A Look Back at Indiana's Recent Top Individual Performances Against the Wisconsin Badgers

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Written by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)

The Hoosiers 2020 season was supposed to start Friday when they would have traveled north to face the Wisconsin Badgers at Camp Randall Stadium for the first time since the 2013 season. Recent history has not been kind to the Hoosiers in this series as the Badgers have won 10 straight games, with IU’s last win coming in 2002. Today we will look at the top five individual performances from Hoosier players in recent series history.

1. Levron Williams, RB, 2001- Williams had one of the all-time great Hoosier performances on the gridiron as he helped IU jump out to a 32-0 first quarter lead in route to a 63-32 victory. Williams finished with six touch downs and 280 yards rushing on just 20 carries. 

2. Gibran Hamdan, QB, 2002- The last time the Hoosiers knocked off the Badgers was way back in 2002 as Gerry Dinardo led IU to a come from behind 32-29 victory of the 23rd ranked Badgers. IU fell behind early and trailed 29-10 mid-way through the third quarter. Quarterback Gibran Hamdan threw three second half touchdowns as IU scored 22-straight points. Hamdan finished the game completing 24-of-36 passes for 310 yards and four touchdowns.

Image: Indiana University Athletics

Image: Indiana University Athletics

3. Ben Chappell, QB, 2009 – The Hoosiers nearly pulled off the upset again in 2009 as a fourth quarter comeback fell short at 31-28. Indiana quarterback Ben Chappell carved up the Wisconsin secondary as he posted three touchdown passes and 323 yards passing.

4. James Hardy, WR, 2005- James Hardy put together a lot of memorable performances in his career at IU. During this 41-24 IU loss Hardy scored on an 83-yard touchdown pass and finished with seven catches for 157 yards and two scores. 

5. John Kerr, DB, 2002- Freshman defensive back John Kerr had a big hand on defense in the Hoosiers 2002 upset of the Badgers. He made 13 total tackles, 10 of them solo along with a sack. Kerr did not finish his career at IU after he and then head coach Gerry Dinardo did not see eye-to-eye.