The 2014 season's largest margin: Wisconsin 68, Bowling Green 17. A 51-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2014 — The Ten-Win Year
Wisconsin's 2014 season (11-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Joel StaveQB1,350 passing yards
- Tanner McEvoyS709 passing yards
- Melvin GordonRB2,587 rushing yards
- Corey ClementRB949 rushing yards
- Alex EricksonWR772 receiving yards
- Sam ArnesonTE387 receiving yards
Season leaders, 2014.
The season's deepest loss: Wisconsin 0, Ohio State 59. A 59-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Wisconsin beat Auburn 34-31 in the postseason.
"On Wisconsin"
2014 is a middle chapter for Wisconsin — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.