Tag: Scott Tolzien

Badger Countdown: QB finishes UW career with 32 passing TDs

The 2023 college football season is on the horizon and the Badgers are now 32 days away from their opener against Buffalo on Sept. 2.

The 2023 college football season is on the horizon and the Badgers are now 32 days away from their opener against Buffalo on Sept. 2. A former Wisconsin quarterback finished his collegiate career with 32 passing touchdowns, leading the Badgers to a Rose Bowl.

A member of the Badgers from 2006-2010, Scott Tolzien didn’t become the starter until 2009, his fourth campaign in Madison. He spent two full seasons under center, recording a total of 5,271 passing yards and 32 touchdowns during his time with Wisconsin.

In 2010, he helped lead the Badgers to the Rose Bowl, falling to TCU 21-19 in what was the first of three straight Rose Bowl appearances for Wisconsin.

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Badger Countdown: Wisconsin scores 70 points in 2010 game

College football season is on the horizon and the Badgers’ opener is now 70 days away as Wisconsin faces Buffalo on Sept. 2 at Camp Randall.

College football season is on the horizon and the Badgers’ opener is now 70 days away as Wisconsin faces Buffalo on Sept. 2 at Camp Randall. In 2010, the Badgers set multiple scoring records, starting with their 70-3 win over Austin Peay on Sept. 25.

In the contest, quarterback Scott Tolzien threw for 217 yards and three touchdowns, but the running game is what made the difference for the Badgers. Starter John Clay turned 15 carries into 118 yards and a score while backup James White truly burst onto the scene. The true freshman recorded 145 yards and four touchdowns on 11 carries.

Montee Ball added another 64 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries while Wisconsin set the program record with 70 points. That record wouldn’t stand long though, as the team went on to beat Indiana 83-20 in November.

Wisconsin finished the 2010 campaign 11-1 before going on to lose the 2011 Rose Bowl to TCU by a score of 21-19.

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Badger Countdown: Wisconsin QB completes 72 percent of passes in 2010

The Wisconsin Badgers’ season opener versus Buffalo on Sept. 2 is now just 72 days away as the 2023 college football season closes in.

The Wisconsin Badgers’ season opener versus Buffalo on Sept. 2 is now just 72 days away as the 2023 college football season closes in. During an impressive 2010 campaign, former Badger quarterback Scott Tolzien completed a program-record 72.9 percent of his passes.

Leading Wisconsin to an 11-2 overall record, Tolzien completed 194 passes for 2,459 yards and 16 touchdowns while starting all 13 games. The 2010 season was the start of a three-year stretch where the Badgers made the Rose Bowl each season, losing all three.

On January 1, 2011, Tolzien and the Badgers fell to Andy Dalton and his TCU Horned Frogs 21-19 in the Rose Bowl. The game concluded Tolzien’s third and final season (second as starter) with Wisconsin.

He finished his career in Madison with 5,271 passing yards (seventh all-time) and 32 passing touchdowns (10th all-time). His 72.9 percent completion percentage remains the highest total for a single season in program history, just barely edging out Russell Wilson’s 72.8 percent from 2011.

Tolzien went on to go unselected in the 2011 NFL Draft and he started two games for the Green Bay Packers in 2013 and two others for the Indianapolis Colts (one in 2016 and another in 2017) before retiring.

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Badger Countdown: Tolzien unleashes 80-yard TD in Week 1 of 2009

The return of Badger football is just 80 days away as Wisconsin opens the 2023 campaign Sept. 2 versus Buffalo at Camp Randall Stadium.

The return of Badger football is just 80 days away as Wisconsin opens the 2023 campaign Sept. 2 versus Buffalo at Camp Randall Stadium. Not many players have worn the number 80, but a former Badger quarterback unleashed an 80-yard touchdown pass to open the 2009 campaign.

Scott Tolzien set off his second season as the starting quarterback with a bang, hitting wide receiver Isaac Anderson for an 80-yard touchdown on the Badgers’ first offensive play of the 2009 season.

Wisconsin went on to win the contest 28-20 over Northern Illinois and finished the year with a 10-3 overall record. Head coach Bret Bielema led his Badger squad to a 20-14 win over Miami (FL) in the 2009 Champs Sports Bowl.

Report: Former Badger QB Scott Tolzien expected to be promoted on Dallas Cowboys staff

Report: Former Badger QB Scott Tolzien expected to be promoted on Dallas Cowboys staff

Former Wisconsin Badger and Green Bay Packer quarterback Scott Tolzien has received a promotion on the Dallas Cowboys coaching staff according to a report from Calvin Watkins of the Dallas Morning News.

Tolzien spent 2006-10 as a Badger, and later served as an offensive analyst for the Wisconsin coaching staff in 2019. He earned Second-Team All-Big Ten honors in 2010 after leading the Badgers to an 11-2 record.

Tolzien is expected to be promoted to quarterbacks coach. He is currently an offensive assistant coach with the Cowboys under former Packers head coach Mike McCarthy. Tolzien played for McCarthy in Green Bay before reuniting in Dallas.

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Report: Cowboys to announce longtime McCarthy aides as QB coach, LB coach

Scott Tolzien has been with McCarthy as a player and an assistant; Scott McCurley was the Cowboys’ 2020 LB coach. | From @ToddBrock24f7

Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy has turned to two of his own to fill what would appear to be the final openings on the team’s coaching staff for 2023.

And they both already have a parking pass at The Star.

Scott Tolzien is expected to be officially named as the new quarterbacks coach in Dallas, as per Clarence Hill Jr. of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Tolzien has served as a coaching assistant for the team since 2020; he was brought aboard early in McCarthy’s tenure mainly to work with the team’s passers. Tolzien played under McCarthy in Green Bay for three seasons, getting into six games as Aaron Rodgers’s backup.

The 35-year-old Wisconsin product will take over the role after Doug Nussmeier’s move to the Chargers, where he’ll reunite with Kellen Moore.

Scott McCurley will also get a promotion, according to reports, and is set to become the Cowboys’ primary linebackers coach.

It will actually be McCurley’s second stint in the position. Originally hired by McCarthy in 2020 to be linebackers coach, McCurley was more or less demoted after one season. That’s when senior defensive assistant George Edwards took over the linebackers upon the arrival of Dan Quinn as defensive coordinator.

McCurley is a Pennsylvania native and Pitt alum who first served under McCarthy as a Packers coaching intern in 2006. He spent five years as a defensive quality control assistant before McCarthy promoted him to assistant linebackers coach. He had worked his way up to defensive assistant by 2018 and spent 2019 out of football before McCarthy brought him to Dallas.

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Wisconsin football’s all-time leaders in passing touchdowns

I will continue to look at some of the all-time great Wisconsin quarterbacks in this article by finding Wisconsin’s all-time leaders in p…

Earlier in this series, we looked at the top 10 in career passing yards in Wisconsin program history. I will continue to look at some of the all-time great Wisconsin quarterbacks in this article by finding Wisconsin’s all-time leaders in career passing touchdowns.

Although current Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson did not make the top 10 in career passing yards at Wisconsin because he only played one season for the Badgers, Wilson did crack the top 10 in career passing touchdowns. His tenure at Wisconsin may have been brief, but in that time, Wilson proved he was one of the best quarterbacks to ever play in the Wisconsin uniform.

Below are the top 10 in career passing touchdowns in Wisconsin program history:

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Former Packers QB Scott Tolzien joins Mike McCarthy’s staff in Dallas

The former Packers QB will be a special coaching assistant for Mike McCarthy with the Cowboys.

Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Scott Tolzien is getting his first shot at an NFL coaching job with Mike McCarthy and the Dallas Cowboys.

Tolzien, the former Wisconsin Badgers quarterback who spent three years as a quarterback in Green Bay, joined McCarthy’s first staff in Dallas as a coaching assistant. He spent last season as an opponent analyst for Paul Chryst and the Badgers football program.

McCarthy and the Packers originally signed Tolzien to the practice squad on Sept. 1, 2013. He was promoted to the active roster after Aaron Rodgers’ collarbone injury and eventually played in three games with two starts, completing 55 of 90 passes for 717 yards, one touchdown and five interceptions. He also ran for a touchdown.

Tolzien served as the backup behind Rodgers the next two seasons. He left Green Bay in free agency following the 2015 season and spent his final two seasons in the NFL with the Indianapolis Colts, backing up Andrew Luck.

Rodgers often mentions Tolzien among his favorite backups. His intelligence and work ethic endeared him to both Rodgers and McCarthy, who will now bring him to Dallas to help install the offense and create a new culture with the Cowboys.

Tolzien is one of several former Packers to join McCarthy’s staff. Others include Rob Davis, Joe Philbin, Jeff Blasko, Scott McCurley and Al Harris.

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Dallas Cowboys to Hire Scott Tolzien as Assistant Coach

Former Wisconsin Badger Scott Tolzien was named an assistant coach to the Dallas Cowboys coaching staff on Monday.

It was announced on Monday that Scott Tolzien was hired by the Dallas Cowboys as an assistant coach for newly hired and former Green Bay Packer Head Coach Mike McCarthy.

Tolzien a former Badger quarterback who led the Badgers to a Big Ten championship in 2010 and the 2011 Rose Bowl against TCU served as an Offensive Analyst for the Badgers this past season as he would scout Wisconsin’s opponents.

Tolzien who won the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award as a senior played for four different NFL teams following his collegiate career with Wisconsin as he played six seasons in the NFL.

One of the teams that Tolzien played for in the NFL was the Packers under McCarthy for three seasons. In Tolzien’s NFL career he appeared in 10 career games making four career starts with half of them coming under McCarthy.

Tolzien threw for 1,065 yards in the NFL on 88-for-146 passing with two passing touchdowns and one rushing touchdown too.