The 2023 season's largest margin: Wisconsin 38, Buffalo 17. A 21-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2023 — The 2023 Season
Wisconsin's 2023 season (7-6) 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
- Tanner MordecaiQB2,065 passing yards
- Braedyn LockeQB778 passing yards
- Braelon AllenRB984 rushing yards
- Jackson AckerTE322 rushing yards
- Chez MellusiRB307 rushing yards
- Will PaulingWR837 receiving yards
- Bryson GreenWR480 receiving yards
- Chimere DikeWR328 receiving yards
- Hunter WohlerS120 tackles
- Jake ChaneyLB80 tackles
- Jordan TurnerLB61 tackles
- Darryl PetersonLB4.5 sacks
- C.J. GoetzLB4 sacks
- James Thompson Jr.DL3 sacks
Season leaders, 2023.
The season's deepest loss: Wisconsin 10, Ohio State 24. A 14-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Wisconsin fell to LSU 31-35 in the postseason.
"On Wisconsin"
2023 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.