Just when Northwestern was on the verge of coming back, Wisconsin’s defense buckled down with its eighth sack for a safety.

The Wildcats had just scored back-to-back touchdowns but with the ball inside their own 10 QB Clayton Thorson failed to get rid of it in time and was ripped down by safety D’Cota Dixon to close out the Badgers victory.

Wisconsin heads to Lincoln to take on Nebraska next week.