Northern Illinois Huskies vs Wisconsin Badgers Box Score on Sep 17, 2011

SportsDirect Inc. staff
Sep 17, 2011

Russell Wilson completed 23-of-32 passes for 347 yards and three touchdowns in No. 8 Wisconsin’s 49-7 blowout victory over Northern Illinois Saturday at Soldier Field in Chicago.

Wisconsin (3-0) took a 28-7 halftime lead behind Wilson, who recorded his 100th career touchdown on the Badgers’ opening possession, a 12-yard pass to Nick Toon. For his career, Wilson now has 84 passing touchdowns and 18 rushing scores.

Montee Ball and Toon had two touchdowns each for the Badgers, who improved to 30-3 all-time against MAC opponents and 12-1 against Northern Illinois. Ball finished with a game-high 91 rushing yards.

Northern Illinois (1-2) entered the game averaging 45.5 points and 485.5 yards, but was almost entirely shut down by Wisconsin’s defense, which held the Huskies to just 236 yards of total offense. The Huskies were forced to punt on eight of their first 10 possessions.

Wisconsin’s offense racked up 623 total yards and scored at least 35 points for the third straight time. The Badgers increased their lead to 42-7 midway through the third quarter on Wilson’s 9-yard touchdown pass to Jacob Pedersen.

Chandler Harnish, who had five touchdowns in Northern Illinois’ 45-42 loss last week against Kansas, finished 15-of-24 for 165 yards. The Huskies’ lone touchdown came on a 3-yard run by Jasmin Hopkins that tied the game at 7 late in the first quarter.