According to the University of Wisconsin, they have canceled Saturday’s game vs. Purdue due to 15 student-athletes and 12 staff members testing positive for COVID-19.
From Wisconsin:
The Wisconsin football team’s home game against Purdue on Saturday will not be played and team-related activities remain paused indefinitely, UW Director of Athletics Barry Alvarez announced Tuesday.
Saturday’s game will not be rescheduled.
“I share in the disappointment of our student-athletes and staff,” Alvarez said. “We have seen a level of improvement in our testing numbers, but not enough to give us confidence to resume normal activities and play our game on Saturday. We will continue to test regularly, take the proper health-related precautions and look forward to getting our team back on the field as soon as possible.”
There have been five (two staff and three student-athletes) positive COVID-19 PCR tests recorded since Saturday, Oct. 31. Over the last seven days (Oct. 27-Nov. 2), student-athletes (10) and staff (11) have registered a total of 21 positive tests. There are currently 27 active cases in the program, all since Saturday, Oct. 24. That includes 15 football student-athletes and 12 staff members.
The Badger football team first paused team activities on Oct. 28 and its scheduled game at Nebraska on Oct. 31 was canceled.
Wisconsin Athletics plans to provide another update on Saturday, Nov. 7.
Nov. 3 Update: https://t.co/ISNJ9K6fhZ pic.twitter.com/ujSUmKAjKo
— Wisconsin Football (@BadgerFootball) November 3, 2020
Wisconsin’s next game is against Michigan on Nov. 14.
