Year Game Played: | 1995 |
Game Name: | Hall of Fame Bowl |
Subheader: | 9th Hall of Fame Bowl |
Football Season: | 1994 |
Visitor Name Short: | Wisconsin |
Visitor Nickname: | Badgers |
Visitor School: | University of Wisconsin |
Home Name Short: | Duke |
Home Nickname: | Blue Devils |
Home School: | Duke University |
Visitor Record: | 6–4–1 |
Visitor Conference: | Big Ten |
Home Record: | 8–3 |
Home Conference: | ACC |
Visitor Coach: | Barry Alvarez |
Home Coach: | Fred Goldsmith |
Home Rank Ap: | 25 |
Home Rank Coaches: | 21 |
Home Rank Bowlcoalition: | 24 |
Visitor 1Q: | 13 |
Visitor 2Q: | 0 |
Visitor 3Q: | 6 |
Visitor 4Q: | 15 |
Home 1Q: | 0 |
Home 2Q: | 10 |
Home 3Q: | 3 |
Home 4Q: | 7 |
Date Game Played: | January 2 |
Stadium: | Tampa Stadium |
City: | Tampa, Florida |
Mvp: | Terrell Fletcher (Wisconsin RB) |
Referee: | Jimmy Harper (SEC) |
Us Network: | ESPN |
Us Announcers Link: | List of announcers of major college bowl games |
Us Announcers: | Ron Franklin, Mike Gottfried |
Different Next: | 1996 |
The 1995 Hall of Fame Bowl featured the 25th-ranked Duke Blue Devils and the unranked Wisconsin Badgers.
Wisconsin scored first on a 19-yard interception returned from a touchdown by Jeff Messenger, as Wisconsin opened a 7–0 lead. Wisconsin's John Hall kicked two field goals of 48 and 43 yards as Wisconsin increased its lead to 13–0 at the end of the 1st quarter. In the second quarter, Duke's Robert Baldwin scored on a 7-yard touchdown run to make it 13–7. Duke added a 30-yard field goal before halftime to pull within 13–10.
In the third quarter, a 30-yard Duke field goal tied the game at 13. Running back Terrell Fletcher responded with a 1-yard touchdown run to give Wisconsin a 20–13 lead. In the fourth quarter, Darrell Bevell fired an 11-yard touchdown pass to Jason Burns increasing the Badgers' lead to 27–13. Robert Baldwin scored on a two-yard touchdown run making it 27–20. Terrell Fletcher put the game away with a 49-yard rushing touchdown, making the final margin 34–20.[1] [2]
Statistics | Wisconsin | Duke |
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First downs | 19 | 23 |
Rushing yards | 48–278 | 29–68 |
Passing (C–A–I) | 11–20–1 | 28–46–4 |
Passing yards | 161 | 314 |
Total yards | 446 | 399 |
Fumbles–lost | 2–2 | 0–0 |
Penalties–yards | 12–86 | 5–40 |
Punts–average | 1–38.0 | 4–42.5 |