Saturday, the Badgers will celebrate three legendary teams that changed the course of Wisconsin Football history. These groups of Badgers helped establish the decorated history of the program in one of the most illustrious games in college football: The Rose Bowl.

1993
32 years ago, led by Head Coach Barry Alvarez, the 1993 Wisconsin Badgers captured the hearts of fans from across Wisconsin and the nation. Capped by a win in Tokyo over Michigan State, the Badgers posted a 9-1-1 regular season record before heading to Pasadena where Wisconsin scored its first-ever Rose Bowl victory, a 21-16 win over UCLA. Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year Brent Moss earned Rose Bowl MVP honors and the Badger defense forced four second-half turnovers en route to the win.

1998
Five years later, the Badgers earned Rose Bowl glory. Behind a dominant offensive line and All-American running back Ron Dayne, the 1998 team secured the Big Ten Championship behind a 10-1 regular season record and defeated UCLA, 38-31, in Pasadena. Dayne turned in a legendary Rose Bowl performance, rushing for 246 yards and four scores and the Badgers reached 11 wins for the first time in school history.

1999
In the very next season, the 1999 Badgers would make history once again – Becoming the first Big Ten team ever to win back-to-back Rose Bowls, defeating Stanford 17-9 and cementing Wisconsin’s place among college football’s elite. Dayne became college football’s all-time leading rusher and was named the Heisman Trophy winner, rushing for more than 2,000 yards and 20 touchdowns.

The three biggest victories in Wisconsin football history will be celebrated this weekend when more than 100 members of the Rose Bowl teams from 1993, 1998 and ’99 are hosted for a series of special on-campus events and are honored on the field at halftime.

Those clubs went a combined 31-4-1 overall, 9-2-1 versus ranked opponents on the way to claiming at least a share of the Big Ten Conference title and finishing sixth, sixth and fourth, respectively, in the final Associated Press’ top-25 poll.

UW was coached by Barry Alvarez, whose name (Barry Alvarez Field), image (former Wisconsin athletic director) and likeness (a bronze statue outside the main gate) are on prominent display.

For the fourth time in history, the Badgers (2-4 overall, 0-3 in the Big Ten) will host Ohio State (6-0, 3-0) when it is ranked No. 1 in the nation.

The first time, in 1942, would have been, undeniably, the biggest triumph in program history had UW been able to finish what it started.

Led by halfback Elroy Hirsch, fullback Pat Harder and All-America end Dave Schreiner, sixth-ranked Wisconsin came away with a 17-7 decision over the Buckeyes.

But the Badgers endured a 6-0 loss to Iowa the following week, a setback that not only cost them a Big Ten crown and a national title, it caused a widespread fury.

UW finished 4-1 in the Big Ten, but the Buckeyes were seen as the champion with a 5-1 record despite the head-to-head outcome. At the time, the Big Ten had only nine football programs after Chicago dropped out in 1939, so not everyone played the same number of league games.

The Badgers wound up 8-1-1 overall, but finished ranked third in the final AP ranking behind Ohio State and Georgia.

The Helms Foundation, founded in 1936 by philanthropist Paul Helms to promote amateur sports primarily on the West Coast, began naming its own national champion in 1941. Wisconsin was chosen as the No. 1 team in college football in 1942.

Turns out the Badgers have won two of the three matchups with a top-ranked team from Ohio State in Madison. The other victory came in 2010 when David Gilreath returned the opening kickoff 97 yards for a TD that helped spur UW to a 31-18 win.

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