ORLANDO, Fla. — The University of Wisconsin football team violated a cardinal rule of bowl games.

Don't use the extra practice times to try to do too much.

Two addendums to that could be, don't change who you are and don't get cute.

In the Badgers' last five bowl games -- all against Southeastern Conference opponents -- the Badgers proved they could compete with speedy teams from the South. But they can't do it getting away from who they are and making crucial mistakes.

The Seminoles won 42-13 Saturday in the Champs Sports Bowl, in front of almost a home crowd of 52,692 at Citrus Bowl Stadium, the biggest crowd in five years since the bowl moved here.

It marked the second-worst loss in UW bowl history, trailing only the 44-8 loss to Washington in the 1960 Rose Bowl. The Badgers finished 7-6, their worst record since posting the same mark in 2003.

"We need to move forward," UW coach Bret Bielema said. "We don't want to have any time in our program where it's not a winning record. This team did put itself in a position to go to a very good bowl game, got down in Florida for the fifth (straight) time.

"There's a lot of teams in our conference that would love to be able to say they've gone to seven straight bowl games. Bottom line is, we expect things to be higher at Wisconsin."

The Badgers were holding their own in a competitive game when they tried to get tricky.

Facing a second-and-9 at the Florida State 19-yard line, in a scoreless game in the second quarter, offensive coordinator Paul Chryst called an ill-advised trick play. UW lined up left tackle Gabe Carimi, tight end Mickey Turner, wide receiver Isaac Anderson and tailback P.J. Hill in a cluster wide to the right, away from the rest of the formation.

Quarterback Dustin Sherer tried to throw a quick backward pass to Hill, in the back of the group. Defensive end Neefy Moffett knocked the ball down and because it was a lateral, it became a fumble, which was picked up on one bounce by linebacker Derek Nicholson and returned 75 yards for the game's first touchdown.

"It was really the only wrinkle, formation-wise, of the day," Bielema said. "If it had been a better result, everybody would be saying what a great formation it was. Obviously, it didn't."

That was the worst of three costly turnovers by the Badgers, including a fumble by Sherer returned 51 yards for a touchdown by linebacker Dekoda Watson.

Hill rushed for 140 yards -- his second-best total of the season -- on just 15 carries, but also lost a fumble that spoiled a scoring chance.

UW's offense came away with only two Philip Welch field goals on its first four trips inside the Florida State 25-yard line.

"We ran the ball all over," Sherer said. "We played Wisconsin football, just did enough stuff to shoot ourselves in the foot. We couldn't get over the edge. That's kind of the way the season went all year."