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Photos: Fans enjoy Wisconsin's season opener against Penn State
Isla Greco, 5, left, and her sister, Emilia, 7, pass time along Regent Street with their parents, Meg and Joe, of Pewaukee before the start of Saturday's football game between Wisconsin and Penn State. The game marked the return of fans to the stadium for the first time since 2019.
The sidewalks around Camp Randall were packed with fans, a sight not seen in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Angie Roethel, center, of Westby, with her husband, David, right, cheer on the UW Marching Band, including their son, Joe, who plays the tuba, during a performance at Union South before the start of Wisconsin football's season opener against Penn State. The Nittany Lions beat the Badgers 16-10.
Members of the UW Marching Band make a stop at the Sconnie Bar along Regent Street as they perform before the start of the season opener between Wisconsin and Penn State.
A house party on Breese Terrace brought fans out onto a small balcony to take in the scene near Camp Randall.
Terry Lemke, left, and his fiancé, Dawn Brand, of Fond du Lac, head down Regent Street to Camp Randall Stadium for the University of Wisconsin football team's season opener.
(From left) Finn Hubbard and his son, Karl, with Ginny Hesse, at right, prepare brats for customers at Madison East Kiwanis before the start of Wisconsin football's season opener against Penn State in Madison, Wis., Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. Finn Hubbard started working the booth in 1965, at age 6, with his dad. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
UW-Madison freshman Maddie Wismer, from Philadelphia, gets Bucky stickers put on her face before the start of Wisconsin football's season opener against Penn State in Madison, Wis., Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Members of the UW-Madison Marching Band make their way along Regent Street before the start of Wisconsin football's season opener against Penn State in Madison, Wis., Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
A crowd gathers at Union South before the start of Wisconsin football's season opener against Penn State in Madison, Wis., Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
(From left) UW-Madison senior Connor Hess and Hannah Wuerfel, who graduated last spring from UW, play a game with friends at Edward Klief Park before the start of Wisconsin football's season opener against Penn State in Madison, Wis., Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Jason Adamany, of Fitchburg, with his daughter, Ava, scans their tickets to get into Camp Randall Stadium for Wisconsin football's season opener against Penn State in Madison, Wis., Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Spectators head into Camp Randall Stadium for the start of Wisconsin football's season opener against Penn State in Madison, Wis., Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL

