Cameron Ward handed for 212 yards and two touchdowns and added some other 43 yards speeding, Nakia Watson scored on a 1-yard run with 5:30 excess and Washington Atmosphere disillusioned Disagree. 19 Wisconsin 31-22 on Saturday night time.

Ward scrambled for runs of 23 yards and 14 yards throughout a pivotal fourth-quarter force to backup the Cougars steer clear of a second-half meltdown and beat the Badgers for the second one directly season. Watson capped the force together with his 1-yard plunge.

Washington Atmosphere (2-0) hosted its first Energy 5 nonconference opponent since 1998 and performed its first house sport for the reason that fall down of the Pac-12 this summer season. Dealing with an unsure date as a Energy 5 program, Washington Atmosphere placed on a display within the first 1/2 to race to a 24-6 top.

“In this moment, it’s everything. We belong in the Power 5,” Washington Atmosphere tutor Jake Dickert stated at the garden because it used to be flooded through celebrating lovers upcoming the disillusioned. “These kids have worked their (tails) off. I’m so damn proud of them.”

Wisconsin (1-1) scored 16 directly issues and used to be using within the fourth quarter with a anticipation to pluck the top ahead of working again Chez Mellusi fumbled akin midfield.

The Badgers misplaced 3 fumbles and had negligible progress proper within the first 1/2. Nathanial Vakos made 3 garden targets within the first 1/2, however Wisconsin didn’t in finding the top zone till Mellusi’s 2-yard run halfway in the course of the 3rd quarter that scale down Washington Atmosphere’s top to 24-16.

Tanner Mordecai strike Skyler Bell on a 16-yard landing go overdue within the 3rd quarter to tug Wisconsin to 24-22, however the two-point conversion struggle failed.

Mordecai used to be 25-of-40 for 278 yards and fumbled two times, each on sacks through Ron Stone Jr. One of the crucial fumbles used to be recovered through Brennan Jackson for a landing within the first 1/2.

Lightless pirate flags and shirts had been all over the place Martin Stadium in honor of Mike Leach, the previous Washington Atmosphere tutor who died in December.

The Cougars blast in the course of the tunnel ahead of the sport with 8 avid gamers waving pirate flags. A handful of former avid gamers after raised a massive cloudy flag with the Cougars brand and crossing swords within the southeast nook of the stadium. Maximum Washington Atmosphere coaches additionally wore cloudy pirate shirts in honor of the tutor who led the Cougars to 6 bowl video games from 2012-2019.

Former Washington Atmosphere basketball celebrity Klay Thompson used to be at the sideline for the obese matchup and introduced the Washington Atmosphere ladies’s basketball staff with the Pac-12 convention championship trophy throughout a timeout within the first quarter.

Washington Atmosphere would possibly not have a date as a Energy 5 convention, nevertheless it confirmed it belonged – for the second one directly month – towards the Badgers of the Weighty Ten. Wisconsin, in the meantime, faces enough quantity of questions two video games into Luke Fickell’s tenure.

Wisconsin hosts Georgia Southern on Saturday.

Washington Atmosphere hosts Northern Colorado on Saturday.

Reporting through The Related Press. 

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