1998 Wisconsin Badgers football team

Schedule

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Rankings

Game summaries

UCLA (Rose Bowl)

(Rose Bowl) Pasadena, California

Main article: 1999 Rose Bowl

Personnel

Roster

• Brad Childress – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
• Kevin Cosgrove – Defensive Coordinator/Inside Linebackers
• Tim Davis – Tight Ends
• Phil Elmassian – Defensive Backs
• Jay Hayes – Outside Linebackers/Special Teams
• Jim Hueber – Offensive Line
• Henry Mason – Wide Receivers
• John Palermo – Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line
• Brian White – Running Backs
• Bernie Wyatt – Director of Football Operations

Regular starters

Statistical achievements

The Badgers gained an average of 100.8 passing yards and 187.3 rushing yards per game. On defense, they gave up an average of 165.6 passing yards and 82.2 rushing yards per game.

Running back Ron Dayne led the Big Ten with 1,279 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns on 268 carries (4.8 yards per carry).

Quarterback Mike Samuel completed 81 of 155 passes (52.3%) for 1,021 yards, six touchdowns, four interceptions, and a 115.2 passer rating. Samuel also tallied 317 rushing yards.

Kicker Matt Davenport led the team in scoring with 99 points, converting 37 of 39 extra point kicks and 18 of 20 field goal attempts.

Wide receiver Chris Chambers was the team's leading receiver with 26 catches for 537 yards. His average of 20.7 yards per receptions was the highest in the Big Ten.

Awards and honors

Defensive end Tom Burke and senior offensive tackle Aaron Gibson were consensus first-team picks on the 1998 All-America college football team. Burke was a unanimous pick. Burke also received the Bill Willis Trophy as the best defensive lineman in college football, and was selected by the media as the Big Ten defensive player of the year and by the coaches as the Big Ten defensive lineman of the year.

Junior tailback Ron Dayne was selected as a first-team All-American by the WCFF. He was also named the player of the game in the 1999 Rose Bowl after gaining 246 yards and scoring four touchdowns.

Eight Wisconsin players received first- or second-team honors on the 1998 All-Big Ten Conference football team: Dayne (Coaches-1, Media-1); senior kicker Matt Davenport (Coaches-1, Media-1); Burke (Coaches-1, Media-1); Gibson (Coaches-2, Media-1); sophomore punter Kevin Stemke (Coaches-1, Media-1); freshman cornerback Jamar Fletcher (Coaches-2, Media-1); center Casey Rabach (Coaches-2, Media-2); and offensive tackle Chris McIntosh (Coaches-2).

Barry Alvarez was also selected as the Big Ten coach of the year.

1999 NFL draft

References

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