D3 College Football/U.P. Football Products

[Hueby]

Little behind getting this going. This is somewhat of a carry over from another thread. Hope to post Wisconsin D3 College ongoings and scores. Plan to capture how U.P. products are doing too. Info will be taken from the respected conferences and school websites:

This past week:

UW-Platteville 59
@ East Texas Baptist 44

UW-Oshkosh 20
@ Carthage 9

UWO was picked to win the WIAC this year- but many think otherwise. Their 3 keys offensive producers all graduated and these are big shoes to fill. Heard the UWO QB threw 3 interceptions this game.

UW-Eau Claire 45
@ Loras (IA) 13

Well what do you know, have to stop here. Will get back.

[Hueby]

Ok back to Week 1....

UW- LaCrosse 52
@ Luther (IA) 21

John Carroll (OH) 45
@ UW- Stevens Point 21

UW-Stout 0
@ St Johns (MN) 27

UW-Whitewater 38
@ Dubuque (IA) 6

Munising's Andy Cooper doing the kickoff and punt duties for the Warhawks.

Minnesota-Morris 0
@ UW-River Falls 40

Aurora University 7
@ St. Norbert College 16

Concordia (WI) 31
@ Finlandia 3

Not sure how Finlandia will look this season.

Wisconsin Lutheran 30
@ Lake Forest 38

Lake Forest scores 14 unanswered points in 2nd half to come from behind.

Lakeland 26
@ Carroll (WI) 45

Lakeland was picked by coaches to win their conference (NACC) this season.

Beloit 10
@ Concordia (Ill) 36

[Hueby]

Was debating or not to throw in D2 U.P./MI Colleges, but maybe others out there can get that going.

Anyways, Just mentioned Randy Awery in a Lakeland post. This past summer he resigned from Concordia Chicago. Here is the article:

http://www.d3football.com/notables/2018 ... own-at-cuc

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Week 2

UW- Oshkosh 3
Davenport (MI) 7

It appears Davenport started their program the Spring of 2016 for the 2017 season. If this is incorrect someone please holler.

I see one of the Davenport assistant coaches / offensive coordinator / QB Coach is Jim Purtill. Coach Purtill was the head coach at St.Norbert College during those prime years they brought in U.P. Football players. I did not know the last 2 seasons he had the OC/QB coaching job at...UW-Oshkosh.

It will be interesting what one of my co-workers will have to say about this game.

I see Davenport plays Michigan Tech next week.

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Some more WIAC scores:

UW-River Falls 27
@ Bethel (MN) 32

UW-LaCrosse 34
@ Illinois Wesleyan 31

UW-Stevens Point 13
@ Wabash (IN) 16

Concordia-Moorhead 6
@ UW-Whitewater 24

In overtime
UW-Stout 24
@ Gustavus Adolphus (MN) 23

Besides Whitewater, the WIAC teams had some pretty exciting non-conference games! Will touch on another one here...

Some other Wisconsin colleges of interest:

Lawrence Tech 30
@ Wisconsin Lutheran 22

Believe Lakeland was idle this week. Next week along with Wisconsin Lutheran they host schools from the MIAA.

This was another exciting D3 game played last night between St. Norbert College and UW-Eau Claire:

In double overtime
St. Norbert College 23
@ UW-Eau Claire 30

Notes from the SNC website written by Dan Lukes:

UWEC had the ball deep in SNC territory and led 16-6 with 2:13 left in game. They throw a pick and SNC returns it to the SNC 31 yd line. SNC would drive down field, throw a TD pass & kick extra point. Now UWEC's lead is 16-13.

SNC's on side kick gets the "perfect bounce" and SNC recovers at the UWEC 47 yd line.

SNC kicks a 29 yd FG with 6 seconds left to force OT.

SNC scores on their first possession in OT. Kick XP.
UWEC faces a 3-9 at SNC 24, but SNC gets called for offsides. UWEC would convert on 4th down then eventually score. Kick XP to force 2nd OT.

UWEC scores on a 9 yd run, Kick XP.
SNC drives near goal line. Faces 3rd and goal from the 2. UWEC stuffs them for no gain. Then on 4th down UWEC knocks down the SNC pass attempt.

This is the 3rd time in St. Norbert's last 4 losses they lost in overtime. The win for UWEC could be a much needed boost as they have been struggling in past years.

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Augh- one ugly score to report from Week 2:

Finlandia 0
@ Ripon 70

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In the WIAC yesterday:

UW- River Falls 28
@ Missouri Baptist 38

Dickinson State (ND) 35
@ UW-LaCrosse 17

UW-Oshkosh 17
@Lincoln (MO) 7

UWO still has an outstanding defense. It's going to have to carry them in games like this.

Middle Georgia State 0
@ UW- Whitewater 73

Warhawks empty their bench in this one. Majority of the scoring (especially the 2nd half) came on runs, pick 6's and field goals.

Andy Cooper of Munising was busy. Did 7 of UWW's 12 kickoffs, Did UWW's only punt of the game for 55 yds (put it inside the 20 yd line) and had one reception- a 36 yd TD catch.

Dakota State 28
@ UW- Stevens Point 51

UW-Platteville 28
@ Thomas More (KY) 35

Other D3 scores of interest:

(taken from their conference website didn't catch the home teams- my apologies)

Eureka 34, Finlandia 12

Finlandia senior LB Dillion Hueckstaedt of Baraga had 7 tackles and 1 forced fumble. Newberry freshman LB David Carlson came up with a big defensive fumble recovery for Finlandia to end one drive.

Hope 53, Wisconsin Lutheran 12

Trant Deans of Westwood started at left guard for WLC.

Trine 56, Lakeland 6

Johan Carlson of Kingsford started at center for Lakeland.

I like these U.P. products down here. They are good looking football players! Johan Carlson should spice up his Scandanavian name a little more "Johan Karlsson." (Sorry I've been doing too much family genealogy the past year)

Oh St. Norbert was off this past Saturday.

[Hueby]

Morning

It was a slow weekend for area D3 teams, but here we go-

UW-Stout 49
@ California Lutheran 24

Lakeland 12
@ UW-Platteville 49

UW-Eau Claire 0
@ St. Thomas (MN) 49

So next weekend within the WIAC, the conference games begin.

Both Wisconsin Lutheran and Finlandia were idle this past weekend. Lakeland was mentioned above so get ready for this score...

Grinnel (IA) 0
@ St. Norbert College 91

Yes, 91. The St. Norbert defense scored 4 TD's, as well as having a special team's TD. St Norbert converted scores on 6 Grinnell turnovers.

Luke Bero from Rapid River / Gladstone (Think he lived in Gladstone but attended Rapid River?) had 2 tackles- one was solo and had a tackle for loss.

So if you're Grinnell, what's the silver lining? How do you turn a negative into a positive?

They highlighted the effort of the players and the tackling machines certain players were. One guy set a school record for 17 solo tackles- 18 total. He also had a forced fumble and fumble recovery.

Other defensive players had a number of tackles, but the one linebacker named Ryan Slager from Orland Park, Illinois really stood out.

Sometimes in games like this you learn about someone's true character, don't cha'?

[Hueby]

Yesterday here in Wisconsin the WIAC schools began their all-important conference games. Very good games but you can't help but get the feel UW-Whitewater and UW- Oshkosh will be the front runners again.

UW-Oshkosh 48
@UW-River Falls 14

UW-Platteville 20
@ UW-Stevens Point 6

UW-Whitewater 30
@ UW-LaCrosse 7

UW-Eau Claire 20
@ UW- Stout 26

Other colleges of interest....

Rockford 20
@ Wisconsin Lutheran 26

Concordia Chicago 28
@ Lakeland 61

St. Norbert College 34
@ Knox (Ill) 0

Finlandia University 7
@ Olivet 72

Few notes from the Finlandia website article write up:
This was Finlandia's first ever conference game (MIAA). Ishpeming grad Eric Kostreva had a "forth best in school history" 185 all purpose yards. Sounds like he had an awesome TD run that involved "busting tackles." Those are the ones fun to see.
Baraga's Dillion Hueckstaedt led Finlandia on defense with 12 tackles.

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D3 Games this past weekend:

WIAC:
UW-Stevens Point 9
@ UW-Eau Claire 3

UW-LaCrosse 29
@ UW-Stout 23
OT

UW-River Falls 27
@ UW- Platteville 52

UW-Oshkosh 0
@ UW-Whitewater 20

Other D3 schools of interest:

Lakeland 0
@ Concordia, Wisconsin 17

Wisconsin Lutheran 35
@ Eureka 54

Ripon 17
@ St. Norbert College 30

Kalamazoo College 56
@ Finlandia 7

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WIAC scores from Oct 13, 2018

UW-Whitewater 45
@ UW- Eau Claire 0

UWW appears to be the cream of the crop again.

UW-Stout 19
@ UW-River Falls 21

This game signifies D3 college football. Beautiful fall day and what a defensive game. It was UWRF's homecoming. If you read the game summary on their website, UWRF made some huge defensive plays at critical times.

UW- Plateville 10
@ UW- Oshkosh 31

After UWW exposed UWO's inexperienced offense last week, the Titans came alive late in the 2nd half. In the 4th quarter they scored 21 unanswered points in a 7 minute span.

UW-Stevens Point 27
@ UW- LaCrosse 63

Other scores involving colleges with U.P. football products on the roster:

St. Norbert College 21
@ University of Chicago 20

St. Norbert holds off late University of Chicago rally. Univ. of Chicago score 2 TD's in final 2 minutes of game.

Rockford University 37
@ Lakeland 20

Rockford's first win over Lakeland in 11 meetings. According to Lakeland's website, Rockford scored 31 unanswered points and took advantage of several turnovers.

Wisconsin Lutheran 31
@ Benedictine 40

Wisconsin Lutheran fell behind by 20 pts. Too much to overcome.

Finnlandia 6
@ Hope 70

Hope Finnlandia keeps battling (Pardon the pun).