No. 21 Wisconsin 31, Indiana 28: Badgers Rush For Over 200 Yards, Edge Hoosiers

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Bloomington, IN (Sports Network) – John Clay and Montee Ball each rushed for over 100 yards and combined for three touchdowns on the ground, as 24th-ranked Wisconsin held off Indiana, 31-28, at Memorial Stadium.

Clay ran 15 times for 134 yards and Ball had 27 rushes for 115 yards and a pair of scores for the Badgers (7-2, 4-2 Big Ten), who won their second in a row and beat the Hoosiers for a fifth straight time. Scott Tolzien connected on 11-of-20 passes for 194 yards with a touchdown. Nick Toon caught five balls for 123 yards in the win.

Ben Chappell completed 25-of-35 passes for 323 yards with three TDs and a pair of interceptions for the Hoosiers (4-6, 1-5), who have lost three in a row and six of their last seven contests. Tandon Doss caught six balls for 92 yards and two touchdowns.

Ball’s three-yard TD run pushed Wisconsin’s lead to 31-21 with 8:18 left in the game. It capped a seven-play, 78-yard march, highlighted by a 44-yard connection from Tolzien to Toon.

The Hoosiers bounced right back with an 80-yard scoring march, culminated by a two-yard run up the middle to the end zone from Trea Burgess on a fourth down play with 4:01 remaining.

Facing a 3rd-and-8 at their own 32, the Badgers moved the chains with Tolzien throwing 17 yards to Toon. Wisconsin ran out the remaining time.

The Hoosiers grabbed the early 7-0 lead courtesy of Chappell’s 11-yard touchdown toss to Doss just 4:16 into the game. The score came after David Gilreath fumbled a punt return for the Badgers.

Tolzien’s 18-yard TD strike to Isaac Anderson tied the game just over two minutes later. Clay’s 48-yard run moved Wisconsin into Hoosiers territory before the Badgers finished off the 77-yard drive.

Brown broke free on a 52-yard run on 4th-and-3 on the first play of the second quarter, moving the ball to the Indiana one, but the Badgers were hurt by an offensive pass interference penalty and had to settle for a Philip Welch 26- yard field goal.

Chris Maragos picked off Chappell on Indiana’s ensuing possession, and the Badgers moved ahead 17-7 on Ball’s one-yard scoring run up the middle.

Chappell’s 46-yard touchdown pass to Doss got the Hoosiers within three points again with 2:32 remaining in the half, but Clay scored on a 14-yard run with just over a minute left.

Chappell was picked off by Chris Borland at the Wisconsin four early in the third, but the Hoosiers later pulled within three again on Terrance Turner’s six-yard TD reception with 12 minutes left in the game.

Wisconsin hosts Michigan next Saturday, while the Hoosiers play at Penn State…Indiana’s Ray Fisher missed the contest with a knee injury. He headed into Saturday leading the Big Ten with 37.4 yards per kickoff return. He has taken two kickoffs back for touchdowns this season…This was Clay’s eighth career game of rushing for at least 100 yards…The Badgers hold a 36-18-2 lead in the all-time series…Wisconsin outgained the Hoosiers, 488-386.

- Via Sports Network.