Our last visit to Camp Randall Stadium

TEMPLE UPSETS WISCONSIN, 24-18
Sep 23, 1990
By Mike Bruton, Inquirer Staff Writer
People around here might have thought that something catastrophic had occurred yesterday at Camp Randall Stadium, but the clamor that arose was only the Temple Owls celebrating.
The Owls, distressed by a 1-10 record a year ago, spared nothing of themselves as they upset the Wisconsin Badgers, 24-18, before a bewildered crowd of 41,817.
It was Temple's first victory against a Big Ten Conference opponent, although the Owls had clipped Michigan State, 21-19, in 1940 before the Spartans joined the Big Ten.
"The kids are believing in themselves and playing as a team," said Temple coach Jerry Berndt, who was doused with water and Gatorade by his jubilant players. "They believe they can win. Today was a great win for Temple and a great win for Eastern football. "
Aside from smothering Wisconsin's running game, the Owls (2-2) used practically everything in their minds, bodies and playbook to beat the Badgers (1-2), who entered this game basking in the afterglow of their 24-7 victory over Ball State last week.
The Owls tried a fake punt and a halfback pass, which were unsuccessful, but they also employed a reverse, which held together the 63-yard, six-play drive that put Temple ahead to stay, 21-18, with 8 minutes, 38 seconds left.
Wide receiver Kevin McCoy spun off 17 yards on the reverse to move the ball down to the Wisconsin 35-yard line.
Two plays later, the Owls ran the option as if Barry Switzer were standing on the sideline instead of Berndt, and they caught the Badgers napping.
Temple quarterback Matt Baker, challenged by safety Greg Thomas, made a late pitch to Conrad Swanson , who skittered 32 yards down the sideline to score.
"We're not an option football team," Berndt explained. "That was a very heady play for both those guys. "
With 1:58 left, Bob Wright tacked on a 39-yard field goal for good measure.
The Owls delivered the death blow with seconds left when Kenyatta Rush, recording his second sack of the day, separated quarterback Tony Lowery from the ball with a vicious lick, and defensive tackle Eric Fenwick recovered the fumble.
"We were going in for the last series and you've just got to go all out," said Rush. "I was coming around the corner and I saw him. I got him as his arm was moving up. "
It was fitting that the Owls finally clinched the victory by upending Lowery, the player who was almost their undoing.
While the Owls were devastating in allowing the Badgers only 62 yards rushing, they were much too loose otherwise, as Lowery shredded their secondary with 23 completions on 36 attempts for 294 yards, including a 50- yard scoring strike to Bill Williams 4:18 into the third quarter.
The Badgers cut Temple's lead to 14-11 when Lowery connected with tight end Jim Bourne for a two-point conversion.
On the previous series of downs, the Owls had scored when Baker threw a bull's-eye to tight end George Deveney, who beat linebacker Todd Orlando and raced 63 yards to score.
After the Badgers closed the gap, the Temple defense remained rigid against the run and started to put a bit more pressure on Lowery, but the crowd, which had bitten off its collective nails watching this adventure, was thrust back into the game by a pair of costly fumbles by Owls tailback Leon Brown.
Brown, who led Temple's ground game with 78 yards on 21 carries and opened the game's scoring with a 14-yard TD run near the end of the first quarter, coughed up the first fumble at the Wisconsin 24-yard line to halt a promising Temple drive late in the third period.
The Owls held on defense, but two Temple possessions later, Brown fumbled at the Owls' 32-yard line.
It took the Badgers just three plays to go ahead as fullback Kevin Ellison slammed into the end zone from the 1-yard line to make the score 18-14.
Swanson, who had 67 yards on 18 carries, replaced Brown at tailback after the second fumble.
"They had a chance to put it away at the end but we just held our composure," said Baker, who completed 12 of 21 passes for 132 yards. "We came out to win here at Wisconsin. "
For the fifth time this season, the Temple defense stopped an opponent from scoring inside the 10-yard line when it held in the second quarter.
The Owls forced the Badgers to turn the ball over on downs again at the Temple 17-yard line on the next Wisconsin possession, and went into the dressing room at halftime leading, 7-3.