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The student tailgate is also sponsored by University Dining and SEAL. At the beginning of the game the
marketing staff will be distributing 300 light-up thunderstix to the student section. To cap off the night,
there will be a postgame firework show put on by Residence Life.
The game will be the first game to take place under the new lights of Perkins Stadium. After a storm
destroyed lights in the stadium during the off season, UW-Whitewater decided to replace all the lights in
the stadium with next generation lights.
Warhawks Defeat Blue Devils, Extend Win Streak to 36
10/14/2011
In the team’s first ever Friday night game, the number one nationally-ranked UW-Whitewater football
team ran its record to 6-0 overall and 3-0 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference with a 42-
21 win over UW-Stout, 3-3 overall and 1-2 in the WIAC, before 6,209 fans in Perkins Stadium in
Whitewater. The win, under the “Friday night lights” kept several streaks alive for the Warhawks, most
notably the nation’s longest consecutive win streak, which now stands at 36. The team has also won its
last 24 games played at Perkins Stadium, its last 20 WIAC contests, and ten straight against the Blue
Devils.
UW-Stout received the opening kickoff of the game and was forced to punt after losing six yards on three
offensive plays. UW-Whitewater wasted no time and recorded the game’s first score with 9:29 left in the
first quarter. Quarterback Matt Blanchard (Lake Zurich, IL/Lake Zurich) found tight end Jason
Ford (Palatine, IL/Fremd) on the goal line for a three-yard touchdown pass to lead 7-0.
The Blue Devils converted on fourth and short on the Warhawks’ 37 yard-line on their second possession
and again on fourth down, four plays later on the 27 yard-line with a 9-yard pitch to running back Eric
Brown. The Blue Devils were rewarded for their resolve two plays later when quarterback Ross Carey
tied the game at 7-7 with a four-yard touchdown run with 2:17 to play in the first quarter.
On their first possession of the second quarter the Warhawks took advantage of an 11-yard punt by UW-
Stout to begin a UW-W drive at the Whitewater 47. Four plays later the Warhawks took the lead 14-7
thanks to a four-yard touchdown run by Levell Coppage (Oak Park, IL/Oak Park) at 9:22.
Shortly afterwards the Blue Devils were backed up inside their own 25, and then committed a false start
on third and long. After the penalty, linebacker Kyle Wismer (Spring Grove, IL/Richmond-
Burton) charged through the line to bat down a Carey pass to force the Blue Devils to punt. With 8:12
left in the half Whitewater took possession at their own 30 yard-line. Five plays later Blanchard found
Tyler Huber (Mukwonago/North Prairie) alone in the end zone for a 31-yard touchdown pass, set
up by a 25-yard completion to Cory Robinson (Cambridge/Cambridge) on the previous play.
Following another Blue Devil punt, the Warhawks received the ball on their own 30-yard line with 3:28 to
play in the half. The team dug itself into a hole after a pair of penalties to make it second and 23, but was
bailed out by a 37-yard catch by Luke Menzel (Sheboygan Falls/Oostburg), who followed that up
with another reception, this time for 25 yards, again from Blanchard. A holding penalty made it first and
20, but Coppage took it in for the score from 23 yards out to make it 28-7 with 1:33 left in the half.
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