In the first major college football contest to ever be hosted at Lambeau Field, the Wisconsin Badgers knocked off the LSU Tigers 16-14 on the opening weekend of the new season.
After building a 13-0 lead, the Badgers found themselves behind deep into the fourth quarter before managing to pull off the big victory thanks to a game-winning field-goal by Rafael Galianone.
Leonard Fournette was held to 138 rushing yards by a Badger defence which gave up only 257 total yards and surrendered only 2-10 conversions on third-down.
Fournette shut down in first half as Badgers take 6-0 lead
With Heisman talk circling, Fournette failed to live up to the hype in his first half of football in 2016, rushing for just 35 yards from his 11 carries as the Badger defence swarmed all over him at the line of scrimmage.
Winning many one-on-one battles up front, Wisconsin's front-seven were dominant which explained the time-of-possession advantage they maintained before the break.
In his first start for the Badgers, Bart Houston played mistake-free football on the whole, utilising his big possession receiver Robert Wheelwright and big-bodied tight-end Troy Fumagalli as much as possible.
Houston's major early error came in the opening moments of the second quarter, when he turned over the ball in the redzone firing a poor pass straight into the hands of LSU defensive-back Ricky Jefferson for the easy interception.
Outside of that, Houston led two solid drives which saw the Badgers head to the half 6-0 up, with Rafael Galianone nailing two field-goals, the second from 48 yards, finally ending the scoreless game with four-minutes left on the clock in the first half.
LSU quarterback Brandon Harris struggled, and with Fournette only having seven yards in the first quarter, and 28 in the second it was no surprise they went to the half scoreless.
White pick-six sparks Tiger comeback after Clement punches home early TD
After an opening half of very few big plays, the Wisconsin offence made amends early on coming out the gate from half time with a quickfire TD drive which started with a 30 yard reception from Fumagalli and ended with Corey Clement punching it in with four big runs inside the redzone.
Fournette was not about to allow Clement's performance overshadow his though, and with LSU's second drive of the half, the projected first-round talent reeled off three big runs to top his first half production in the space of no time.
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That drive was ended after Harris took a sack, yet the field position forced Houston into his second big mistake of the game, firing a bad throw into the arms of Tre'Davious White. The errant pass was returned 18 yards to the house by White, reducing the deficit to just six points midway through the third quarter.
White then secured a fumble recovery on the Badgers next drive, and just 41 yards abd two plays later LSU were in the lead after a 30-yard reception by Fournette was followed by a touchdown for Travin Duval from a swing pass by Harris.
Dixon pick ices game for Wisconsin after Gaglianoli nails 47-yard game-winner
Playing from behind for the first time all game, Wisconsin's offence was almost exclusively going through Fumagalli.
His sixth and then seventh receptions of the afternoon took him to 100 yards on the game while moving the Badgers into field-goal range.
Having made a 48-yarder earlier in the day, Gaglianoli was then good from 47 with three minutes left on the clock to help Paul Chryst's side regain the lead 16-14.
Les Miles' LSU had plenty of time on the clock, and after Malachi Dupree's crucial third-down reception was followed by a strong 20-yard run up the gut by Fournette, the Tigers were in field-goal range themselves.
With the clock reading 57 seconds, Brandon Harris made a horrendous mistake, and instead of playing safe for the field-goal attempt he threw across his body straight into the midrift of Wisconsin cornerback D'cota Dixon.
Wisconsin then ran the clock down with a pair of kneels, handing the #5 Tigers an opening day shocker to go with #3 Oklahoma's surprise loss to Houston earlier in the day on a wild opening weekend.