MVP

VITAL STATISTICS

Rushes--34. Yards gained--202. Yards lost--2. Net--200.

Touchdowns--1. Longest run--64. Average gain--5.9

DEFINING MOMENT

On the second play of the third quarter, Dayne broke through the Stanford defense for a 64-yard gain, moving the Badgers from their 25-yard line to the Stanford 11.

OTHER KEY PLAYS

Dayne’s four-yard scoring run with 12:57 remaining in the third quarter gave Wisconsin a 10-9 lead and was his fifth career Rose Bowl touchdown, tying him for the all-time lead with Michigan’s Neil Snow in 1902 and gave Dayne the all-time mark in career points scored.

LITTLE-KNOWN FACT

Wisconsin is 17-1 since 1996 in games in which Dayne carried the ball at least 30 times. The Badgers’ only loss was to Penn State in 1997, when Dayne rushed for 126 yards in 30 carries. Dayne’s MVP award Saturday was his third in postseason play, after he earned similar honors in the 1996 Copper Bowl and the 1999 Rose Bowl.

IN HIS WORDS

“Stanford played pretty tough in the first half, but as the game went on we just wore on them,” Dayne said. “But this is just great. I’m so happy to accomplish the goals we set for ourselves since the beginning of the year.”