Wisconsin Badgers-Penn State Big Ten championship pregame notes

By foxsports
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Here are some notes, tidbits and stats heading for Saturday's game between the Wisconsin Badgers and Penn State Nittany Lions:

-- This is the 18th meeting between Wisconsin and Penn State. The Badgers lead the all-time series 9-8, but the Nittany Lions have won four of the last five meetings and are 8-7 vs. Wisconsin since joining the Big Ten.

-- Wisconsin has allowed 17 or fewer points in 10 of its 12 games, the most such games by any FBS team this season.

-- This is the Badgers' sixth game against a top-10 team this season (AP ranking at time of game), a school record (previous record was four).

-- Under Paul Chryst, Wisconsin is 14-2 when scoring first (7-1 in 2016), 6-3 when the opponent scores first (3-1 in 2016), 11-2 when leading after the first quarter (5-1 in 2016), 3-2 when trailing after the first quarter (2-0 in 2016), 18-1 when leading at halftime (9-1 in 2016), 2-4 when trailing at halftime (1-1 in 2016), 17-1 when leading after the third quarter (9-1 in 2016) and 3-3 when trailing after the third quarter (2-0 in 2016).

-- Wisconsin has four 100-yard receivers against Penn State: Larry Mialik, 1970; Brandon Williams, 2005; Kyle Jefferson, 2007; Jared Abbrederis, 2013.

-- The Badgers have five 200-yard passers against Penn State and are 1-4 in those games. The most yards as well as the most recent was Joel Stave, with 339 in 2013.

-- Wisconsin has 10 100-yard rushers vs. Penn State. The last to do it was Montee Ball in 2012 and the most was Anthony Davis with 200 in 2001.

-- Corey Clement needs 123 rushing yards to pass Larry Emery for 12th place on UW's all-time list.

-- Clement needs 142 rushing yards to pass Billy Marek (1975) for 5th place in rushing yards by a senior on UW's all-time list.

-- Clement's next 100-yard rushing game will be his eighth this season, tying for the 11th most in a single season in UW history.

-- Clement's next 100-yard game will be his 16th overall, breaking a tie for 11th place with Larry Emery and Terrell Fletcher.

-- Clement needs 1 rushing touchdown to pass Brent Moss for 9th place on UW's all-time list.

-- Alex Hornibrook needs 237 passing yards to pass Darrell Bevell (1992) for 1st place on UW's all-time single-season freshman passing yards list.

-- Vince Biegel needs .5 tackles for loss to tie or 1 to pass Darryl Sims for 10th place on UW's all-time list.

-- Biegel needs .5 sacks to tie Don Davey for 7th place and 1.5 to tie John Favret for 6th place on UW's all-time list.

-- T.J. Watt needs .5 sacks to tie and 1 to pass Mike Thompson (1993) and Bryan Jurewicz (1996) for 7th place and 1.5 to tie and 2 to pass Tim Jordan (1985) and Darryl Sims (1982) for 5th place on UW's all-time single-season list.

-- Derrick Tindal needs 1 pass breakup to tie Scott Nelson, Aaron Henry and Michael Caputo for 18th place and 2 to tie Lamarr White, Joey Boese, Roderick Rogers and Aaron Henry for 14th place on UW's all-time list.

-- Tindal needs 2 passes defensed to tie Steve Wagner (1974), Troy Vincent (1991) and Allen Langford (2008) for 10th place, 3 to tie LaMar Campbell (1996) and Jack Ikegwuonu (2007) for 8th place and 4 to tie Jamar Fletcher (1999) and Devin Smith (2012) for 6th place on UW's all-time single-season list.

-- Tindal needs 1 pass breakup to tie Steve Wagner (1974), Jason Suttle (1995), Roderick Rogers (2005) and Jack Ikegwuonu (2006) for 13th place, 2 to tie Ken Dixon (1976), Jamar Fletcher (1998), Mike Echols (1999 & 2001) and Marcus Cromartie (2012) for 9th place, 3 to tie Troy Vincent (1991), Allen Langford (2008) and Devin Smith (2012) for 6th place on UW's all-time single-season list.

-- Sojourn Shelton needs 4 passes defensed to tie Jeff Messenger for 5th place on UW's all-time list.

-- Shelton needs 4 pass breakups to tie Jamar Fletcher for 3rd place on UW's all-time list.

-- Shelton needs 1 pass defensed to tie and 2 to pass Jamar Fletcher (1999) and Devin Smith (2012) for 6th place and 3 to tie Jamar Fletcher (1998) and Scott Starks (2003) for 4th place on UW's all-time single-season list.

-- Shelton needs 1 pass breakup to tie Troy Vincent (1991), Allen Langford (2008) and Devin Smith (2012) for 6th place, 2 to tie Jamar Fletcher (2000) and Jim Leonhard (202) for 4th place and 3 to tie Jack Ikegwuonu (2007) for 3rd place on UW's all-time single-season list.

-- Natrell Jamerson needs 1 kick return for a touchdown to tie Ira Matthews and Nick Davis for the most in UW history (2).

-- The Badgers' defense needs 1 interception to tie for 6th most, 2 to tie and 3 to pass for 2nd most in a season in UW history. Wisconsin last had 22 interceptions in 2002 (14 games) and 23 interceptions in 1984 (12 games). The most in a season is 26 in 1981.