2014 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Football Game Notes
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2014 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Chris Lindeke, Sports Information Director -- Office: (262) 472-1147 -- Cell: (920) 841-0568 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: uwwsports.com; Twitter: @UWWAthletics / @WarhawkFootball Facebook: facebook.com/WarhawkAthletics; YouTube: youtube.com/WarhawkAthletics GAME INFORMATION GAME 6 CARSON PARK (EAU CLAIRE, WIS.) Date/Time: Sat., Oct. 18 / 2 p.m. Location: Eau Claire, Wis. (Carson Park) NO. 1 UW-WHITEWATER WARHAWKS (5-0, 2-0 WIAC) Live Video: www.blugolds.com/live/video/athletics1 Head Coach: Lance Leipold (UW-Whitewater ‘87) Live Radio: WKCH 106.5 FM (Whitewater) OR Career Record: 99-6 (8th season), Record at UW-W: 99-6 (8th season) www.940wfaw.com Live Stats: www.blugolds.com All-Time Series: UW-W, 43-22 VS First Meeting: 1923 - UW-W 26, UWEC 6 Last Meeting: 10/18/13 UW-W 42, UWEC 0 UW-EAU CLAIRE BLUGOLDS (0-5, 0-2 WIAC) Leipold vs. UW-Eau Claire: 7-0 Head Coach: Todd Glaser (UW-Eau Claire ‘93) UW-WHITEWATER (5-0) Career Record: 52-65 (12th season), Record at UWEC: 39-48 (9th season) Date Opponent Location Time 9/5 WALDORF (IOWA) Perkins Stadium W 73-7 STORY LINES 9/13 at Franklin Franklin, Ind. W 42-13 GAME TIME 9/20 at TCNJ Ewing, N.J. W 48-0 The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team continues Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Con- 10/4 UW-LA CROSSE*^ Perkins Stadium W 38-7 ference road competition Saturday against UW-Eau Claire at 2 p.m. at Carson Park in Eau Claire, Wis. 10/11 at UW-Stout* Menomonie, Wis. W 37-0 10/18 at UW-Eau Claire* Eau Claire, Wis. 2 p.m. The Warhawks posted their third shutout of the season last Saturday with a 37-0 victory at UW-Stout. 10/25 UW-OSHKOSH*# Perkins Stadium 1 p.m. UW-Whitewater outgained UW-Stout 513-242 in total yards and scored touchdowns by interception 11/1 at UW-Platteville* Platteville, Wis. 1 p.m. return, rush, pass and field goal. The Warhawks tallied 29 first downs while holding the Blue Devils to 11/8 UW-STEVENS POINT*% Perkins Stadium 1 p.m. 13 and forcing four turnovers. 11/15 at UW-River Falls* River Falls, Wis. 1 p.m. The Warhawks, slotted No. 1 in the nation in the preseason by D3football.com, Lindy’s, USA Today Home games in BOLD CAPS Sports and The Sporting News, are currently ranked first by both D3football.com and the American * denotes Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game ^ denotes Hall of Fame/Alumni Day/Family Day Football Coaches Association (AFCA). UW-Whitewater earned all 25 first-place votes in the # denotes Homecoming % denotes Shriner’s/Senior Day/MIlitary Appreciation Day D3football.com Top 25 and 36 of the 42 first-place votes in the AFCA Division III Top 25 this week. UW-Eau Claire enters Saturday’s contest after posting a 30-3 setback at No. 16 UW-Stevens Point. The UW-EAU CLAIRE (0-5) Blugolds trailed only by two scores after three quarters, but surrendered 14 points in the fourth quarter. UW-Eau Claire committed three turnovers and were flagged for nine penalties in the contest. Date Opponent Location Time 9/6 at St. Thomas St. Paul, Minn. L 22-17 SERIES 9/13 ST. JOHN’S (Minn.) Eau Claire, Wis. L 31-7 UW-Whitewater leads the all-time series, 43-22. The Warhawks have won the last 12 meetings between 9/20 at Wheaton Wheaton, Ill. L 17-0 the two teams, and it’s their longest winning streak against the Blugolds in the all-time series. UW- 10/4 UW-PLATTEVILLE* Eau Claire, Wis. L 49-0 Whitewater defeated UW-Stout 42-0 at Perkins Stadium in the most recent meeting between the two 10/11 at UW-Stevens Point* Stevens Point, Wis. L 30-3 teams on Oct. 18, 2013. The Blugolds last defeated the Warhawks on Nov. 2, 2002, by a 30-23 count in Eau Claire. 10/18 UW-WHITEWATER* Eau Claire, Wis. 2 p.m. 10/25 at UW-River Falls* River Falls, Wis. 1 p.m. WHAT’S NEXT 11/1 UW-STOUT* Eau Claire, Wis. 1 p.m. UW-Whitewater hosts UW-Oshkosh next Saturday, Oct. 25, at 1 p.m. at Perkins Stadium. The War- 11/8 at UW-Oshkosh* Oshkosh, Wis. 2 p.m. hawks will help celebrate Homecoming Weekend on campus. 11/15 UW-LA CROSSE* Eau Claire, Wis. 11:30 am Home games in BOLD CAPS NOTABLE * denotes Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game • Head coach Lance Leipold needs just one more win to reach 100 victories for his career. With a win at UW-Eau Claire this Saturday or against UW-Oshkosh next Saturday, Leipold will reach the milestone faster than any coach in NCAA history, at any level. He enters the UW-Eau Claire game with a staggering 99-6 overall mark (48-3 WIAC). For the latest news • Senior quarterback Matt Behrendt has thrown 349 passes since his last interception, which oc- uwwsports.com curred during the first quarter of UW-Whitewater’s 35-16 triumph over UW-Platteville last season. Behrendt is completing 75.7 percent of his passes this season, and has throw 12 touchdowns. wiacsports.com 5 NCAA DIVISION III NATIONAL TITLES 33 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS D3football.com Top 25 GAME NOTES 2014 Week 6 LEIPOLD NEARS CAREER WIN NO. 100 AND NCAA RECORD Warhawks head coach Lance Leipold, who recently moved up to third all-time in career victories in UW- # School (1st votes) Rec Pts Pr Whitewater program history, is just one win shy of 100 for his career. 1 UW-Whitewater (25) 5-0 625 1 2 Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) 5-0 590 2 If it occurs in either of the next two games, Leipold will reach the milestone faster than any other coach in NCAA history, at any level of college football. Gil Dobie currently holds the record, reaching the 100-win 3 Mount Union (Ohio) 5-0 581 3 plateau in 108 games as head coach at North Dakota St., Washington, Navy and Cornell from 1906-23. 4 Wesley (Del.) 6-0 547 4 With one more victory, Leipold would become just the eighth coach in conference history to reach triple 5 Linfield (Ore.) 4-0 527 5 digits in career wins. Currently at 99, Leipold trails former UW-Eau Claire coach Link Walker (104 wins) 6 Wartburg (Iowa) 5-0 484 7 for seventh all-time, and former UW-Stevens Point coach and current Warhawks assistant coach John O’Grady (105) for No. 6 in league history. 7 John Carroll (Ohio) 5-0 482 6 8 Hobart (N.Y.) 6-0 432 8 Leipold entered the season as the winningest active coach in all divisions of the NCAA in terms of per- centage. He began the year with a .940 winning percentage. 9 Johns Hopkins (Md.) 5-0 417 9 10 Wabash (Ind.) 5-0 394 10 GRAYVOLD CONTINUES HOT STREAK 11 Bethel (Minn.) 4-1 364 11 Senior defensive back Brady Grayvold continued his mastery of opposing quarterbacks with another standout performance last Saturday at UW-Stout. 12 North Central (Ill.) 4-1 324 12 13 UW-Stevens Point 5-0 284 16 Grayvold opened UW-Whitewater’s scoring with a 45-yard interception return for a touchdown and added his second pick of the game later in the first half to help the team defeat UW-Stout 37-0 on the road Sat- 14 UW-Platteville 4-1 239 17 urday. Grayvold also tied for the team lead with six tackles for the Warhawks, who held the Blue Devils to 15 Wittenberg (Ohio) 4-1 234 14 242 total yards and forced four turnovers in their second shutout of the year. 16 St. John Fisher (N.Y.) 4-1 217 15 For his performance, Grayvold was named the team’s Defensive Player of the Week. In his last nine 17 Widener (Pa.) 5-0 216 19 games, including four postseason contests last fall, he has compiled nine interceptions, including three returned for touchdowns. 18 Pacific Lutheran (Wash.) 3-1 187 21 19 Wheaton (Ill.) 5-0 165 18 THE REST OF THE TEAM’S BEST - UW-STOUT, OCT. 11 20 Washington and Jefferson (Pa.) 5-0 119 22 Offensive Player of the Week Dennis Moore (Elgin, IL/Elgin) - JR - Running Back 21 Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.) 5-1 92 23 Moore led the Warhawks’ rushing attack with career highs in carries (14) and yards (94) in the team’s 37-0 22 St. John’s (Minn.) 4-1 89 24 victory at UW-Stout on Saturday. Moore tallied 86 yards after halftime to help UW-Whitewater pull away, and his game-long rush of 23 yards help set up a field goal with 1:20 left in the third quarter. 23 St. Thomas (Minn.) 4-1 87 25 24 Delaware Valley (Pa.) 5-0 83 -- Special Teams Player of the Week Zach Koch (Fort Atkinson/Fort Atkinson) - JR - Long Snapper 25 Hampden-Sydney (Va.) 4-1 73 -- Koch continued his role as a stalwart for the UW-Whitewater special teams, snapping for three success- ful field goal attempts and a pair of punts Saturday in the team’s 37-0 win at UW-Stout. One of the most Dropped out: No. 13 Ithaca, No. 20 Lycoming unheralded players on the team, Koch continues to thrive in his role for the Warhawks, who have won 22 straight games, tied for the second-longest streak in all of college football.