MADISON, Wis. -- The University of Wisconsin Badgers football team is back on the field this Saturday after having the weekend off.

It's been almost a month since the Badgers won there last game against the University of Minnesota. Badgers coach Bret Bielema said his team is anxious to get a chance at another win this weekend.

Losing two games to ranked teams might have left a bad taste in the mouth of players and fans, but Bielema said he got some help this off-week remembering the bigger picture.

"We're a 5-2 football team," said Bielema. "It probably did all of us a little good to get away from it Thursday and Friday. As I traveled in recruiting two different days, every school I went into and all the places people would come up to me in an airport or whatever. 'Coach, congratulations on the start of the year' and it takes you back. You're so disappointed in the back-to-back losses that you forget you're a 5-2 team."

The Halloween morning matchup with Purdue is at Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday.