2006 Capital One Bowl

The 2006 Capital One Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Wisconsin Badgers and the Auburn Tigers on January 2, 2006, at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. Despite the odds against them, Wisconsin defeated the higher ranked Tigers, 24-10.^[2]

Prior to the bowl game, Barry Alvarez announced that he would be stepping down as head coach of Wisconsin after 16 seasons and eight bowl victories in order to focus his attention on his duties as the athletic director at the University.

Brian Calhoun, the MVP of the game, rushed 30 times for 213 yards and a 33-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter to seal the game for the Badgers. This would turn out to be his last collegiate football game as Calhoun opted to forgo his senior year in favor of entering the NFL Draft. Badgers QB John Stocco threw for 301 yards and two touchdowns. Wisconsin wide receiver Brandon Williams) caught six passes for 173 yards and a touchdown in addition to 35 yards rushing.

Despite having the top offense in the Southeastern Conference, Auburn was not able to establish themselves against the Badgers defense. In the 2005 season, Auburn had not been shut out in the first half. Overall, Auburn's offense was outgained by Wisconsin by over two to one.

Statistics

Statistics	Wisconsin	Auburn
1st Downs	24	19
Total Yards	548	236
Passing Yards	301	137
Rushing Yards	247	99
Penalties	7-56	5-35
3rd Down Conversions	7–15	4-14
4th Down Conversions	0-0	2-2
Turnovers	1	2
Time of Possession	30:48	29:12

Scoring summary

Scoring Play	Score
1st Quarter
WIS - Brandon Williams 30 Yd Pass from John Stocco (Taylor Mehlhaff Kick), 7:55	WIS 7-0
WIS - Taylor Mehlhaff 19 Yd FG, 0:21	WIS 10-0
2nd Quarter
WIS - Owen Daniels 13 Yd Pass From John Stocco (Taylor Mehlhaff Kick), 7:19	WIS 17-0
3rd Quarter
AUB - John Vaughn 19 Yd FG, 11:54	WIS 17-3
4th Quarter
AUB - Courtney Taylor 9 Yd Pass From Brandon Cox (John Vaughn Kick), 14:49	WIS 17-10
WIS - Brian Calhoun 33 Yd Run (Taylor Mehlhaff Kick), 13:22	WIS 24-10

References

2005–06 NCAA football bowl game season

New Orleans (Dec. 20) GMAC (Dec. 21) Las Vegas (Dec. 22) Poinsettia (Dec. 22) Fort Worth (Dec. 23) Hawaii (Dec. 24) Motor City (Dec. 26) Champs Sports (Dec. 27) Insight (Dec. 27) MPC Computers (Dec. 28) Alamo (Dec. 28) Emerald (Dec. 29) Holiday (Dec. 29) Music City (Dec. 30) Sun (Dec. 30) Independence (Dec. 30) Peach (Dec. 30) Meineke Car Care (Dec. 31) Liberty (Dec. 31) Houston (Dec. 31) Cotton (Jan. 2) Outback (Jan. 2) Gator (Jan. 2) Capital One (Jan. 2)

Bowl Championship Series games: Sugar (Jan. 2) Fiesta (Jan. 2) Orange (Jan. 3) Rose (National Championship Game) (Jan. 4)

All-Star Games: Magnolia Gridiron All-Star Classic (Dec. 24) Las Vegas All-American Classic (Jan. 14) East–West Shrine Game (Jan. 20) Hula Bowl (Jan. 21) Senior Bowl (Jan. 28)

Tangerine / Florida Citrus / Capital One / Citrus Bowl

History & conference tie-ins	History Orlando Citrus Bowl Stadium Broadcasters Big Ten Conference Southeastern Conference

Games	1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1958 1960 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2016

Notes	There was a Citrus Bowl in January and December in 1958, 1960 and 2016. There was no Citrus Bowl in 1959.

Auburn Tigers bowl games

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Wisconsin Badgers bowl games

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