National Championship: Badgers vs. Fighting Irish
January 26, 1908 67° Bryant-Denny Stadium
Attendance: 101,521 (100%)
Badgers 0 10 0 3 - 13
Fighting Irish 0 3 7 7 - 17
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 2) Badgers: 1-2-Lou 2 (14:20) 86-Jason Sanger ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 14-Terry Owsley. Lou 0 BSt 7
(Qtr 2) Fighting Irish: 4-10-BSt 28 (9:40) 15-Darrell Cooper 46 yard field goal is GOOD. Lou 3 BSt 7
(Qtr 2) Badgers: 4-1-Lou 14 (4:12) 14-Terry Owsley 31 yard field goal is GOOD. Lou 3 BSt 10
(Qtr 3) Fighting Irish: 3-2-BSt 49 (5:15) 2-Kyle Grady pass complete to 10-Eric Kunze for 49 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Darrell Cooper. Lou 10 BSt 10
(Qtr 4) Badgers: 4-3-Lou 35 (2:45) 14-Terry Owsley 52 yard field goal is GOOD. Lou 10 BSt 13
(Qtr 4) Fighting Irish: 2-6-BSt 6 (1:03) 2-Kyle Grady pass incomplete, intended for 17-Harold Huddleston. complete to 17-Harold Huddleston for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Darrell Cooper. Lou 17 BSt 13
Team Statistics
Fighting Irish Badgers
First Downs 10 16
- Rushing 2 6
- Passing 8 9
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 262 259
- Offensive Plays 51 72
- Yards Per Play 5.14 3.60
Net Rushing Yards 46 101
- Rushing Attempts 23 38
- Yards Per Rush 2.00 2.66
Net Passing Yards 216 158
- Att/Comp/Int 28 / 17 / 0 34 / 24 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 216 158
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.71 4.65
- Yards Per Completion 12.71 6.58
Fumbles/Lost 3 / 2 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 12 9 / 20
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.0 7.0
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 3 / 19 4 / 25
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 10 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 22 OWN 33
Time of Possession 24:33 35:29
Drive Charts
Fighting Irish
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:33 0:59 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
1 9:02 1:33 OWN 8 3 -2 Punt
2 14:17 4:41 OWN 25 9 47 Field Goal
2 6:51 1:19 OWN 12 3 5 Fumble
2 4:08 0:56 OWN 25 3 -6 Punt
3 15:00 1:59 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
3 11:31 1:36 OWN 31 3 2 Punt
3 7:53 2:46 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
3 3:38 3:21 OWN 34 6 18 Punt
4 10:23 2:49 OWN 8 5 13 Punt
4 5:25 0:52 OWN 21 2 10 Fumble
4 2:40 1:42 OWN 25 7 75 Touchdown
Badgers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:27 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
1 12:34 3:32 OWN 33 7 22 Punt
1 7:29 8:12 OWN 33 14 67 Touchdown
2 9:36 2:45 OWN 25 5 32 Punt
2 5:32 1:24 OPP 23 3 9 Field Goal
2 3:13 3:13 OWN 35 8 33 Missed FG
3 13:01 1:31 OWN 23 3 1 Punt
3 9:55 2:01 OWN 21 3 7 Punt
3 5:07 1:30 OWN 25 3 -3 Punt
3 0:17 4:53 OWN 20 9 22 Punt
4 7:35 2:09 OWN 27 3 6 Punt
4 4:34 1:53 OPP 42 3 7 Field Goal
4 0:59 0:59 OWN 25 8 45 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#28 Christopher Shore 14 25 1.79 16 2 0
#43 David Martin 9 21 2.33 6 0 0
Badgers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#86 Jason Sanger 28 84 3.00 13 2 1
#12 Louis Rios 9 14 1.56 5 0 0
#23 Ramon Geter 1 3 3.00 3 0 0
Passing Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#2 Kyle Grady 28 17 216 0 / 0 2 49 0 108.63
Badgers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#2 Oscar Jordan 34 24 158 0 / 0 0 13 0 80.27
Receiving Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#18 Eric Kunze 4 88 22.00 49 1
#17 Harold Huddleston 3 47 15.67 33 1
#82 Gerald Palacios 4 39 9.75 15 0
#38 Dennis Yates 3 33 11.00 12 0
#28 Christopher Shore 2 6 3.00 5 0
#84 Larry Robinson 1 3 3.00 3 0
Badgers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#41 Mark Jenkins 5 37 7.40 10 0
#81 Luis Davis 6 32 5.33 12 0
#15 William Anderson 3 27 9.00 13 0
#19 Louis Beck 3 16 5.33 8 0
#84 Julian White 2 15 7.50 11 0
#88 Lucius Nebel 2 13 6.50 11 0
#23 Ramon Geter 1 9 9.00 9 0
#80 Terry Carter 1 9 9.00 9 0
#86 Jason Sanger 1 0 0.00 0 0
Blocking Stats
Fighting Irish
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#64 Luis Martinez 31 26 0 0
#62 Robert Williams 28 33 0 2
#67 Michael Baca 37 23 0 0
#63 Marshall Jarrell 36 31 0 4
#17 Harold Huddleston 0 8 0 2
#18 Eric Kunze 0 21 0 0
#69 Humberto Haywood 28 29 0 1
#38 Dennis Yates 9 12 0 1
#57 Kevin Boyles 10 0 0 0
#82 Gerald Palacios 14 25 0 0
#52 Cody Higgins 8 4 0 0
#23 Mark Arant 7 2 0 0
#67 Jacob Seal 7 1 0 0
#28 Christopher Shore 4 9 0 0
#84 Larry Robinson 0 13 0 0
#31 Leonard McKnight 1 2 0 0
#81 Robert Brown 0 1 0 1
#43 David Martin 2 2 0 0
#97 Ronnie Hughes 0 3 0 0
#96 Cody Olmsted 0 2 0 0
#98 Gregory Pickett 0 2 0 0
#34 Christopher Thompson 0 1 0 0
#38 Peter Simons 0 1 0 0
#59 Winston Crowe 0 1 0 0
#38 Barry Kerby 0 1 0 0
Badgers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#64 Raymond Jenkins 37 36 0 3
#81 Luis Davis 16 40 0 1
#78 Bryan Roger 46 44 0 5
#60 Mathew Steinman 34 46 0 0
#79 Donald Dominquez 32 42 0 8
#80 Terry Carter 0 14 0 1
#76 Phillip Chatman 44 39 0 4
#88 Lucius Nebel 0 14 0 1
#15 William Anderson 0 27 0 1
#84 Julian White 0 27 0 2
#77 Gary Bucher 11 4 0 0
#58 Michael Barnes 12 3 0 0
#61 Albert Myles 12 0 0 0
#58 Bill Farrow 7 4 0 0
#23 Ramon Geter 0 5 0 0
#41 Mark Jenkins 8 16 0 2
#12 Louis Rios 2 2 0 0
#74 Arthur Baker 10 6 0 0
#86 Jason Sanger 7 2 0 0
#75 Charles Calhoun 0 2 0 0
#91 Arthur Seibert 0 2 0 0
#44 Steve Kidd 0 2 0 0
#98 Eric Roberts 0 1 0 0
#19 Louis Beck 0 2 0 0
#79 Leroy Holley 0 1 0 0
#59 Jeffrey Cowley 0 1 0 0
#27 Kenneth Ferrell 0 1 0 0
#57 John Welborn 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Badgers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#43 David Martin 2 0 0 0
#2 Kyle Grady 1 0 0 0
#62 Robert Williams 0 1 0 0
Badgers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#59 Guy Nolan 0 2 0 0
#44 Steve Kidd 0 0 1 0
#58 Bill Farrow 0 0 1 0
Punting
Fighting Irish
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#5 Virgil Mateer 7 337 48.14 45.14 61 0
Badgers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#1 Robert Vega 8 359 44.88 43.63 54 3
Kicking
Fighting Irish
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 Darrell Cooper 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 46 2 / 2
Badgers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#14 Terry Owsley 2 / 3 1 / 2 1 / 1 52 1 / 1
Punt Return
Fighting Irish
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#31 Leonard McKnight 1 10 10.0 10 0
Badgers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kick Return
Fighting Irish
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Badgers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
Fighting Irish
Name Tackles Sacks
#59 Winston Crowe 15 0
#48 James Stallings 6 0
#97 Ronnie Hughes 5 0
#38 Barry Kerby 5 0
#23 Mark Arant 5 0
#34 Christopher Thompson 5 0
#98 Gregory Pickett 4 0
#96 Cody Olmsted 4 0
#47 Walter Haddix 4 0
#50 Timothy McDaniel 2 0
#58 Terence Lambert 2 0
#38 Peter Simons 1 0
#64 Luis Martinez 1 0
#47 Scott Holland 1 0
#32 Michael Escobar 1 0
#69 Humberto Haywood 1 0
Badgers
Name Tackles Sacks
#91 Arthur Seibert 5 0
#40 John Allen 5 0
#27 Kenneth Ferrell 5 0
#58 Bill Farrow 4 0
#57 John Welborn 3 0
#44 Steve Kidd 3 0
#75 Charles Calhoun 3 0
#21 Mathew Humphrey 2 0
#50 Truman Cunningham 2 0
#39 Matthew Owens 2 0
#55 Christopher Hollifield 1 0
#79 Leroy Holley 1 0
#59 Guy Nolan 1 0
#59 Jeffrey Cowley 1 0