1999 Wisconsin Badgers football team

The 1999 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season.

1999 Wisconsin Badgers football
Big Ten champion
Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 17–9 vs. Stanford
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 4
1999 record10–2 (7–1 Big Ten)
Head coachBarry Alvarez (10th season)
Offensive coordinatorBrian White
Defensive coordinatorKevin Cosgrove
Home stadiumCamp Randall Stadium
(Capacity: 76,129, Astroturf)
1999 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 4 Wisconsin $  7 –1     10 –2  
No. 5 Michigan %  6 –2     10 –2  
No. 7 Michigan State  6 –2     10 –2  
No. 11 Penn State  5 –3     10 –3  
No. 18 Minnesota  5 –3     8 –4  
No. 24 Illinois  4 –4     8 –4  
No. 25 Purdue  4 –4     7 –5  
Ohio State  3 –5     6 –6  
Indiana  3 –5     4 –7  
Northwestern  1 –7     3 –8  
Iowa  0 –8     1 –10  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

Season

Wisconsin finished the regular season 9–2 overall (7–1 conference) and were sole champions of the Big Ten Conference for the first time since 1962 (the 1993 and 1998 championships were shared). They defeated #22 Stanford 17–9 in the 2000 Rose Bowl for the third Rose Bowl victory of coach Barry Alvarez's tenure (and program history) to finish the season 10–2.

Ron Dayne
See also: List of NCAA football records § Rushing, and Wisconsin Badgers football § Retired numbers

Ron Dayne gained 1,834 rushing yards as a senior. Dayne broke the NCAA Division I-A (now known as NCAA Division I FBS) career rushing record in the final game of the 1999 season against Iowa. Dayne ended his career with 6,397 rushing yards, eclipsing the record set the previous year by Ricky Williams of Texas.

Dayne rushed for 200 yards or more in a game a dozen times, including his final game, a 17–9 victory over Stanford in the Rose Bowl. Dayne had 200 yards on 34 carries and was named the Rose Bowl's Most Valuable Player for the second consecutive year.[1] He became one of only three (now, four) players to win two Rose Bowl MVPs (Washington's Bob Schloredt, Southern California's Charles White, and Texas' Vince Young are the others).

Dayne won the Heisman Trophy, the second player in Wisconsin's history to receive this award, after Alan Ameche in 1954. He also received many other awards in this season and throughout his college career, including Big Ten Conference Player of the Year, and All-American placement. Dayne's career rushing total remains an NCAA record. Bowl games included, he amassed 7,125 yards, becoming the first player in NCAA history to total over 7,000 rushing yards. He is one of five players in NCAA history to rush for over a thousand yards in each of his four seasons.

Individual awards and honors
  • Brooks Bollinger, Big Ten Freshman of the Year
  • Ron Dayne, All-America selection
  • Ron Dayne, Doak Walker Award
  • Ron Dayne, Heisman Trophy [2]
  • Ron Dayne, Maxwell Award[3]
  • Ron Dayne, Walter Camp Award [4]
  • Ron Dayne, Rose Bowl Most Valuable Player

Schedule and results
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 411:00 a.m.Murray State*No. 9
MSCW 49–1077,527[5]
September 1111:00 a.m.Ball State*No. 9
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
ESPN+W 50–1075,807[6]
September 182:15 p.m.at Cincinnati*No. 9
FSNL 12–1727,721[7]
September 252:30 p.m.No. 4 MichiganNo. 20
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI (College GameDay)
ABCL 16–2179,037[8]
October 22:30 p.m.at No. 12 Ohio State
ABCW 42–1793,524[9]
October 911:00 a.m.at No. 25 MinnesotaNo. 20
ESPN2W 20–17 OT63,108[10]
October 1611:00 a.m.IndianaNo. 17
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
ESPNW 59–078,243[11]
October 2311:00 a.m.No. 11 Michigan StateNo. 17
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
ESPN2W 40–1078,469[12]
October 3011:00 a.m.at NorthwesternNo. 11
ESPN+W 35–1942,292[13]
November 62:30 p.m.at No. 17 PurdueNo. 10
ABCW 28–2167,308[14]
November 132:30 p.m.IowaNo. 9
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI (rivalry)
ABCW 41–379,404[15]
January 1, 20003:30 p.m.vs. No. 22 Stanford*No. 4
ABCW 17–993,731[16]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Roster
1999 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 81 Mark Anelli So
RB 29 Michael Bennett So
QB 5 Brooks Bollinger Fr
WR 88 Chris Chambers Jr
T 54 Dave Costa Jr
WR 22 Nick Davis So
RB 33 Ron Dayne Sr
G 60 Bill Ferrario Jr
C 72 Al Johnson Fr
T 64 Ben Johnson Fr
WR 1 Ahmad Merritt Sr
T 75 Chris McIntosh Sr
C 70 Casey Rabach Jr
G 68 Mark Tauscher Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 77 Wendell Bryant So
FS 8 Jason Doering Jr
CB 36 Mike Echols So
CB 2 Jamar Fletcher Jr
LB 16 Chris Ghidorzi Sr
LB 49 Nick Greisen So
LB 19 Roger Knight Jr
DT 78 Ross Kolodziej Jr
LB 45 Dan Lisowski Jr
SS 26 Bobby Myers Sr
DE 99 Jake Sprague So
LB 44 Donnel Thompson Sr
CB 23 B. J. Tucker Fr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 20 Vitaly Pisetsky Sr
LS 86 Mike Solwold Sr
P 14 Kevin Stemke Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Regular starters

Game summaries

at Ohio State
1 234Total
• Wisconsin 0 61224 42
Ohio State 7 1000 17

Team players in the NFL
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Ron DayneRunning Back111New York Giants
Chris McIntoshTackle122Seattle Seahawks
Bobby MyersDefensive Back4124Tennessee Titans
Brooks BollingerQuarterback6200New York Jets
Mark TauscherGuard7224Green Bay Packers
Donnel ThompsonLinebackerfree agentPittsburgh Steelers

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