We are now 94 days away from the return of Badger football as we countdown to the season opener Sept. 2 against Buffalo at Camp Randall. The 1993 campaign could prove to one that Wisconsin emulates in 2023.
During that season, in their fourth season under head coach Barry Alvarez, the Badgers went 10-1-1 and won their first Rose Bowl in program history on January 1, 1994. Wisconsin defeated UCLA 21-16 in Pasadena, elevating the football team to heights it had never reached before.
The Badgers came into the contest 0-3 all-time in the Rose Bowl, having not made it since 1963 and the bowl game appearance was their first in a decade. Wisconsin went on to win two more Rose Bowls under Barry Alvarez during his 1990-2005 tenure at the helm, notching victories over UCLA in 1999 and Stanford in 2000.
Overall, the Badgers went 8-3 in bowl games over that stretch with Alvarez at head coach. He later filled in as an interim coach in the 2013 Rose Bowl and the 2015 Outback Bowl, winning the latter.
Now with highly-touted head coach Luke Fickell heading to Wisconsin after a successful career at Cincinnati, which included a College Football Playoff appearance in 2021. He’ll look to become the next great Badger head coach in 2023, a season that is gearing up to be a must-watch.
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