Overview
- Freshman Mason Posa produced a strip-sack and fumble recovery at the 7 to set up the tying touchdown, then ended Washington’s final drive with a fourth-down sack.
- Nathanial Vakos converted field goals from 42 and 32 yards, with the late-third-quarter 32-yarder standing as the winner.
- Ben Barten blocked a 50-yard Washington try in the fourth quarter as Wisconsin’s defense held the Huskies to 251 yards.
- After starter Danny O’Neil was carted off with a lower-body injury in the first quarter, freshman Carter Smith rushed for 47 yards and the tying score in his college debut.
- Special teams loomed large as punter Sean West completed a 24-yard fake-punt pass to finish as Wisconsin’s leading passer, while Washington’s only touchdown came after a blocked punt and fans stormed the field at the end.