The 1996

Copper Bowl The Guaranteed Rate Bowl is an annual college football bowl game that has been played in the state of Arizona since 1989. Played as the Copper Bowl from inception through 1996, it was known as the Insight.com Bowl from 1997 through 2001, then ...

was the 8th edition of the bowl game. It was between the

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and the

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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 Ronald Dayne (born March 14, 1978) is a former professional American football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons. Dayne played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers football, University of Wisco ...

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. Dayne finished the game with 30 carries for 246 yards and three touchdowns, breaking the Copper Bowl rushing record and the

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single-season rushing record with the accumulated yardage. This yardage (and the yardage gained in his other three bowl game appearances) is not included in Dayne's

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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

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