A lifelong Badgers fan and Madison native was rocketing to stardom in the entertainment industry as the University of Wisconsin football team broke free from decades of mediocrity with a stellar 1993 campaign.
Watch Chris Farley as Matt Foley 30 years later motivate Wisconsin football for 1994 Rose Bowl game
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Actor Chris Farley, a Madison native and then cast member on “Saturday Night Live,” performed his popular Matt Foley character for the University of Wisconsin football team in December 1993 at the annual Rose Bowl dinner in Pasadena, California.
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