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Bret Bielema has happy return at Camp Randall as Illinois pounds Wisconsin 34-10

By Steve Megaree
Published  October 1, 2022 3:11pm CDT
University of Illinois
Associated Press

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MADISON, Wisconsin - Chase Brown rushed for 129 yards, Tommy DeVito had three short touchdown keepers and Illinois trounced Wisconsin 34-10 on Saturday to give coach Bret Bielema a triumphant return to Camp Randall Stadium. 

Illinois (4-1, 1-1 Big Ten) scored 17 points off Wisconsin turnovers and scored the game's final 27 points to win as a 6 1/2-point underdog. 

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The Illini sacked Graham Mertz six times and held the Badgers to 2 yards rushing on 24 carries. 

Bielema had gone 68-24 in seven years as Wisconsin's coach before leaving for Arkansas at the end of the 2012 regular season.