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Article: Enough said: Dayne's talent speaks volumes; Dayne's numbers Ron Dayne's rushing and receiving statistics in the Badgers' first four games. Run Pass Opponent No. Yds. TD No. Yds. E. Michigan 8 53 0 0 0 UNLV 13 90 1 0 0 Stanford 12 75 0 1 7 Penn State 24 129 2 5 29 Totals 57 347 3 6 36
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 9, 1996
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As a man of few words will sometimes do, Ron Dayne recently made a
revealing symbolic gesture that spoke for him.
It was late in the fourth quarter of the game against Stanford,
and the University of Wisconsin was clinging to a 7-0 lead. So
unrelenting was the Cardinal's eight-man front that the Badgers had
just 22 yards rushing.
In came Dayne, a battering ram with rack-and-pinion steering, for
his first meaningful road test on a college field. From the UW
45-yard line, the 260-pound tailback was given the ball on eight
consecutive plays.
He ran by, over and through an assortment of bruised and
bewildered Stanford players for a total of 54 yards, demoralizing
what had been a hardened ...