Wisconsin 38, Minnesota 14

November 6, 2004 - Camp Randall Stadium - Madison, WI

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NCAAF   FINAL               1ST  2ND  3RD  4TH     TOTAL
                            ---  ---  ---  ---     -----
        MINNESOTA             0    7    7    0      14
        WISCONSIN (4)        21   10    7    0      38   FINAL


        SCORING SUMMARY

     
        1ST QTR: WISC - TD, JOHN STOCCO 1 YD RUN (MIKE ALLEN KICK), 12:18
                 WISC - TD, JONATHAN ORR 17 YD PASS FROM JOHN STOCCO (MIKE 
                            ALLEN KICK), 4:39
                 WISC - TD, ANTHONY DAVIS 1 YD RUN (MIKE ALLEN KICK), 1:08
        2ND QTR: WISC - TD, ANTHONY DAVIS 1 YD RUN (MIKE ALLEN KICK), 12:44
                 WISC - FG, MIKE ALLEN 41 YD, 6:00
                 MINN - TD, ERNIE WHEELWRIGHT 10 YD PASS FROM BRYAN CUPITO
                            (RHYS LLOYD KICK), 4:07
        3RD QTR: MINN - TD, LAURENCE MARONEY 31 YD RUN (RHYS LLOYD KICK), 12:57
                 WISC - TD, JOHN STOCCO 2 YD RUN (MIKE ALLEN KICK), 5:18
                                                                                


Extended Box


NCAAF                 1  2  3  4   F 
                      -  -  -  -  -- 
Minnesota             0  7  7  0  14 
Wisconsin            21 10  7  0  38  FINAL 


 Wisconsin-Stocco 1 run (Allen kick)
 Wisconsin-J Orr 17 pass from Stocco (Allen kick)
 Wisconsin-A Davis 1 run (Allen kick)
 Wisconsin-A Davis 1 run (Allen kick)
 Wisconsin-FG Allen 41
 Minnesota-Wheelwright 10 pass from Cupito (Lloyd kick)
 Minnesota-Maroney 31 run (Lloyd kick)
 Wisconsin-Stocco 2 run (Allen kick)


                      Minnesota   Wisconsin 
First downs                  13          28 
Rushed-yards              18-73      60-228 
Passing yards               258         297 
Sacked-yards lost           1-9         3-7 
Return yards                  0          22 
Passes                  17-34-0     19-26-0 
Punts                    5-43.8      1-42.0 
Fumbles-lost                1-1         1-0 
Penalties-yards            6-38         1-5 
Time of possession        15:29       44:31 


Individual Statistics 
RUSHING: Minnesota-Maroney 8-57, M Barber 7-34, Cupito 2-(-6), Wallace 1-(-12).
Wisconsin-A Davis 31-124, Bernstein 11-37, B Williams 2-26, Stocco 7-19, Stanley
5-11, Donovan 1-11, J Walker 2-1.


PASSING: Minnesota-Cupito 17-33-0-258, M Barber 0-1-0-0.
Wisconsin-Stocco 19-26-0-297.


RECEIVING: Minnesota-Wheelwright 6-83, Hamilton 1-46, Ellerson 4-42, Wallace
1-29, Spaeth 2-28, Valentine 1-20, Maroney 2-10. Wisconsin-B Williams 5-87,
J Orr 3-68, Daniels 4-39, Charles 2-32, Paciotti 1-27, Pociask 1-27, Bernstein
1-8, B White 1-7, A Davis 1-2.


Att: 83,069
                                                                        


Game Story


MADISON, Wisconsin (Ticker) -- John Stocco and Anthony Davis 
took the suspense out of this one early.

Stocco and Davis each accounted for two touchdowns in the first
18 minutes as fourth-ranked Wisconsin reclaimed "Paul Bunyan's
Axe" with an emphatic 38-14 victory over Big Ten Conference
rival Minnesota.

A Minnesota native, Stocco completed 19-of-26 passes for a
career-high 297 yards and a touchdown and ran for two scores for
the Badgers (9-0, 6-0 Big Ten), who moved into a first-place
tie with idle Michigan atop the conference standings.

"I gave John the game ball," Badgers coach Barry Alvarez said.
"You know, playing against your home state school is meaningful,
and he had one of the better quarterback performances that
we've had in a long time, so he certainly deserved it."

"That's where I'm from.  That's where I'm close to, where I grew
up," Stocco said.  "Obviously, every game is important, but
playing Minnesota is just a little special for me, so it was
just unbelievable to get the axe back."

Wisconsin, which does not face the Wolverines, holds the
tiebreaker for better overall record were they to finish in a
first-place tie.

Davis ran 31 times for 124 yards and two TDs for Wisconsin,
which has won eight of the last 10 meetings with Minnesota in
the most-played rivalry in Division I-A football.  The Golden
Gophers hold a 59-47-8 lead in the series and won last year's
game, 37-34, on a 35-yard field goal by Rhys Lloyd with no time
remaining.

"It felt great to get the axe back," said Badgers star defensive
end Erasmus James, who sat out their 24-12 win over
Northwestern two weeks ago with an ankle injury.  "We're 9-0, we
look (to go) 1-0 every week and it's just a great opportunity
to show these younger guys what we do here and how we want to
keep this axe in its case."

With 4,469 career rushing yards, Davis moved past Michigan's
Jamie Morris into eighth place on the Big Ten's all-time list.

"We weren't really focusing on them, our focus is on us," Davis
said.  "We know what we're capable of doing and all we can
really worry about as an offense was coming out here and making
a statement and having a breakout game."

Stocco opened the scoring on a one-yard run 2:42 into the
contest and made it 14-0 with a 17-yard touchdown toss to
Jonathan Orr.  Davis added a one-yard run late in the period and
a two-yard score that opened a 28-0 advantage 2:16 into the
second quarter.

Playing before Camp Randall Stadium-record crowd of 83,069, the
Badgers gained a season-high 525 yards.

"Needless to say, we were dominated by Wisconsin," Gophers coach
Glen Mason said.  "For whatever reason, we didn't start that
game ready to play.  And if you're going to play against a
quality team like Wisconsin, you'd better bring your 'A' game,
and we obviously didn't."

Minnesota trailed, 31-0, before Bryan Cupito connected on a
10-yard touchdown to Ernie Wheelwright with 4:07 left in the
half.

Cupito was 17-of-33 for 258 yards for the Gophers (6-4, 3-4),
who have lost four of their last five games.