UW-Whitewater, 2-0 and number one in the D3football.com poll, will open its home schedule Saturday at 12:00 pm in Perkins Stadium, hosting Campbellsville University, 2-0 and ranked seventeenth in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics poll. 

Last Year
UW-W won 37-7 in Campbellsville September 18, 2010.  The Warhawks scored touchdowns their first three possessions and went into the locker room with a 21-7 lead.  Whitewater added a TD in the third, and a safety and a touchdown in the fourth, for the final margin.

For just the second time in school history (the first was the previous week against Dakota State) UW-W had three backs rush for at least 100 yards.  Booker Stanley (Milwaukee/Whitefish Bay) carried 18 times for 116 yards, Levell Coppage (Oak Park, IL/Oak Park) 14-114, and Antwan Anderson (Madison/Madison Memorial) 14-104.  Whitewater averaged 6.7 yards per carry, piled up 531 yards of offense, and controlled the ball almost 36 minutes.  UW-W missed all four of its field goal attempts.  CU quarterback Robert Hill completed 12-19 passes to seven different receivers.  Wide receiver Stan Warrenhuffman, who caught five passes for 68 yards last year, is back.  Campbellsville safety Jeffrey DeMary led both teams with 13 tackles. 

The Series
2010 was the first meeting between the schools.

The Coaches
Whitewater's Lance Leipold has compiled a four year record of 59-3, with a record of 29-1 in the WIAC.  In his first head coaching opportunity, Leipold has earned national Division III coach of the year honors three out of the four years and was named WIAC Football Coach of the Year in the last two. Campbellsville's Perry Thomas is entering his fourth year as head coach. He has led the Tigers to a record of 19-17 during his tenure. Last year Thomas coached the Tigers to their first back-to-back winning seasons in nearly a decade.

Campbellsville Notes
Campbellsville opened the season with a 30-14 win at home over Union College (KY).  Campbellsville trailed 10-7 in the second quarter.  Senior QB Nathan Cooper, who sat out last season with a shoulder injury, completed 21-32 for 257 yards, with two interceptions and two touchdowns in the Tigers' four wide formation.  Lone running back Wayne Coffee rushed 20 times for 149 yards, and tied the school record with three touchdowns.  The CU defense came up with six turnovers, twice ending Union drives with interceptions in the end zone.  Senior linebacker Dwight Houston had 11 tackles, two tackles for a loss and two quarterback sacks.  Freshman DB Leon Melvin picked off two passes.

The Tigers scored an upset in game two, upending (NAIA) eighteenth-ranked Cumberland University 30-27.  Melvin made the big plays again, blocking an extra point and a field goal attempt.  Cooper went 22-42 for 249 yards, throwing for four scores with a pair of interceptions, and becoming just the second quarterback in school history to eclipse 3,000 yards passing.  Warrenhuffman caught nine passes for 146 yards and three touchdowns.  Warrenhuffman moved into second place in the school record book for career receptions (111) and third in receiving yards (1,597).  DeMary was in on a dozen tackles for Campbellsville. 

Campbellsville is playing its first road game of the season. 

UW-Whitewater Notes
The flip side of Campbellsville, UW-W is playing its first home game of the season. 

Whitewater opened 2011 with a 26-7 non-conference win at UW-La Crosse.  The Warhawks held UW-L to three first downs in the first half and 119 yards of total offense in the game.  UW-W was 5-5 in red zone situations, largely thanks to Eric Kindler (Germantown/Germantown)'s school record tying 4-4 day kicking field goals. 

In a matchup of ranked teams, Whitewater shut out number twenty-one Franklin College 45-0 at Franklin last Saturday.  Levell Coppage (Oak Park, IL/Oak Park) had his second 100+ rushing game, with all of his yards coming in the first half.  Matt Blanchard (Lake Zurich, IL/Lake Zurich) had another efficient game, hitting 13-18 for 128 yards and two touchdowns.  UW-W scored on five consecutive possessions over a seventeen minute span in the first half.  Franklin, which gained 669 yards in its season opener at Valparaiso, was limited to 198 by the Warhawk defense. 

The Warhawks continue to build on their record-setting streaks.  UW-W's winning strings include:  32 overall (the longest streak in NCAA football, any division), 22 road games, 21 at Perkins Stadium, 18 non-conference, 17 WIAC, and ten in the NCAA III playoffs.

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By the Numbers
UW-Whitewater
    Offensive Line (5 players) Averages:  287 pounds
    Defensive Line (4 players) Averages:  252 pounds
    Offense, Class Breakdown:  6 seniors, 5 juniors
    Defense, Class Breakdown:  5 seniors, 2 juniors, 2 sophomores
Campbellsville
    Offensive Line (5 players) Averages: 279 pounds
    Defensive Line (3 players) Averages: 272 pounds
    Offense, Class Breakdown: 3 seniors, 6 juniors, 1 sophomore, 1 freshman
    Defense, Class Breakdown: 4 seniors, 2 juniors, 1 sophomore, 4 freshmen

Special Note
Bob Berezowitz and Ross Gordon will serve as honorary captains for the Campbellsville game.  Berezowitz and Gordon were captains of the 1966 team that reached the NAIA title game.  UW-W is hosting its annual "Back to the 60s" event Saturday.

What's Coming Up
The Warhawks have a week off and then will begin the quest for a seventh consecutive Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship, hosting UW-Platteville Saturday, October 1 at 2:00 pm. Tickets for home games can be purchased at the University Center ticket office on the main campus mall during normal business hours, and at the Perkins Stadium window on game day.  Call 262-472-2222 for ticket information.

For More Information
Tom Fick, UW-W sports information:  262-472-1147 or fickt@uww.edu
UW-Whitewater football web site:  http://uwwsports.com/index.aspx?tab=football&path=football
WIAC football web site:  http://wiacsports.com/index.aspx?tab=football&path=football
Chris Megginson, Campbellsville sports information: jcmegginson@campbellsville.edu or 270-789-5276
Campbellsville football web site: http://www.campbellsvilletigers.com/sport/0/12.php
MSC football web site: http://www.mid-southconference.org/sport/9/14.php
NCAA III football web site:  http://www.ncaa.com/sports/football/d3