UW-Oshkosh 26, UW-Stout 23
MENOMONIE (October 5, 2019) – UW-Oshkosh jumped out to a 16-0 lead, then carried a 23-10 lead into halftime, but UW-Stout came to tie the score at 23-23 before a 42-yard field goal by Jaydon Haag with 8:49 left in the game proved to be the game winner.
The Titans (3-1, 1-0 WIAC) opened the scoring when Kobe Berghammer hit Riley Kallas for a 14-yard TD score at 6:31 in the first period. Haag hit a 33-yard field less than a minute into the second period for a 10-0 lead. Ryan Hayes pulled in a 28-yard TD pass from Peter MacCudden at 8:51 and, following a blocked extra point, Oshkosh led 16-0.
Stout got on the board when they drove 72 yards on three plays just over a minute later. Stout QB
Sean Borgerding hit
Levy Hamer with a 34 yard pass to Oshkosh 38, and one play later, Borgerding found Hamer in the end zone for a 34-yard score.
Oshkosh had a 37-yard drive of their own to go up 23-7. Berghammer hit a leaping MacCudden on the Stout 1 and Berghammer pounded his way through on the next play. Stout pulled to within 23-10 when
Alec Benzinger hit the first of three field goals, a 28-yarder as time expired.
Borgerding capped off a 10-play drive with a nine-yard scamper to paydirt at 8:17 of the third and Stout pulled to within six points, 23-17.
Benzinger booted field goals of 35- and 32-yards to tie the score at 23 at 11:18 of the fourth.
Chris Hess set up the Titans with the kickoff and drew a 15-yard penalty to the Stout 38 and Oshkosh threatened. But the Titans could manage only 13 yards and Haag booted the 42-yard field that would prove to the game-winner.
After Stout went 3-and-out, Oshkosh ate up a huge amount of clock on their next possession, going 59 yards in 14 plays to the Stout 12, but the Blue Devil defense Stout Oshkosh on fourth-and-one. The Titans had a defensive stand of their own, and pushed Stout backwards for eight yards, took over the ball and took a knee to end the game.
The Titans tallied 378 yards of total offense, 174 rushing by committee and 204 yards on the passing arms of three players. Berghammer was 14-of-30 for 155 yards, while McCudden threw 28 yards for a score and Haag, out of punt formation completed a 21 yards pass.
The Blue Devils finished with 294 yards of offense, 87 yards rushing and 207 passing. Borgerding was 11-of-29 for all 207 yards. Hamer caught four passed for 88 yards and
Kevion McDonald had three grabs for 62 yards. Borgerding was sacked three times.
Defensively, Linebackers
Brandon Vecchio and
Luke Wilz had 11 tackles and
Jed Schlegel had 10 tackles.
Benzinger made three field goals on the day in three attempts and averaged 41.5 yards per punt, with a long of 55 yards.
The game was played in a constant mist and there was only one turnover in the game, a fumble by Stout in the first quarter, and no missed long snaps.
The Blue Devils return to conference play when they travel to nationally ranked UW-La Crosse, Saturday, Oct. 12 at 1 p.m.
