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Dylan Hecker rushed for 112 yards while being involved in four UW-Oshkosh touchdowns against the Pioneers.
Dylan Hecker rushed for 112 yards while being involved in four UW-Oshkosh touchdowns against the Pioneers.

Titans Record Convincing Win Over Pioneers

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Brett Kasper threw for a career-high 448 yards and four touchdowns, and Dylan Hecker added 159 yards of total offense and four scores as UW-Oshkosh defeated UW-Platteville, 63-28, in a battle of nationally ranked football teams on Saturday (Oct. 24) in Platteville.

UW-Oshkosh (6-1, 4-0 WIAC), ranked fifth in the NCAA Division III by D3football.com, amassed 639 yards of offense as the Titans remained the lone unbeaten team in conference play. UW-Platteville (5-2, 2-2 WIAC), which entered the 100th meeting between the teams ranked 12th in the nation, allowed its most points since a 63-28 loss to UW-Whitewater in 2005.

Kasper recorded a 69-yard touchdown pass to Zach Kasuboski that gave the Titans a 14-7 lead it wouldn't relinquish with 7:56 remaining in the first quarter. He also tossed third-quarter touchdowns of 15 yards to Craig Schommer and 46 yards to Hecker before hitting Joe Sommers for a 77-yard scoring strike with 9:52 left in the contest.

Kasper, whose passing yardage against UW-Platteville ranks third in school history and his touchdown total fifth, ended the game 21 of 33 passing.

Hecker had 15 carries for 61 yards and two more scores on the ground, two receptions for 57 yards and a 41-yard touchdown pass to Kasuboski that knotted the score at 7 with 9:37 to go in the first quarter.

Kasuboski led the UW-Oshkosh receiving corps with six catches for 162 yards and two touchdowns. Sam Mentkowski registered six grabs for 119 yards, while Sommers ended the day with 84 receiving yards on two catches.

UW-Platteville took the opening kickoff and marched 54 yards to the end zone on a 19-yard touchdown pass from Tom Kelly to Dan Arnold at the 11:40 mark of the first quarter, but Hecker's first career touchdown pass tied the game less than two minutes later.

Hecker added touchdown runs of five and three yards to give UW-Oshkosh a 28-7 advantage with 32 seconds left in the opening period.

An 18-yard touchdown run by Beau Ash extended UW-Oshkosh's lead to 35-7 with 10:03 remaining in the first half as the Titans reached the end zone on each of their first five possessions.

UW-Platteville cut its deficit to 35-14 with another scoring pass from Kelly to Arnold just before halftime and to 35-21 on a 1-yard touchdown run by Kyle Whitman early in the third quarter.

Schommer's touchdown made the score 42-21 with 9:23 left in the third quarter before Kelly's third TD pass to Arnold trimmed the Titan lead to 42-28 with 7:46 to go in the third period.

Hecker then took a screen pass from Kasper 46 yards for a TD to make the score 49-28 with 2:44 remaining in the third quarter, and Cole Yoder returned an interception to the end zone from 23 yards out to push the UW-Oshkosh lead to 56-28 with 13:21 left. Greg Rand's ninth extra point following Sommers's long touchdown catch capped the scoring.

Reese Dziedzic paced the UW-Oshkosh defense with 11 tackles, including two for loss. AJ Plewa contributed six tackles and one interception, while seven Titans added five stops apiece, including Johnny Eagan who also recorded an interception.

UW-Oshkosh had a 639-487 advantage in yards, and both teams registered 26 first downs.

Kelly concluded the game 20 of 42 passing for 324 yards with three touchdowns.

Arnold had nine receptions for 199 yards and three scores for the Pioneers, while Quinn Buschbacher led the UW-Platteville backfield with 12 rushes for 61 yards. Patrick Sheehan added six catches for 82 yards.

UW-Platteville's Andrew Belken led all players with 15 tackles, including nine solo and 2.5 for loss. Marty McGrail registered 10 stops for the Pioneers, who also received seven tackles apiece from Andre Cooper and Devon Vance.

UW-Oshkosh, which has won six of its last seven meetings with UW-Platteville, scored the most points in the series since the Titans downed the Pioneers, 67-0, in 1919. The all-time series is now tied at 48-48-4.

The Titans became the first WIAC team to score 60 or more points in a game three times in one season. UW-Oshkosh defeated Finlandia University (Mich.), 86-0, on Sept. 12 and UW-Stout, 69-14, on Oct. 3.