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. 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 No 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.

1999 Wisconsin Badgers football
Big Ten champion Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 17–9 vs. Stanford
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 4
Record	10–2 (7–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Barry Alvarez (10th season)
Offensive coordinator	Brian White (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Smashmouth
Defensive coordinator	Kevin Cosgrove (5th season)
Base defense	4–3
MVPs	Ron Dayne Chris McIntosh
Captains	Ron Dayne Jason Doering Chris Ghidorzi Chris McIntos Donnel Thompson
Home stadium	Camp Randall Stadium
Seasons ← 1998 2000 →

1999 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 4 Wisconsin $		7	–	1					10	–	2
No. 7 Michigan State		6	–	2					10	–	2
No. 5 Michigan %		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

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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	11:00 a.m.	Murray State*	No. 9	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	MSC	W 49–10	77,527
September 11	11:00 a.m.	Ball State*	No. 9	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ESPN Plus	W 50–10	75,807
September 18	2:15 p.m.	at Cincinnati*	No. 9	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	FSN	L 12–17	27,721
September 25	2:30 p.m.	No. 4 Michigan	No. 20	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (College GameDay)	ABC	L 16–21	79,037
October 2	2:30 p.m.	at No. 12 Ohio State		Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ABC	W 42–17	93,524
October 9	11:00 a.m.	at No. 25 Minnesota	No. 20	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	ESPN2	W 20–17 OT	63,108
October 16	11:00 a.m.	Indiana	No. 17	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ESPN	W 59–0	78,243
October 23	11:00 a.m.	No. 11 Michigan State	No. 17	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ESPN2	W 40–10	78,469	[2]
October 30	11:00 a.m.	at Northwestern	No. 11	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN+	W 35–19	42,292
November 6	2:30 p.m.	at No. 17 Purdue	No. 10	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ABC	W 28–21	67,308
November 13	2:30 p.m.	Iowa	No. 9	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (rivalry)	ABC	W 41–3	79,404
January 1, 2000	3:30 p.m.	vs. No. 22 Stanford*	No. 4	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	ABC	W 17–9	93,731	[3]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Rankings

See also: 1999 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	10	9	9	9	20	RV	20	17	17	11	10	9	5	4	4	4	4
Coaches Poll	10	10*	8	8	17	—	20	18	16	11	10	9	5	4	4	4	4
BCS	Not released									9	10	8	7	7	8	7	Not released

Game summaries

At Ohio State

1 2 3 4 Total • Wisconsin 0 6 12 24 42 Ohio State 7 10 0 0 17 Date: October 2 Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH Game attendance: 93,524 TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler, Dean Blevins & Lynn Swann Source: USA Today

Scoring summary 1 Ohio St Wiley 1-yard run (Stultz kick) Ohio St 7-0 2 Ohio St Stultz 35-yard field goal Ohio St 10-0 2 Ohio St Germany 40-yard pass from Bellisari (Stultz kick) Ohio St 17-0 2 Wisconsin Pisetsky 42-yard field goal Ohio St 17-3 2 Wisconsin Pisetsky 25-yard field goal Ohio St 17-6 3 Wisconsin Dayne 3-yard run (two-point conversion failed) Ohio St 17-12 3 Wisconsin Dayne 11-yard run (two-point conversion failed) Wisconsin 18-17 4 Wisconsin Pisetsky 27-yard field goal Wisconsin 21-17 4 Wisconsin Dayne 1-yard run (Pisetsky kick) Wisconsin 28-17 4 Wisconsin Faulkner 1-yard run (Pisetsky kick) Wisconsin 35-17 4 Wisconsin Dayne 2-yard run (Pisetsky kick) Wisconsin 42-17

Personnel

Roster

1999 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE 81 Mark Anelli  So RB 29 Michael Bennett So RB 24 Erik Bickerstaff  Fr QB 5 Brooks Bollinger  Fr WR 19 David Braun  Fr WR 17 Demetrius Brown  Fr FB 25 Marcus Carpenter  Sr WR 88 Chris Chambers Jr G 54 Dave Costa  Jr RB 39 Carlos Daniels  So WR 22 Nick Davis So RB 33 Ron Dayne (C) Sr WR 3 Lee Evans Fr RB 4 Eddie Faulkner  Jr G 60 Bill Ferrario  Jr G 76 Josh Jakubowski Jr C 72 Al Johnson  Fr OT 64 Ben Johnson  Fr G 56 Jason Jowers  Fr QB 12 Scott Kavanagh Sr OT 57 Philip Koch  Jr FB 41 Chad Kuhns  So OT 71 Brian Lamont  So OT 75 Chris McIntosh (C)  Sr WR 1 Ahmad Merritt  Sr C 70 Casey Rabach  Jr TE 87 Dague Retzlaff  Jr C, G 53 Rob Roell  Sr TE 85 John Sigmund Jr QB 19 Jim Sorgi Fr OT 68 Mark Tauscher  Sr RB 38 Matt Unertl  Jr WR 9 Conroy Whyte So	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 6 Joey Boese  So DE 77 Wendell Bryant So LB 47 P. J. Cannon  Fr S 31 Carlease Clark  So S 8 Jason Doering (C)  Jr LB 52 Mark Downing  So CB 36 Mike Echols  So DE 96 John Favret  Jr CB 2 Jamar Fletcher  So LB 16 Chris Ghidorzi (C) Sr LB 49 Nick Greisen So LB 42 Ben Herbert So DB 11 Devery Hughes  Fr LB 19 Roger Knight Jr DE 78 Ross Kolodziej  Jr LB 45 Dan Lisowski  So NT 98 Eric Mahlik  Jr DB 30 Ryan Marks  Jr DE 48 Delante McGrew  So DE 9 Sam Mueller  Jr S 26 Bobby Myers  Sr S 15 Tim Rosga  Sr DB 22 Jason Schick  So DE 93 Chuck Smith  So DE 99 Jake Sprague So LB 32 Bryson Thompson So LB 44 Donnel Thompson (C) Sr CB 23 B. J. Tucker Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 20 Vitaly Pisetsky Sr LS 86 Mike Solwold  Jr P 14 Kevin Stemke Jr	Head coach Barry Alvarez Coordinators/assistant coaches Brian White – Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs Kevin Cosgrove – Defensive Coordinator/Inside Linebackers Joe Baker – Outside Linebackers/Special Teams Tim Davis – Tight Ends Phil Elmassian – Defensive Backs Jeff Horton – Quarterbacks Jim Hueber – Offensive Line Henry Mason – Wide Receivers John Palermo – Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line Bernie Wyatt – Director of Football Operations Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Regular starters

Position Player Quarterback Brooks Bollinger Running back Ron Dayne Fullback Chad Kuhns Wide receiver Chris Chambers Wide receiver Nick Davis Tight end Dague Retzlaff Left tackle Chris McIntosh Left guard Bill Ferrario Center Casey Rabach Right guard Dave Costa Right tackle Mark Tauscher

Position Player Defensive end Ross Kolodziej Nose tackle Eric Mahlik Defensive end Wendell Bryant Rush end John Favret Outside linebacker Roger Knight Inside linebacker Donnel Thompson Outside linebacker Chris Ghidorzi Cornerback Mike Echols Free safety Jason Doering Strong safety Bobby Myers Cornerback Jamar Fletcher

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^[4]
• Ron Dayne, Maxwell Award^[5]
• Ron Dayne, Walter Camp Award^[6]
• Ron Dayne, Rose Bowl Most Valuable Player

Team players in the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Ron Dayne	Running Back	1	11	New York Giants
Chris McIntosh	Tackle	1	22	Seattle Seahawks
Bobby Myers	Defensive Back	4	124	Tennessee Titans
Brooks Bollinger	Quarterback	6	200	New York Jets
Mark Tauscher	Guard	7	224	Green Bay Packers
Donnel Thompson	Linebacker	free agent		Pittsburgh Steelers

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