50. Wisconsin 48, Kent State 0 (2019)

I have decided to get back into the countdown. I haven’t done it the past few years, but since I am so excited for Bucky football once again, I have decided to change up the countdown. Since Paul Chryst has exceeded 50 wins since becoming the head coach, I have decided to make the countdown my top 50 wins in Paul Chryst’s tenure. He has 56, so there are plenty of lopsided wins on this list, starting at No. 50.

To begin the countdown, Jonathan Taylor tied a program record with five touchdowns, leading the Badgers to an easy 48-0 over Kent State. The Badgers avoided the major letdown after winning their first two games in the Big Ten campaign, including a demolition of No. 11 Michigan. The shutout for Wisconsin was its third such game in its first five contests of the season. The Badgers outgained the Golden Flashes 520-124.

If you want to know how this game went, well, Wisconsin scored touchdowns on its first seven possessions to run away with the game. While the Bucky train scored touchdowns on its first three drives, the Golden Flashes made the Badgers work for them. In the three possessions, Wisconsin ran a total of 37 plays, including a 17-play drive to put the Badgers in front 21-0.

Predictably, all three drives ended the same way. Jonathan Taylor, rushing touchdown.

The game was an indicator of how the game went. KSU went 3-and-out, and the Badgers started their day offensively with a 21-yard toss from Jack Coan to A.J. Taylor.

If the game wasn’t over already, Taylor slammed the door shut on the Golden Flashes two plays into the second half. Nakia Watson had a tremendous kick return to the Badgers 40 to begin the half. On the first play of the drive, JT23 ran for 12 yards into KSU territory. On the second play, Taylor busted a 48-yard run up the middle for the score to put it away, 35-0, and give the junior a program record-tying fifth touchdown on the afternoon.

He could have broken the record, but Chryst showed mercy.

Wisconsin had a 70-yard touchdown drive on its second drive in the third quarter, aided by a KSU pass interference penalty. Jake Ferguson scored on a 2-yard toss from Coan to make it 41-0. Wide receiver Jack Dunn scored on a 3-yard touchdown run to make the final 48-0 on the first play of the final period.

The Badgers added another shutout the following week when Wisconsin whipped Michigan State 38-0 at Camp Randall Stadium for their fourth shutout in six weeks. That came crashing down with two consecutive losses, including an embarrassing loss at Illinois. But the team did rebound for a Big Ten West division win and berth in the Rose Bowl.