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Whitewater (6-0, 3-0 WIAC) will travel to UW-Oshkosh (5-1, 3-0 WIAC) Saturday, October 22. Kickoff is
set for 1:30 pm. The Titans are ranked no. 20 in the D3football.com Top 25 and 24 in the AFCA poll.
For more information, UW-W head coach Lance Leipold.
First Place on the Line at Oshkosh
10/17/2011
This Week’s Game
The Warhawks, 6-0 overall and 3-0, will travel to UW-Oshkosh, 5-1 and 3-0, for a Wisconsin
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference contest at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, October 22 at J.J. Keller Field in
Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Last Year
Whitewater won 48-21 in Oshkosh November 16, clinching the Warhawks’ sixth consecutive WIAC title.
Whitewater led 21-14 at the end of the first quarter with both teams scoring on unusual plays. Shane
Covington (Milwaukee/Riverside) returned a kickoff 86 yards for UW -W’s second score, and Titan
halfback Craig McClelland throwing a 33 yard TD pass for their second score. An Eric Kindler
(Germantown/Germantown) FG made it 24-14 at the half. UW-W scored the first four times it had the ball
in the second half, but Oshkosh scored again to still have the margin 31-21 with 9:54 in the third. The
UW-W defense stopped a fourth and three at the WW 40, and forced a fumble to blunt Titan drives.
Whitewater rushed 60 times for 325 yards, and the defense limited UW-O to 56 yards on 30 carries.
Levell Coppage (Oak Park, IL/Oak Park) carried the ball 29 times for 150 yards, 120 of those coming in
the first half. Titan QB Nate Wara completed 22-31 passes for 264 yards. Oshkosh LB Taylor Goodman
led both teams with 12 tackles and 1.5 tackles for a loss. UW-W’s Aaron Rusch (Hartford/Hartford), 8-65,
and Adam Brandes (Burlington/Catholic Central), 6-100, were the leading receivers in the game.
The Series
UW-Whitewater’s record all-time vs. UW-Oshkosh: 75-25-5
The current streak: UW-Whitewater has won the last 8
When it started: 1897, UW-Whitewater defeated UW-Oshkosh 30-0
Most points scored by UW-W: 54 in 1963
Most points scored by UW-O: 46 in 1912
Shutouts by UW-W: 22
Shutouts by UW-O: 10
Longest win streak by UW-W: 11 (1957-1967)
Longest win streak by UW-O: 3 (multiple times)
Fewest points combined: 0 (0-0 in 1955)
Purple Streak
UW-Whitewater currently holds the longest winning streak in college football, in any division. The
Warhawks have won 36 consecutive games. UW-Whitewater also has streaks of 25 in a row on the road,
24 in a row at Perkins Stadium, 19 consecutive non-conference contests, 20 WIAC games, and 10 in the
NCAA III playoffs.
In The Polls
UW-Whitewater continues to hold the number one ranking in both the D3football.com and American
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