The No. 6 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team continues Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play on Saturday, Oct. 20, at 2 p.m. against UW-River Falls during Homecoming and Hall of Fame Day at Perkins Stadium. The Mowgli's, a nationally-touring alternative rock band, are the fourth and final performance of the 2018 Warhawk Concert Series. The pregame concert will begin at 12 p.m. in the Perkins Stadium parking lot (Lot 24).

Saturday's game can be watched live on UWW-TV, channel 100.1 on campus, channel 989 for Spectrum customers in the Whitewater area or online. Fans can also listen to the game live on KOOL 106.5 FM WKCH in the Whitewater area or online at 940wfaw.com, and track live statistics here.

Last Saturday, the Warhawks amassed 501 total yards, including 262 on the ground, and scored two touchdowns each in the first, third and fourth quarters in a 45-0 triumph at UW-Eau Claire. The victory was UW-Whitewater's second straight shutout and third in the last four games, and extended the team's current win streak to 12 games dating back to last season.

The Warhawks moved up one spot to No. 4 in the latest American Football Coaches Association Division III Coaches' Poll and held at No. 6 in the latest D3football.com Top 25. UW-Whitewater garnered 524 points from D3football.com voters, only one point shy of a top-five ranking, and 1101 points from AFCA pollsters. The Warhawks were ranked sixth by Street & Smith entering the 2018 season.

UW-River Falls stopped a late drive near midfield in the fourth quarter and ran out the final one minute, 26 seconds of regulation last Saturday to defeat UW-Stout 21-19 on Homecoming in River Falls. The Falcons rushed for 231 yards in the contest and forced a fumble on a Blue Devil two-point coversion late in the third quarter that would have tied the contest.

SERIES

UW-Whitewater owns a 38-20-1 advantage in the all time series and has won the last 16 meetings between the two teams. Last season, the Warhawks scored 17 points in the second half and posted 22 first downs while holding UW-River Falls to six first downs in a 20-7 victory. Marcus Hudson (Delavan, Wis./Delavan-Darien) caught his second of two touchdowns with four minutes to play in the contest to seal UW-Whitewater's win.

NOTABLE

• Three of the last four games between UW-River Falls and UW-Whitewater have been decided late in the fourth quarter. In addition to the 2017 game, the Warhawks needed overtime in 2016 to clinch a 27-20 triumph. In 2014, UW-Whitewater scored the go-ahead touchdown with 26 seconds left for a 28-25 victory on the road.
• Per Tim Wester of the Janesville Gazette, the Warhawks' 19 points allowed through the first six games of the season are fewer than the 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014 national championship teams. The 2009 and 2014 defenses each allowed 30 points through the first six games.