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Moriarty Sets Single-Game Rushing Record As Titans Rally To Defeat Pioneers

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The UW-Oshkosh football team rallied and then held off UW-Platteville, 30-28, in a wild shootout Saturday (Oct. 15) at Ralph E. Davis Pioneer Stadium in Platteville.

The Pioneers drove to the Titan 43-yard line in the final two minutes, but Jason Manikowski intercepted a tipped pass at the Titan 35-yard line to preserve the win. The Pioneers forced a punt with 24 seconds remaining, but Scott Salvinski intercepted the final Hail Mary pass at the Oshkosh 35-yard line on the final play of the game.

Joe Patek connected with tight end Bob Docherty from five yards out with 4:54 for what proved to be the game-winning touchdown.

The Titans improved to 5-1 overall and 2-1 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, while the Pioneers slipped to 1-5, 0-3 with the Homecoming loss. UW-Oshkosh's 5-1 record is its best six-game mark since going 5-1 in 1972. Saturday's victory also assures the Titans of consecutive non-losing seasons for the first time since the 1976 and 1977 campaigns.

Andy Moriarty broke the UW-Oshkosh single-game rushing record with 245 yards on 36 carries, bettering the old record of 234 set by Ron Cardo against St. Norbert College in 1968. Moriarty had a 42-yard run to set up the first Titan touchdown, and scored the second on a 63-yard romp. Andrew Stern also had a 59-yard scoring run in the UW-Oshkosh second quarter.

The Pioneers tied the halftime score at 21-21 with three Michael Schmidt touchdown passes. He threw seven yards to Brian Gallick, 17 yards to Damian Droessler and a 21-yard scramble and pass to Derek Hoff with just four seconds left in the half.

UW-Platteville took a 28-21 lead when Schmidt found Joe Danielson in the left corner of the end zone from 15 yards out. The go-ahead score was set up when Zeke Markshausen blocked a Titan punt at the UW-Oshkosh 10-yard line.

The Titans climbed within 28-24 late in the third quarter on Lucas Raschke's 38-yard field goal. The Patek to Docherty pass was the only score in the fourth quarter.