MADISON, Wis. — It was a tale of two Taylors on Saturday as No. 5 Wisconsin asserted its dominance after a slow start, beating New Mexico 45-14.

Jonathan Taylor ran for 253 yards and three touchdowns. Teammate A.J. Taylor racked up 134 yards receiving and a score for the Badgers (2-0), who won their 41st straight home nonconference game. That's the longest active streak in the FBS.

The Badgers racked up 568 yards of total offense (417 rushing yards), the team's most since totaling 586 yards against Akron on Sept. 10, 2016. Senior fullback Alec Ingold also carried the ball four times for 47 yards, including a career-long 39-yard run. He scored his first rushing touchdown of the season on a 1-yard run in the 4th quarter.

With the Lobos down to third-string quarterback Sheriron Jones because of injuries, the Badgers converted two turnovers into touchdowns within about a five-minute span of the third quarter to pull away.

Alex Hornibrook hit A.J. Taylor for a 10-yard touchdown pass with 7:46 left in the third quarter on a drive set up by safety Scott Nelson's interception and a 43-yard rush by Jonathan Taylor.

Jones fumbled on the next series on third-and-1 at the New Mexico 34. Seven plays later, Jonathan Taylor rumbled into the end zone from five yards behind pulling center Tyler Biadasz for his second touchdown of the afternoon and a 24-7 lead.

That allowed the crowd at Camp Randall Stadium to relax a bit. Until that stretch, the Lobos trailed by just three and threatened to take the lead after picking off a pressured Hornibrook deep in Wisconsin territory on the opening series of the third quarter.

Nelson's interception and Jonathan Taylor's hard running established order again in Madison.

Wisconsin outscored New Mexico 28-7 in the second half.

A sluggish Wisconsin start saw the Lobos' starting quarterback Tevaka Tuioti orchestrate a 17-play, 87-yard drive in the opening stanza that took up 7:43, capped by an 11-yard touchdown pass to Delane Hart-Johnson.

Tuioti would later leave the game with an undisclosed injury in the second quarter after he absorbed a hard hit from UW outside linebacker Andrew Van Ginkel, and New Mexico turned to Jones with second-string quarterback Coltin Gerhart already out for the game because of injury. Jones was 9 of 16 for 79 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions.

The game-opening drive gave the Lobos a confidence boost, as did Jonathan Taylor's fumble in the first half, his second straight game with a turnover. But Taylor was otherwise spotless during his 33 carries, and the defense regrouped as Wisconsin gradually took control of the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball and figured out the Lobos' pace.

The Badgers' young defense held the Lobos to 33 yards on 16 plays over the final four series of the first half and forced four punts. Bolstered by the return of defensive lineman Isiahh Loudermilk from a left knee injury, the Badgers got more pressure in the backfield.

Wisconsin held New Mexico to 77 yards rushing. Dating back to the start of last season (16 games), the Badgers have given up 100 total rushing yards just 7 times.  After watching New Mexico go 4-for-4 on third-down its opening drive, the UW defense limited to just 2-for-9 on third down over the remaining 10 possessions.

Looking ahead, Wisconsin wraps up nonconference play by hosting BYU on Sept. 15 at Camp Randall Stadium at 2:30 p.m. CT.