The No. 18 Wisconsin Badgers battled hard down the stretch but in the end came up short in the red zone and lost to the No. 10 Indiana Hoosiers 14-6.
The game was dominated statistically by Paul Chryst’s team with the Badgers gaining 342 offensive yards to the Hoosiers’ 217, 140 rushing yards to 87, 50% on third down to 40% and 35:08 time of possession to 24:52.
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In the end, however, it came down to Graham Mertz and the offense being unable to capitalize on red zone opportunities, the offense being depleted in many areas and a talented Indiana defense coming away with stops when they needed them most.
Here are five takeaways from the Badgers’ loss: