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Sept. 21, 1996
Wisconsin Blanks Stanford, 14-0
Mike Samuel threw for one touchdown and ran for the other asWisconsin topped Stanford, 14-0, for its third win in as manygames.
Donald Hayes made a spectacular grab of Samuel's pass as he wasbeing hit by Stanford defenders to open the scoring in thesecond quarter. Samuel plunged into the end zone from one yardout to seal the win in the fourth quarter.
Wisconsin's offense never really got rolling, gaining just 101yards on 38 carries, but the defense, ranked 16th nationallyagainst the rush, stopped Stanford's West Coast offense.
Stanford (1-2) was only able to muster 50 yards rushing on 31carries and Chad Hutchinson was sacked five times. Hutchinsoncompleted 18-of-35 passes for 161 yards, but was intercepted twice.
1 2 3 4 F - - - - -- Stanford 0 0 0 0 0 Wisconsin 0 7 0 7 14 FINAL Wisconsin-Hayes 22 pass from Samuel (Hall kick) Wisconsin-Samuel 1 run (Hall kick) Stanford Wisconsin First downs 12 15 Rushed-yards 31-50 38-101 Passing yards 161 236 Sacked-yards lost 5-43 2-11 Return yards 37 63 Passes 18-35-2 21-30-3 Punts 8-37.8 5-32.2 Fumbles-lost 3-2 4-1 Penalties-yards 6-51 5-46 Time of possession 25:11 34:49 Individual Statistics RUSHING: Stanford-Mitchell 9-44, Salina 4-27, Bookman 13-22,Hutchinson 5-minus 43. Wisconsin-Dayne 12-75, Mccullough 14-48,Stecker 4-minus 1, Martin 1-minus 4, Samuel 7-minus 17.PASSING: Stanford-Hutchinson 18-35-2-161. Wisconsin-Samuel21-30-3-236.RECEIVING: Stanford-Manning 4-45, Dunn 4-42, Kirwan 3-21,Mitchell 2-14, Clark 2-13, Walters 1-14, C Hansen 1-9, Bookman1-3. Wisconsin-Hayes 7-90, Mccullough 6-36, Simmons 4-80, Lyles3-23, Dayne 1-7.Att: 77,894