Wisconsin-Tennessee Tech postgame notes & tidbits

By foxsports
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Here's a few items of interest following Wisconsin's 48-0 win over Tennessee Tech:
• Gary Andersen never had a winning record as head coach in his career until today. His record currently stands at 32-31.
• Wisconsin has now started 2-0 in 11 of the last 11 seasons and has won its first two home games in every year dating back to 2004.
• The Badgers have won 28 consecutive nonconference home games, tied for the second-longest active streak in the FBS. The last nonconference home loss was Sept. 13, 2003 to UNLV.
• Wisconsin is 21-0 all-time against FCS teams, including 3-0 against Ohio Valley Conference teams.
• The Badgers had back-to-back shutouts for the first time since opening the 1958 season by beating Miami (Fla). 20-0 and Marquette 50-0. The last Big Ten team to open the season with two straight shutouts was Ohio State in 1961.
• The 113 total yards on defense tied the ninth-lowest total in school history.
• Wisconsin had 606 yards total offense, tied for the 11th most in school history.
• Wisconsin allowed only six first downs. The school record is five against Temple on Sept. 10, 2005.
• The Badgers have won 26 straight games when rushing for more than 230 yards.
• Chris Borland passed Michael Reid for 16th place on UW's all-time tackles list.
• Borland broke a tie for seventh place on UW's all-time tackles-for-loss list.
• Jared Abbrederis passed Chris  Chambers for sixth place and Al Toon for fifth place on UW's all-times receptions list.
• Abbrederis' eight receptions were his personal best in a game. The last time Abbrederis had as many as five in a game was Oct. 6, 2012, when he had seven.
• Abbrederis recorded his 19th receiving touchdown, tying him with Jonathan Orr and Al Toon for third place on UW's all-time list. 
• Abbrederis passed Ira Matthews for 10th place on UW's all-time all-purpose yards list.
• Abbrederis passed Ira Matthews for seventh place on UW's all-time punt returns list.
• James White passed Rufus Ferguson for 11th place on UW's all-time rushing yards list.White tied Brent Moss for seventh place on UW's all-time rushing touchdowns list and passed Moss for seventh place on UW's overall TD list.
• White passed Billy Marek and Nick Davis for eighth place on UW's all-time all-purpose yards list.
• Joel Stave set personal bests with 28 pass attempts, 20 completions and 3 touchdowns.
• Amazing stat No. 1: In his last four games, Melvin Gordon has 551 yards on 40 carries (13.8 average),
• Amazing stat No. 2: At Wisconsin, Gordon has 1,003 yards on 104 carries (9.6 average).
• Conor O'Neil had 9 tackles. He had 10 all of last season (and 15 the previous year).
• Jordan Fredrick tied his high with three receptions. He also did it Sept. 29, 2012 at Nebraska.
• Brian Wozniak not only had his first touchdown, but he had his first reception since Oct. 27, 2012.
p.s. Planning on live blogging next week's game against Arizona State. Pass it around and let people know about The Bucky Breakdown.