The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team begins the second half of the regular season and continues Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play Saturday at UW-Oshkosh starting at 1 p.m.

The Warhawks concluded a run of playing four of its first five games at Perkins Stadium last Saturday with a 65-21 victory against UW-Platteville. UW-Whitewater piled up 641 yards of total offense and held the ball for nearly 36 minutes, including 10 minutes in the first quarter, when the team built a 23-0 advantage. The Warhawk defense held the Pioneers to 62 yards rushing and tallied a pair of interceptions in the contest.

The Warhawks remained at No. 3 in the latest D3football.com Top 25, earning 581 points from pollsters without receiving a first-place vote. UW-W is also third in the latest American Football Coaches Association Division III Coaches' Poll, picking up 1,075 points and three first-place votes from panelists. The team was ranked second in the Lindy's Sports Preseason Division III Top 25 and fourth by College Football America.

UW-Oshkosh suffered its first loss of the 2021 season last Saturday, falling 30-21 at fellow nationally-ranked UW-La Crosse. The Titans led 21-7 at halftime before the Eagles scored 23 unanswered points in the second half, including the go-ahead field goal with 5:47 remaining and a touchdown just over four minutes later. UW-O was held to 74 yards of total offense in the second half after totaling 227 in the opening period.

ON THE AIR

Saturday's game will air live online, and can be found on UW-Oshkosh's athletics web page. The contest can also be heard live on KIX 106.5 FM WKCH in the Whitewater area, or online at kix1065.com.

SERIES

The Warhawks lead the all-time series against UW-Oshkosh, 77-30-5, with the teams splitting the last six games. On Nov. 16, 2019, UW-Oshkosh scored 13 unanswered points in the fourth quarter as UW-Whitewater suffered a 27-20 setback on the road to close out the regular season. The Warhawks out-gained the Titans 311-236 on the day, but committed five turnovers in the game. Alex Peete (Ringwood, Ill./Johnsburg) ran for 80 yards and one touchdown, and Jacob Erbs totaled 13 tackles.

NOTABLE

Four of the last six games between UW-Oshkosh and UW-Whitewater have been decided by one possession. The exceptions are 2016 (UW-O, 37-20) and 2018 (UW-W, 20-0). The home teams are 5-1 during that span. (UW-W won as the road team in the 2015 playoffs.)



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