The 2021 season's largest margin: Wisconsin 52, Rutgers 3. A 49-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2021 — The Winning Chapter
Wisconsin's 2021 season (8-4) 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
- Graham MertzQB1,958 passing yards
- Braelon AllenRB1,268 rushing yards
- Chez MellusiRB815 rushing yards
- Danny Davis IIIWR478 receiving yards
- Jake FergusonTE450 receiving yards
- Kendric PryorWR416 receiving yards
- Leo ChenalLB96 tackles
- Jack SanbornLB77 tackles
- Nick HerbigLB61 tackles
- Noah BurksLB4 sacks
- Matt HenningsenDE3.5 sacks
- Keeanu BentonNT2.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2021.
The season's deepest loss: Wisconsin 13, Notre Dame 41. A 28-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Wisconsin beat Arizona State 20-13 in the postseason.
"On Wisconsin"
2021 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.