RIVER FALLS, Wis. (uwrfsports.com) - The Falcons had a tough matchup ahead of them as they hosted the UW-Whitewater Warhawks Saturday afternoon. The Warhawks are ranked No. 3 in the Division III College Football polls. The Falcons stayed consistent throughout the game, starting off the game with an early touchdown before ultimately falling to the Warhawks 28-49.
THE RUNDOWN
Final Score: Whitewater 49
River Falls: 28
Location: Ramer Field, River Falls, Wisconsin
Record: UWRF 1-6, 0-4 WIAC; UWW 7-0, 4-0 WIAC
WHAT HAPPENED
- The Falcons scored on the opening drive of the game accumulating 70 yards in 13 plays. Ben Beckman ran in a 5-yard rush to give the Falcons their only lead of the game.
- The Warhawks answered back with their own touchdown scoring on an 8-yard touchdown pass at 5:43.
- On the Warhawks second drive, Alex Peete rushed for 59 yards to give the Warhawks a 14-7 lead.
- In the second quarter, the Warhawks scored their third touchdown on an 18-yard pass from Zach Oles to Sam DeLany at 7:24.
- The Warhawks extended their lead to 28-13 on two back to back passes that accounted for 70 yards.
- The Warhawks scored two more touchdowns in the third quarter to give them a 42-13 lead.
- In the fourth quarter Max Praschak intercepted an Oles pass to run it for 63 yards.
- The Falcons scored again at 3:35 when Jager Reissmann caught a 29-yard pass from Beckman.
- The Warhawks scored one last time in the final two minutes of the game on a 15 yard run by JT Parish.
- Ben Beckman had a total of 387 passing yards for the game and had a 5-yard touchdown on the first drive of the game. He completed 40 of 57 attempts.
- Kole Hinrichsen also contributed 24 passing yards for the Falcons in the fourth quarter. He completed two of three attempts.
- Luke Fugate and Tyler Blum were top contributors on the rushing end, both players gaining 50 yards in 17 attempts and 37 net yards in 12 carries respectively
- Alex Herink had 15 catches for 143 yards and Alex Traxler had 116 receiving yards in 11 catches.
- Jagger Reissmann scored his first touchdown of the season at the end of the fourth quarter and had 69 receiving yards
- Max Praschak led the defensive for the afternoon with 11 tackles and a 63-yard pick-six in the beginning of the fourth quarter to run in for a Falcon touchdown
- Additional contributors to the defense were Athen Ashton, D. Turner, Blake Gleason, and Jake Wadman with 5 tackles for Ashton and 4 tackles respectively for Turner, Gleason, and Wadman
- Garrett Eddy received 6 of the kick returns, totaling for 117 yards
- Antoin Kaloha intercepted the ball mid-way through the third quarter
- Mason Cracker had six kickoffs totaling 279 yards, averaging 46.5 yards per kick
- Bobby Patterson had two successful field goals in the second quarter of 28 and 37 yards
THE OPPOSITION
- Alex Peete contributed 108 rushing yards and a touchdown for the Warhawks
- Tyler Holte and Derek Kumerow both gained the team 70 and 61 receiving yards respectively as well as 1 and 2 touchdowns respectively
- Kaleb Kaminski and Matt Anderson both had 7 tackles for the afternoon
LOOKING AHEAD
The Falcons travel to UW-Stout next weekend (Nov. 2) to play the Blue Devils.