Moriarty Leads Titans To Overtime Win Over Blugolds

Andy Moriarty (So. • Mequon) rushed for a school-record 316 yards and totaled another 63 yards in pass receptions to lead the UW-Oshkosh football team to a 24-18 overtime victory over UW-Eau Claire on Saturday (Nov. 5) at J.J. Keller Field at Titan Stadium. The win was UW-Oshkosh's seventh of the season, marking only the fifth time in 111 years that the Titans had won seven or more games in a season.

Moriarty carried the football a NCAA Division III-record 59 times, including rushes on UW-Oshkosh's first 21 plays of the third quarter. He scored three touchdowns in the game, including a three-yard burst in overtime to account for the winning score. Moriarty, who also caught four passes for 63 yards, registered one-yard and two-yard touchdowns runs in the third quarter to help the Titans rally from a 12-0 halftime deficit. Moriarty's rushing performance was the seventh-best in WIAC history.

UW-Eau Claire (5-4/4-2 WIAC) opened the overtime session with the football. The Blugolds went six yards in three plays before placekicker Mitch Schaeuble converted a 40-yard field goal to give them the lead. But, UW-Oshkosh was called for a personal foul on the play, giving UW-Eau Claire the football for another set of downs at the Titans' 12-yard line. Faced with a fourth down-and-one situation from the UW-Oshkosh three-yard line, UW-Eau Claire elected to go for the first down. The Blugolds ran the football with Joe Gast on the play, but he was stopped for no gain by UW-Oshkosh's Mike Arendt and Eric Stenbroten.

After holding UW-Eau Claire scoreless in overtime, UW-Oshkosh's Moriarty ran the football three times for 25 yards, including the game-wnning carry.

UW-Oshkosh (7-2/4-2 WIAC) ends its 2005 season next Saturday at UW-La Crosse.