Sunday, September 12, 1999
NEXT: WISCONSIN (2-0)
Badgers, Dayne flatten Ball St.
The Associated Press
MADISON, Wis. — One of Ron Dayne's biggest obstacles in his quest for a national rushing record might be teammate Nick Davis.
Dayne moved 158 yards closer to Ricky Williams' NCAA major-college record, and Davis returned a kickoff for a touchdown as No.9 Wisconsin rolled over Ball State 50-10 Saturday.
Davis' dazzling kickoff and punt returns are shortening the field for the Badgers almost every time he touches the ball. He has two touchdowns on kick returns already this season, and he nearly broke a third against the Cardinals.
That means less time on the field for Dayne, who needs 1,424 yards in Wisconsin's nine remaining games to beat the mark of 6,279 set by the Texas Heisman Trophy winner last season.
“To get points and set up field position, to be threats every time we get the ball kicked to us, that's impressive,” Wisconsin coach Barry Alvarez said.
Dayne finished with 31 carries that included a 2-yard rush for a touchdown, his fourth of the season, in the third quarter.
“I wanted to break one, but I just kept plugging away, and I felt fine with that,” Dayne said.
Davis racked up 227 yards on kick returns, pass receptions and rushes. Davis, who had a 76-yard touchdown punt return last week against Murray State, made a beautiful 77-yard TD run on the free kick following a second-quarter safety.
He also started at wide receiver in place of injured junior Chris Chambers and had four catches for 91 yards.
“It's good to take some pressure off Ron, because Ron can't carry the whole team,” Davis said.
Dayne carried nine times for 57 yards on Wisconsin's opening drive, but saw the ball just 11 more times in the first half for a total of 98 yards. He sat out the fourth quarter.
Dayne, who was 14th on the NCAA's career rushing list entering the game, moved to 11th with 4,856 yards. He passed Ed Marinaro of Cornell, Nebraska's Mike Rozier and Steve Bartalo of Colorado State.
Ball St ....... 0 7 0 3—10
Wisconsin ....... 12 10 14 14—50
First Quarter
Wis—FG Pisetsky 25, 8:32.
Wis—Safety, Mahlik tackled Tate in end zone, 7:40.
Wis—Davis 77 kickoff return (Pisetsky kick), 7:25.
Second Quarter
Wis—Ghidorzi 25 interception return (Pisetsky kick), 10:12.
BSU—Lynch 5 pass from Conn (Jennings kick), 2:15.
Wis—FG Pisetsky 53, 0:34.
Third Quarter
Wis—Kuhns 7 pass from Kavanagh (Pisetsky kick), 9:34.
Wis—Dayne 2 run (Pisetsky kick), 2:27.
Fourth Quarter
Wis—Evans 64 pass from Kavanagh (Pisetsky kick), 14:49.
BSU—FG Jennings 29, 3:45.
Wis—Bennett 2 run (Neuser kick), 0:08.
A—75,807.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING—Ball St., Dunbar 8-17, Tate 10-16, Walters 1-(minus 3) Conn 8-(minus 9). Wisconsin, Dayne, 31-158, Bollinger 7-35, Bennett 6-27, Faulkner 4-21, Davis 1-7, Unertl 2-7, Daniels 2-7, Kavanagh 1-5, Kuhns 1-3.
PASSING—Ball St., Conn 8-18-1-94, Walters 5-7-1-61. Wisconsin, Kavanagh 7-14-0-165, Bollinger 3-6-0-25.
RECEIVING—Ball St., Jordan 3-79, Reese 3-49, Lynch 3-21, Tate 2-7, Dunbar 2-(minus 1). Wisconsin, Davis 4-91, Evans 1-64, Braun 1-12, Anelli 1-7, Kuhns 1-7, Daniels 1-6, Sigmund 1-3.
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