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Titans Finish Season With 7-3 Record

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The UW-Oshkosh football team ended one of its most successful seasons with a 33-18 loss to UW-La Crosse on Saturday (Nov. 12) in La Crosse.

UW-Oshkosh finished the year with a 7-3 record, including a third-place 4-3 mark in the WIAC. The Titans' seven-win season is just the fifth in the 111-year history of the UW-Oshkosh football program. UW-Oshkosh's third-place WIAC finish is its best since a first-place 6-2 mark in 1976.

UW-La Crosse, which clinched its 34th winning season in 36 years with the victory, concluded the 2005 campaign with a 7-3 record. The Eagles posted a 4-3 WIAC record to tie UW-Oshkosh for third place in the league standings.

The Titans took a 7-0 lead in the first quarter as Andy Moriarty scored on a four-yard run with 8:42 remaining. The Eagles made it 7-6 as Steve Tennies hit Dustin Esser with a one-yard touchdown pass with 13:56 left in second quarter. The extra-point was missed.

UW-Oshkosh took a 15-6 lead with 9:40 left in the first half as Moriarty scored on a seven-yard run and Mike Budziszewski scoring on a two-point run conversion after a bad snap from center. The Titans took a 18-6 halftime lead as Joshua Troutman hit a 30-yard field goal with :22 left in the second quarter.

UW-L cut the lead to 18-12 on Mark Wilcox's four-yard run with 9:47 left in the third period. The Eagles' two-point conversion failed. John Schumann and Ted Everson connected for a pair of third quarter touchdowns to give UW-L a 26-18 lead. They scored on a 22-yard pass with 8:37 left in the period to make it 18-18 and Schumann then ran in the two-point conversion to give UW-L its first lead of the day at 20-18. Schumann and Everson scored again on a 19 yard pass with 3:52 remaining to make it 26-18.

Wilcox finished the scoring on a one-yard run with 7:41 left in the game to make the final score 33-18.

UW-L finished with 333 yards of offense, including 114 rushing and 219 passing. The Eagles had 249 yards of offense and 15 first downs in the second half. Wilcox finished with 48 yards rushing on 16 carries and two touchdowns while Schumann was eight-of-15 for 141 yards with two touchdowns. Tennies was five-of-11 for 64 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions. Jason Wagner finished with four catches for 53 yards for the Eagles while Eric Kettenhofen had three catches for 77 yards. Everson had three receptions for 51 yards and two touchdowns.

UW-Oshkosh had 259 yards of offense, including 177 rushing and 82 passing. The Titans were held to one first down, seven rushing yards and 47 total yards in the second half. The team had five punts and one interception in six second-half possessions. Moriarty had 37 carries for 147 yards and two touchdowns for the game. After rushing for 139 yards on 31 carries and two scores in the first half, Moriarty was held to eight yards on six attempts in the final two quarters. He finishes with a single-season school record 1,349 rushing yards.

Joe Patek was nine-of-21 passing for the Titans for 82 yards with one interception. Moriarty had four catches for three yards.

Gene Janke led UW-L with 15 tackles. Drew Kiefer had 13 tackles while Adam Neitzel finished with 12. Kevin Vitkus had an interception for the Eagles.

Eric Stenbroten and Dave Dejewski each had 12 tackles for UW-Oshkosh. Stenbroten had four tackles for loss and three sacks. Bryan Kent and Scott Salvinski each had an interception for the Titans.