1996 Copper Bowl

August 2023 May 2026 8th Copper Bowl 1996 Copper Bowl 1996 Wisconsin Badgers University of Wisconsin Utah Utes University of Utah 7–5 Big Ten 8–4 WAC Barry Alvarez Ron McBride 14 17 0 7 3 0 7 0 December 27 Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona Ron Dayne (RB, Wisconsin) & Tarek Saleh (LB, Wisconsin) Bill Richardson (Pac-10) 42,122 ESPN List of announcers of major college bowl games Brad Nessler and Gary Danielson 1997 The 1996 Copper Bowl was the eighth edition of the Copper Bowl. It was contested between the Wisconsin Badgers and the Utah Utes. Game summary Wisconsin scored first on a 38-yard touchdown run from Mike Samuel to open a 7–0 lead. Utah's Daniel Pulsipher answered with a 24-yard field goal to make it 7–3 Wisconsin. Wisconsin's Ron Dayne scored on a 40-yard touchdown run to make it 14–3 Wisconsin. In the second quarter, Wisconsin's Cyrill Weems intercepted a Utah pass, and returned it 82 yards for a touchdown, making it 21–3 Wisconsin. John Hall added a 38-yard field goal to make it 24–3. Freshman running back Ron Dayne added a 3-yard touchdown run to make it 31–3 Wisconsin at halftime. In the third quarter, Juan Johnson scored on a 1-yard run to make it 31–10. Dayne's third touchdown run of the game, a 1 yarder, made the final score Wisconsin 38, Utah 10.https://www.usatoday.com/sports/scores96/96362/96362378.htm Wisconsin vs. Utah usatoday.com December 28, 1996 Dayne finished the game with 30 carries for 246 yards and three touchdowns, breaking the Copper Bowl rushing record and the Big Ten single-season rushing record with the accumulated yardage.http://www3.jsonline.com/badger/20498/fb/game1227.html Good as Gold: UW, Dayne mine Copper victory October 20, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110616090433/http://www3.jsonline.com/badger/20498/fb/game1227.html June 16, 2011 dead This yardage (and the yardage gained in his other three bowl game appearances) is not included in Dayne's NCAA record-breaking career rushing total of 6,397 yards, as it would be for any back trying to break the record today. Dayne was named the offensive most valuable player of the game. References Copper Bowl Category:Cactus Bowl Category:Utah Utes football bowl games Category:Wisconsin Badgers football bowl games Copper Bowl Category:December 1996 sports events in the United States Category:Sports competitions in Tucson, Arizona