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Eight Cited for Underage Drinking, Eight Arrested at Badgers-Rutgers Game at Camp Randall
University police issued eight underage drinking citations and made eight arrests during Saturday's Wisconsin-Rutgers football game, with students making up the majority of those cited, arrested and ejected. One arrest involved a person with an alleged blood alcohol concentration of 0.20 or higher.
MADISON, Wis. â University of Wisconsin-Madison police issued eight citations for underage drinking and made eight arrests during Saturday's Badgers football game against Rutgers at Camp Randall Stadium, according to department figures.
Six of the eight people cited for underage drinking were UW-Madison students, and six of the eight people arrested were also students, police said.
Officers ejected 12 people from the stadium over the course of the game, nine of them students.
Among those arrested was one person whose blood alcohol concentration was alleged to be 0.20 or higher â more than double the 0.08 threshold at which Wisconsin law presumes intoxication for drivers.
The enforcement numbers reflect a familiar pattern on big game days in Madison, where tens of thousands of fans descend on the stadium and surrounding neighborhoods. Campus and city officials have long wrestled with how to balance a festive atmosphere against the safety risks that come with heavy drinking, particularly among underage students.
Saturday's game also marked a milestone for the football program: freshman quarterback Ryan Hopkins led the Badgers to a win that made the team bowl-eligible.
Police did not release additional details about the individual arrests or the circumstances of the ejections.