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Whitewater’s Levell Coppage (Oak Park, IL/Oak Park), the focus of the Titan defense, was held
under 100 yards---until he broke a 47 yard run to the 3 yard line. Kindler followed with the game-winning
17-yard field goal at 1:18.
With little time remaining, Oshkosh took over on their 20. Advancing to the UW-W 40 on a third and
thirteen play, Wara threw into the endzone, where he was intercepted by Ryan Wenkman
(Wisconsin Dells/Wisconsin Dells) to keep Whitewater’s streak alive.
Oshkosh lead Whitewater in first downs 22-20, but the Warhawks held the edge in total offense, 429-
362. Blanchard went 17-25 for 209 yards with Huber catching 7 of those balls for 127 yards. Wara was
17-33 for 148 yards. Both quarterbacks contributed to their team’s yardage on the ground. Blanchard
rushed 14 times for a career high 91 yards and Wara had 14 carries for 54 yards. Coppage lead both
teams with 131 yards on 28 carries, moving him within 54 of breaking Justin Beaver’s UW-Whitewater
and WIAC career record. Garrie Fox lead the Titans with 7 receptions for 50 yards. The defensive
leaders were UW-W sophomore linebacker Kyle Wismer (Spring Grove, IL/Richmond-Burton),
with 10 tackles and UW-O junior defensive back Austin Blashka, also with 10 tackles.
UW-Whitewater will host its annual Homecoming celebration and Hall of Fame game next Saturday,
October 29. Kickoff at Perkins Stadium is 1:00. Tickets for home games can be purchased at the
University Center ticket office Monday-Friday during normal business hours. Tickets will also be available
at Perkins Stadium on game day.
Warhawks Earn Record Seventh Straight Title as Coppage
Breaks Record
10/29/2011
NOTE: With results of Saturday’s late games in, UW-W has clinched at least a tie for the Wisconsin
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship --- a record seventh straight title for the Warhawks.
Whitewater had shared the mark with UW-La Crosse, which won six consecutive crowns 1949-54. The
seven conference championships in a row also ties the Warhawk wrestling team, which won seven titles
between 1974 and 1980, for the longest streak by any UW-Whitewater intercollegiate sport.
UW-Whitewater, 8-0 overall and 5-0 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and ranked
number one in the Division III polls, defeated UW-Stevens Point 31-16, 4-4 and 2-3, at Perkins Stadium
Saturday as Warhawk senior tailback Levell Coppage (Oak Park, IL/Oak Park) made several record book
entries. The Warhawks extended their college football leading win streak to 38 games, including 25 in a
row at home and 22 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The 38 game streak moves
Whitewater into sixth place for the longest win streak in NCAA history, passing Augustana (1983-85), and
Yale (1890-93, 1987-89).
Coppage, with 245 yards on 29 carries against the Pointers, has rushed for 1,101 yards this season, the
first back in UW-W and Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference history to rush for 1,000 yards all
four years of his career. It also gives him 6,776 yards in his career, replacing former Warhawk Justin
Beaver as the school and WIAC career rushing leader. And it moves Coppage into third place in the
NCAA III record book for career rushing. The 245 yards is his season high, topping the 168 he gained
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