WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Minutes after beating Purdue by two touchdowns Saturday, Penn State's players turned their thoughts to Wisconsin.

Five days from now, the sixth-ranked Nittany Lions will revisit rowdy Camp Randall Stadium, which has become a house of horrors for them.

Penn State is 2-3 in Madison, Wis., since 1996 and has managed only a field goal in each of its three losses. The margin of victory in each of the Lions' two wins also was only three points.

Coach Joe Paterno called Camp Randall "one of the hardest places to play."

In 2004, the Lions lost starting quarterback Zach Mills early in the game with a sprained right shoulder. Backup Michael Robinson was taken away in an ambulance after sustaining a concussion.

That left the offense in the hands of seldom-used third-stringer Chris Ganter, who completed only 6 of 22 passes for 21 yards and threw an interception in a 16-3 loss to the Badgers.

In 2006, Paterno's left leg was shattered and he tore two ligaments in the joint in a sideline collision in a 13-3 setback. Wisconsin linebacker DeAndre Levy collided helmet-first with Paterno's leg as Levy tackled Penn State tight end Andrew Quarless.

Despite the Lions' recent miseries, wide receiver Derrick Williams said: "We're excited for Wisconsin and excited for the opportunity to prove ourselves."

No wonder.

Unranked Wisconsin (3-2, 0-2 Big Ten) limps into its matchup against unbeaten Penn State (6-0, 2-0) riding a rare two-game losing streak.

The Badgers blew a late lead and lost to Ohio State, 20-17, Saturday night. Quarterback Terrelle Pryor of Jeannette scored the winning touchdown for the Buckeyes with 1:08 remaining. His 11-yard run capped an 80-yard drive and snapped Wisconsin's home winning streak at 16.

"It was tough," Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema told reporters late Saturday night. "It's tough to lose the way you lose. That's a very good football team. ... We're a 3-2 football team, a 3-2 football team that I think may have gotten a lot better today than the loss indicates.

"I'm excited to see [how] these guys will be able to respond."

The week before losing to Ohio State, the Badgers suffered a demoralizing 27-25 loss at Michigan after squandering a 19-0 halftime lead.

The Lions' high-powered offense, meanwhile, is running out of healthy receivers.

Wide receiver Jordan Norwood missed his second consecutive game Saturday against Purdue with a hamstring injury, although he did take part in warm-up drills.

"[Jordan] could have played [Saturday]," wide receiver Deon Butler said of his roommate. "He's been antsy at the house. I really think he could be back next week.

"I told him, 'Everyone knows how good you are. Don't come back 80 percent. Come back 100 percent.'"

Penn State also lost two tight ends -- starter Andrew Quarless and backup Mickey Shuler -- to ankle sprains. Quarless returned, but both were on the bench on the final scoring drive as redshirt freshman Andrew Szczerba filled in.

Middle linebacker Josh Hull, who has been criticized for his play, had a game-high 11 tackles against the Boilermakers.

"I knew [the criticism] was out there," he said. "I don't pay any attention to it. I didn't do anything different. I just really felt good on the field."

The Lions are 6-0 under Paterno for the 13th time in his career. But they won't know for sure if he will be on the sideline or up in the coaches' box at Camp Randall until game-time because of his sore right leg.

"I don't know how good we are yet," Paterno said. "I think we're a good solid football team. I think a lot will depend on whether we can stay healthy and whether the kids keep focused on what they got to get done, those kind of things, but I think they can be a pretty good football team."