The No. 2 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team continues Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play this Saturday, Oct. 8, at 1 p.m. at Perkins Stadium against No. 5 UW-Oshkosh during Family Fest on the UW-Whitewater campus. 


Saturday's game will be broadcast live on Time Warner Cable SportsChannel and on UWW-TV, and on KOOL 106.5 FM WKCH in Whitewater. Live statistics will also be available. Fans are also encouraged to visit the Coulthart Family Pavilion prior to Saturday's game as beverages, including draft beer, will be served.

The Warhawks (4-0 overall, 1-0 WIAC) scored a go-ahead touchdown with 3:58 to play and held on for a 30-24 victory at No. 8 UW-Platteville on Saturday to win the 22nd annual George Chryst Bowl and the Miner's Axe rivalry trophy for the 12th consecutive year. UW-Whitewater's defense held the Pioneers to minus-15 yards rushing, totaled six sacks and forced two turnovers in the final 3:38 of the contest.

UW-Whitewater remained at No. 2 in both the D3football.com Top 25 and the American Football Coaches Association Division III Coaches Poll. The team garnered one first-place vote from D3football.com and two from the AFCA. The Warhawks were ranked second in Lindy's Sports Division III Preseason Top 25 and third in both The Sporting News' preseason national rankings and the D3football.com Preseason Top 25.

UW-Oshkosh (4-0, 1-0) opened the conference season Saturday with a 45-17 home victory over UW-Stout. The Titans scored all 45 of their points in the first half, including 28 in the second quarter, and rolled up 574 yards of total offense, including 329 on the ground. The UW-Oshkosh defense posted three interceptions and held the Blue Devils to a 5-of-18 conversion ratio on third down.

SERIES

Saturday's game is the 109th meeting between the two teams, who split a pair of games last season in Oshkosh. UW-Oshkosh snapped UW-Whitewater's nation-leading 36-game win streak on Oct. 10, 2015, in a 10-7 contest. A Titan field goal with 10:45 to play in the fourth quarter was the difference in the contest. The Warhawks avenged the setback in the national quarterfinals on Dec. 5, 2015, with a 31-29 win. UW-Whitewater held a 31-16 advantage heading into the fourth quarter, but UW-Oshkosh tallied a pair of touchdowns in the period. The Warhawks held on thanks to a failed 2-point conversion.

WHAT'S NEXT

The Warhawks visit UW-La Crosse next Saturday, Oct. 15, for a 1 p.m. contest.

NOTABLE

• The Warhawks and Titans have both been ranked among the D3football.com Top 25 in six of the last seven games in the series - 2011 (No. 1 UW-W, No. 20 UW-O), 2012 (No. 5 UW-W, No. 10 UW-O), 2013 (No. 7 UW-W, No. 9 UW-O), 2015 (No. 1 UW-W, No. 15 UW-O), 2015 (No. 5 UW-W, No. 3 UW-O) and 2016 (No. 2 UW-W, No. 5 UW-O).

• Over the last six games in the series, the combined score is UW-W 112, UW-O 105.