1998 Wisconsin Badgers football team

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
1998 Wisconsin Badgers football
University of Wisconsin Waving W.svg
Rose Bowl Champions
Big Ten Co-Champions
Rose Bowl, W 38–31 vs. UCLA
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches #5
AP #6
1998 record 11–1 (7–1 Big Ten)
Head coach Barry Alvarez (9th year)
Offensive coordinator Brad Childress (8th year)
Defensive coordinator Kevin Cosgrove (4th year)
Home stadium Camp Randall Stadium
(Capacity: 76,129, Astroturf)
Seasons
« 1997 1999 »
1998 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#2 Ohio State %+   7 – 1         11 – 1  
#6 Wisconsin $+   7 – 1         11 – 1  
#12 Michigan +   7 – 1         10 – 3  
#24 Purdue   6 – 2         9 – 4  
#17 Penn State   5 – 3         9 – 3  
Michigan State   4 – 4         6 – 6  
Minnesota   2 – 6         5 – 6  
Indiana   2 – 6         4 – 7  
Illinois   2 – 6         3 – 8  
Iowa   2 – 6         3 – 8  
Northwestern   0 – 8         3 – 9  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season.

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]

Individual awards and honors

Schedule and results

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 5 8:00 PM at San Diego State* #20 Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA (Kickoff Classic) NBC W 26–14   37,471[3]
September 12 11:30 AM Ohio* #17 Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI MSC W 45–0   74,676[4]
September 19 1:00 PM UNLV* #14 Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI W 52–7   75,044[5]
September 26 11:00 AM Northwestern #14 Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI ESPN W 38–7   78,337[6]
October 3 11:00 AM at Indiana #13 Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN ESPN2 W 24–20   32,328[7]
October 10 7:30 PM Purduedagger #12 Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI ESPN2 W 31–24   78,782[8]
October 17 11:00 AM at Illinois #9 Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL ESPN2 W 37–3   40,627[9]
October 24 2:30 PM at Iowa #9 Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA (Rivalry) ABC W 31–0   70,397[10]
November 7 11:00 AM Minnesota #8 Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI (Paul Bunyan's Axe) ESPN W 26–7   78,767[11]
November 14 11:00 AM at #15 Michigan #8 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI ESPN L 10–27   111,217[12]
November 21 2:00 PM #14 Penn State #13 Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI ESPN W 24–3   78,964[13]
January 1 3:30 PM vs. #6 UCLA* #9 Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl) ABC W 38–31   93,872[14]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Regular starters

Team players selected in the 1999 NFL Draft

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Aaron Gibson Tackle 1 27 Detroit Lions
Tom Burke Linebacker 3 83 Arizona Cardinals
Cecil Martin Fullback 6 172 Philadelphia Eagles

[15]

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=1998_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team&oldid=696580935"