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GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 25, EXPRESS 11 • 23 BY STACY CLARDIE SClardie@GoldandBlack.com A look back at the top plays and players from No. 25 Wisconsin's 34- 16 victory over Purdue on Saturday at Ross-Ade Stadium. TOP PLAYS No.3 Darrell Hazell thinks the game swung on Wisconsin's late touch- down in the second quarter, allow- ing the Badgers to take a 24-6 lead into halftime. The drive and its result certainly seemed like a killer. Purdue was forced to punt in- side Wisconsin territory after three consecutive incomplete passes, giving the Badgers the ball on the 20 with 3:01 left. In a twist, it wasn't Melvin Gordon and Wisconsin's run- ning game that marched it down the field. Quarterback Joel Stave was unstoppable. After running three consecu- tive plays to start the drive for a first down, Wisconsin took a timeout with 1:45 left. Stave took over there- after. He found Sam Arneson for six yards, then Jordan Fredrick for seven. Near midfield, he connected with Fredrick again on a 13-yarder. On first down from Purdue's 42, he completed an 11-yard to Gor- don, who got out of bounds. On the next snap, he hit Fredrick for a 15-yard gain, then Alex Erickson for seven yards to Purdue's 9-yard line. Wisconsin called a timeout with 37 seconds left. On the next play, Erickson beat safety Taylor Richards in man cover- age, and Stave delivered a strike in the end zone for the touchdown. Stave was 7-for-7 for 68 yards. No.2 Still, the Boiler- makers rallied in the third quarter behind senior safety Landon Feichter, who forced and recovered a fumble on Wis- consin's first series of the first half, leading to a Purdue field goal. On Wisconsin's second drive on fourth-and-one from the 16, Feichter shot through a hole and stretched and snatched Melvin Gordon's feet, dragging him down. Three plays later, Austin Appleby stayed tall in the pocket despite pressure — guard Jason King got beat — and found Akeem Hunt on a wheel route. Hunt, who started the play in the backfield, simply ran past everyone for a 79- yard touchdown, pulling within 24-16. No.1 And, then, seem- ingly the momen- tum-shifter. Purdue lined up for the kickoff, and Hazell knew it was time for the call. All week, the Boilermakers had worked on an onside kick specifical- ly because they thought Wisconsin was vulnerable to it — the Badgers' left edge player was significantly squeezed to the middle of the field. So Paul Griggs sent the onside kick right, toward Purdue's sideline. It bounced twice, and Raheem Mo- stert raced to grab it. Mostert got his hands on the ball just before falling out of bounds. But he bob- bled it, and by the time he gained control, his left foot was out of bounds. Officials initially ruled it was Purdue's ball, but upon further re- view, the call was overturned. The Boilermakers never threat- ened after that, as they had two three-and-outs on their next three series and Appleby was sacked four times. W I S C O N S I N 3 4 , P U R D U E 1 6 A LOOK BACK AT SATURDAY'S TOP PLAYS AND PLAYERS PURDUE VS. WISCONSIN GAME STORY