The Dayne Game: Ron Dayne and the Greatest Day in Wisconsin Football History

The University of Wisconsin football program has enjoyed its share of memorable moments, great players and legendary coaches during its nearly 120-year history. But Badger football had never seen and hasn’t since experienced again a day like November 13, 1999, when so many elements converged to form the most exhilarating and satisfying day in the program’s history. It was the day that running back Ron Dayne ran into the college football record books as the NCAA all-time leading rusher. It was a game that clinched the second of back-to-back Big Ten titles. It was an uncommonly warm, late fall afternoon that Wisconsin football fans refer to simply as the Ron Dayne game. And it was a day that helped propel Dayne on to the 1999 Heisman Trophy as college football’s outstanding player.