No. 10 Falcons Set for Road Matchup at UW-Eau Claire

The No. 10-ranked UW-River Falls football team hits the road to face UW-Eau Claire this Saturday, Oct. 25.

UW-RIVER FALLS (5-1, 2-1 WIAC) AT UW-EAU CLAIRE (3-3, 0-3 WIAC)
Date: Saturday, Oct. 25
Time: 1 p.m.
Site: Eau Claire, Wis. // Carson Park

THE SERIES

Saturday's game marks the 102nd all-time meeting between UW-River Falls and UW-Eau Claire, with the Falcons holding a 57-37-7 series lead.
The Falcons are winners of four consecutive matchups over the Blugolds, including a 71-14 win last season in River Falls.
- UWRF's 71 points against the Blugolds last season was the program's was points in a single game in the series history against UWEC.
- Additionally, the 57-point win margin came close to the all-time program mark for win differential over a WIAC opponent, which was set in a 69-6 win over UW-Superior in 1989. Likewise, UWRF came four points shy of tying its all-time record for points scored in a WIAC game, which was set in a 75-14 win over UW-Stevens Point in 2023.

IN THE RANKINGS

UWRF improved to No. 10 in both of this week's D3football.com and AFCA Coaches national rankings.
- The Falcons cracked the top 10 for the first time this season. They were previously ranked among the nation's top 10 in October of 2024.

LAST TIME OUT

UWRF is coming off a 52-7 win at UW-Stevens Point last Saturday, Oct. 18.
The Falcons compiled 648 yards of total offense, including 341 passing and 307 rushing, with 35 total first downs while the defense was equally effective, forcing three turnovers and limiting UWSP to just 50 yards on the ground.

FALCON NOTES

UWRF maintains the top offense NCAA Division III with an average of 600.7 yards of total offense per game with the most first downs (200).
- In addition, the Falcons ranks seventh with 357.2 passing yards per game and rank 12th with 44.8 points per game.
Fifth-year senior quarterback Kaleb Blaha, a D3football.com Preseason First Team All-American, was named the WIAC Offensive Player of the Week for the third time this season after totaling a career-high 443 passing yards versus UW-Platteville.
- Against Coe College, Blaha broke his own program record with 569 yards of total offense.
- At UW-Oshkosh, Blaha became the UWRF all-time leader with over 7,200 career passing yards.
- Blaha is the DIII leader with 431.0 yards of total offense per game, and leads the WIAC in completions per game (29.3), passing touchdowns (13), passing yards per game (329.8), rushing yards (607), and more.
Wide receiver Austin Rush is tied for the WIAC lead with 36 receptions.
Justin Scheberl's 36 made PATs leads the WIAC.
Defensively, senior linebacker Gage Timm leads the Falcons and ranks 10th in the WIAC with 42 total tackles.
- Peter Ladu shares the WIAC lead with three interceptions.
- Noah Nusbaum ranks fourth in the league with 6.5 tackles for loss.