Recap: Indiana vs. Wisconsin

By Sports Network

Bloomington, IN (Sports Network) - John Clay and Montee Ball each rushed for over 100 yards and combined for three touchdowns on the ground, as 24th-ranked Wisconsin held off Indiana, 31-28, at Memorial Stadium.

Clay ran 15 times for 134 yards and Ball had 27 rushes for 115 yards and a pair of scores for the Badgers (7-2, 4-2 Big Ten), who won their second in a row and beat the Hoosiers for a fifth straight time. Scott Tolzien connected on 11-of-20 passes for 194 yards with a touchdown. Nick Toon caught five balls for 123 yards in the win.

Ben Chappell completed 25-of-35 passes for 323 yards with three TDs and a pair of interceptions for the Hoosiers (4-6, 1-5), who have lost three in a row and six of their last seven contests. Tandon Doss caught six balls for 92 yards and two touchdowns.

Ball's three-yard TD run pushed Wisconsin's lead to 31-21 with 8:18 left in the game. It capped a seven-play, 78-yard march, highlighted by a 44-yard connection from Tolzien to Toon.

The Hoosiers bounced right back with an 80-yard scoring march, culminated by a two-yard run up the middle to the end zone from Trea Burgess on a fourth down play with 4:01 remaining.

Facing a 3rd-and-8 at their own 32, the Badgers moved the chains with Tolzien throwing 17 yards to Toon. Wisconsin ran out the remaining time.

The Hoosiers grabbed the early 7-0 lead courtesy of Chappell's 11-yard touchdown toss to Doss just 4:16 into the game. The score came after David Gilreath fumbled a punt return for the Badgers.

Tolzien's 18-yard TD strike to Isaac Anderson tied the game just over two minutes later. Clay's 48-yard run moved Wisconsin into Hoosiers territory before the Badgers finished off the 77-yard drive.

Brown broke free on a 52-yard run on 4th-and-3 on the first play of the second quarter, moving the ball to the Indiana one, but the Badgers were hurt by an offensive pass interference penalty and had to settle for a Philip Welch 26- yard field goal.

Chris Maragos picked off Chappell on Indiana's ensuing possession, and the Badgers moved ahead 17-7 on Ball's one-yard scoring run up the middle.

Chappell's 46-yard touchdown pass to Doss got the Hoosiers within three points again with 2:32 remaining in the half, but Clay scored on a 14-yard run with just over a minute left.

Chappell was picked off by Chris Borland at the Wisconsin four early in the third, but the Hoosiers later pulled within three again on Terrance Turner's six-yard TD reception with 12 minutes left in the game.