7 14 21 • #12 Wisconsin 3 10 6 7 26 Date: September 1 Location: Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI Game start: 2:30 PM CST Elapsed time: 2:57 Game attendance: 79,568 Game weather: Partly Cloudy, 75 °F (24 °C), Wind: ENE 15 MPH Referee: Dennis Lispski TV announcers (BTN): Kevin Kugler (Play-by-play), Chris Martin (Color) & Jay Wilson (Sideline)

#13 Wisconsin at Oregon State

1 2 3 4 Total #13 Wisconsin 0 0 0 7 7 • Oregon State 0 3 7 0 10 Date: September 8 Location: Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR Game start: 3:00 PM CST Elapsed time: 3:17 Game attendance: 42,189 Game weather: Partly Sunny, 64 °F (18 °C), Wind: W 13 MPH Referee: Mike Cannon TV announcers (FX): Craig Bolerjack, Joel Klatt, and Petros Papadakis

Utah State at #22 Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 Total Utah State 7 7 0 0 14 • #22 Wisconsin 0 3 13 0 16 Date: September 15 Location: Camp Randall Stadium Madison, Wisconsin Game start: 7:01 PM CST Elapsed time: 3:10 Game attendance: 79,332 Game weather: Clear, 76 °F (24 °C), Wind: WSW 8 MPH Referee: Todd Geerlings TV announcers (BTN): Matt Devlin, Glen Mason, and Jay Wilson Sources:

UTEP at #24 Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 Total UTEP 6 3 7 10 26 • #24 Wisconsin 2 21 0 14 37 Date: September 22 Location: Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI Game start: 11:01 CST Elapsed time: 3:26 Game attendance: 79,806 Game weather: Cloudy, 44 °F (7 °C), Wind: NW 15 MPH Referee: John O'Neill TV announcers (ESPN2): Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway and Lewis Johnson

#23 Wisconsin at #20 Nebraska

1 2 3 4 Total #23 Wisconsin 14 6 7 0 27 • #20 Nebraska 3 7 17 3 30 Date: September 29 Location: Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE Game start: 7:00 PM Elapsed time: 3:28 Game attendance: 85,962 Game weather: Clear, 73 °F (23 °C), Wind: SSE 5 MPH Referee: Bill LeMonnier TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge and Holly Rowe

Illinois at Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 Total Illinois 0 7 0 7 14 • Wisconsin 0 7 3 21 31 Date: October 6 Location: Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI Game start: 2:30 PM Elapsed time: 3:05 Game attendance: 80,096 Game weather: Cloudy, 46 °F (8 °C), Wind: NW 15 MPH Referee: Dave Witvoet TV announcers (ABC/ESPN2): Bob Wischusen, Danny Kanell and Maria Taylor

Wisconsin at Purdue

1 2 3 4 Total • Wisconsin 7 10 7 14 38 Purdue 7 0 0 7 14 Date: October 13 Location: Ross-Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN Game start: 11:00 AM Elapsed time: 3:05 Game attendance: 46,007 Game weather: Mostly Cloudy, 59 °F (15 °C), Wind: SSW 10 MPH Referee: Dennis Lipski Television network: BTN

Minnesota at Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 Total Minnesota 6 0 7 0 13 • Wisconsin 7 7 10 14 38 Date: October 20 Location: Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI Game start: 11:00 AM Elapsed time: 3:08 Game attendance: 80,587 Game weather: Sunny, 48 °F (9 °C), Wind: W 10 MPH Referee: Todd Gerrling Television network: ESPNU

The 2012 Wisconsin Badgers football team represent the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Badgers, led by seventh-year head coach Bret Bielema, through December 4, 2012, and Barry Alvarez for the Rose Bowl are members of the Leaders Division of the Big Ten Conference and play their home games at Camp Randall Stadium. The Badgers lost their final game 20-14 in the Rose Bowl to the Stanford Cardinal of the Pac-12 Conference on January 1, 2013.

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Notables Wisconsin had 2 running backs run for over 200 yards (Montee Ball and Melvin Gordon) and Badgers running backs accounted for 8 rushing touchdowns on the day (along with a passing touchdown by running back James White). The 70 points tied the second-highest mark in Wisconsin history, set against Northwestern in 2010 and Austin Peay in 2010 (the Wisconsin record for most points in a game is 83 against Indiana in 2010). The Badgers returned their first interception for a touchdown, as senior defensive back Marcus Cromartie returned a deflected Taylor Martinez pass 29 yards to put Wisconsin up 14-0 less than 3 minutes into the game.

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