American college football season
The 1998 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season .
Wisconsin finished the regular season 10–1 overall (7–1 conference) and were co-champions of the Big Ten Conference (with Ohio State and Michigan ) for the first time since 1993 . They were awarded the berth in the 1999 Rose Bowl due to Big Ten Conference tie-breaking rules, at the time, which gave the Rose Bowl invitation to the tied team which had gone the longest period of time without an invitation: Michigan had been in the 1998 Rose Bowl , Ohio State had been in the 1997 Rose Bowl , while Wisconsin's last Rose Bowl was 1994 .
The circumstances of this selection, the fact that Ohio State was the higher-ranked team (Ohio State was the pre-season #1 and spent most of the season with this ranking: Wisconsin did not play Ohio State or Michigan State that year, so Ohio State had the better record versus common opponents due to the Michigan loss), combined with the fact that the opponent (UCLA ) was ranked #2 and headed to the national title game before a season-ending loss, led to ridicule in the national media: most notably, Craig James ' declaration that Wisconsin was "the worst team to ever play in the Rose Bowl." Wisconsin went on to defeat #6 UCLA 38–31 in the 1999 Rose Bowl. Afterward, Badger coach Barry Alvarez fired back, "Well, I know we're at least the second worst."[ 1] [ 2]
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 5 8:00 p.m. at San Diego State * No. 20 W 26–1437,471[ 3] September 12 11:30 a.m. Ohio * No. 17 MSC W 45–074,676[ 4] September 19 1:00 p.m. UNLV * No. 14 Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI W 52–775,044[ 5] September 26 11:00 a.m. Northwestern No. 14 Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI ESPN W 38–778,337[ 6] October 3 11:00 a.m. at Indiana No. 13 ESPN2 W 24–2032,328[ 7] October 10 7:30 p.m. Purdue No. 12 Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI ESPN2 W 31–2478,782[ 8] October 17 11:00 a.m. at Illinois No. 9 ESPN2 W 37–340,627[ 9] October 24 2:30 p.m. at Iowa No. 9 ABC W 31–070,397[ 10] November 7 11:00 a.m. Minnesota No. 8 ESPN W 26–778,767[ 11] November 14 11:00 a.m. at No. 15 Michigan No. 8 ESPN L 10–27111,217[ 12] November 21 2:00 p.m. No. 14 Penn State No. 13 Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI ESPN W 24–378,964[ 13] January 1, 1999 3:30 p.m. vs. No. 6 UCLA * No. 9 ABC W 38–3193,872[ 14] *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final AP 20 17 14 14 13 12 9 9 9 8 8 13 10 8 9 6 Coaches Poll 20 17 14 14 13 10 9 8 8 7 6 12 9 8 8 5 BCS Not released 9 8 9 13 10 9 9 Not released
Roster
1998 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches 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 Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) IneligibleRoster
Regular starters
Game summaries
Wisconsin vs. UCLA Rose Bowl )
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2 3 4 Total
• #9 Badgers
7
17 7 7
38
#6 UCLA
7
14 7 3
31
Individual awards and honors
Tom Burke : All-America (unanimous consensus ), Bill Willis Trophy , Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, All-Big Ten (First Team, coaches & media)Aaron Gibson : All-America (consensus), All-Big Ten (First Team, media; Second Team, coaches)Ron Dayne : All-America (WCFF ), 1999 Rose Bowl player of the Game, All-Big Ten (First Team, coaches & media)Matt Davenport : All-Big Ten (First Team, coaches & media)Kevin Stemke : All-Big Ten (First Team, coaches & media)Jamar Fletcher : All-Big Ten (First Team, media; Second Team, coaches)Casey Rabach : All-Big Ten (Second Team, coaches & media)Chris McIntosh :All-Big Ten (Second Team, coaches)Barry Alvarez : Big Ten Coach of the Year
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References
^ Howard-Cooper, Scott (January 2, 1999). "After Dayne Runs Them Over, They Beat Themselves Up - UCLA Conquered and Divided After Rose Bowl Defeat" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved April 4, 2009 . ^ Gurnick, Ken (January 2, 1999). "College Football: Rose Bowl; Badgers Prove Doubters Wrong" . The New York Times . Retrieved April 4, 2009 . ^ "Wisconsin at San Diego St" . CNN . September 6, 1998. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012.^ "Ohio at Wisconsin" . CNN . September 12, 1998. Archived from the original on January 23, 2001.^ "UNLV at Wisconsin" . CNN . September 19, 1998. Archived from the original on July 21, 2012.^ "Northwestern at Wisconsin" . CNN . September 26, 1998. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012.^ "Wisconsin at Indiana" . CNN . October 3, 1998. Archived from the original on July 17, 2012.^ "Purdue at Wisconsin" . CNN . October 11, 1998. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013.^ "Wisconsin at Illinois" . CNN . October 17, 1998. Archived from the original on January 19, 2013.^ "Wisconsin at Iowa" . CNN . October 24, 1998. Archived from the original on July 21, 2012.^ "Minnesota at Wisconsin" . CNN . November 7, 1998. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012.^ "Wisconsin at Michigan" . CNN . November 14, 1998. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012.^ "Penn State at Wisconsin" . CNN . November 21, 1998. Archived from the original on July 21, 2012.^ Bagnato, Andrew (January 2, 1999). "Badgers Say Cheese" . Chicago Tribune ^ "1999 NFL Draft" . Pro-Football-Reference.com the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved March 28, 2018 .
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