WISCONSIN-LA CROSSE ENDS LOSING STREAK TO WHITEWATER

October 9, 2023

A game-winning field goal as time expired propelled Wisconsin-La Crosse to a 37-34 upset victory over then-No. 3 Wisconsin-Whitewater, vaulting the Eagles to No. 9 in this week’s AFCA Division III Coaches’ Top 25 Poll. The win snapped a 19-game losing streak to Whitewater which dated back to 2004 and dropped the Warhawks to No. 11. The game was played in front of 20,113 fans, the largest crowd to ever see an NCAA Division III football game on campus.

Only one other ranked team fell this week as the No. 19 Cortland (N.Y.) Red Dragons used 552 yards of total offense to take down then-No. 22 Utica, 56-3, dropping the Pioneers from the Top 25.

The Red Dragons were not the only team to post impressive offensive numbers this week, as nine Top 25 teams scored 50 points or more. This group was headlined by No. 12 Aurora (Ill.), who set the school’s single-game scoring record with a 91-0 domination of Concordia (Ill.). After they turned the ball over on downs on their first possession, the Spartans scored on 10 straight drives, which included two punt returns for touchdowns.

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Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Last Week	Next Game
1	North Central (Ill.) (48)	5-0	1224	1	D. Carroll (Wis.), 69-24	Oct. 14 at Millikin (Ill.)
2	Mount Union (Ohio) (1)	5-0	1175	2	D. Heidelberg (Ohio), 41-3	Oct. 14 vs. Capital (Ohio)
3	Wartburg (Iowa)	6-0	1118	4	D. Luther (Iowa), 54-0	Oct. 14 vs. Dubuque (Iowa)
4	Wisconsin-River Falls	5-0	1071	5	D. Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 49-7	Oct. 14 vs. No. 3 Wisconsin-Whitewater
5	Linfield (Ore.)	4-0	983	6	D. Lewis & Clark (Ore.), 57-15	Oct. 14 vs. George Fox (Ore.)
6	Trinity (Tex.)	5-1	934	7	D. Centre (Ky.), 31-3	Oct. 21 at Southwestern (Tex.)
7	Johns Hopkins (Md.)	5-0	882	8	D. Gettysburg (Pa.), 49-28	Oct. 14 at Franklin & Marshall (Pa.)
8	St. John’s (Minn.)	4-1	823	9	D. Concordia (Minn.), 42-23	Oct. 14 vs. Carleton (Minn.)
9	Wisconsin-La Crosse	4-1	809	14	D. No. 3 Wisconsin-Whitewater, 37-34	Oct. 14 at Wisconsin-Platteville
10	Randolph-Macon (Va.)	5-0	790	10	D. Averett (Va.), 59-7	Oct. 14 at Bridgewater (Va.)
11	Wisconsin-Whitewater	4-1	746	3	Lost to No. 14 Wisconsin-La Crosse, 37-34	Oct. 14 at No. 4 Wisconsin-River Falls
12	Aurora (Ill.)	5-0	704	11	D. Concordia (Ill.), 91-0	Oct. 14 at St. Norbert (Wis.)
13	Susquehanna (Pa.)	6-0	671	12	D. Keystone (Pa.), 69-0	Oct. 14 at Juniata (Pa.)
14	Wheaton (Ill.)	4-1	570	13	D. Elmhurst (Ill.), 61-6	Oct. 14 vs. Carthage (Wis.)
15	Alma (Mich.)	5-0	516	15	Idle	Oct. 14 at Hope (Mich.)
16	John Carroll (Ohio)	4-1	444	16	D. Marietta (Ohio), 31-28	Oct. 14 vs. Ohio Northern
17	Muhlenberg (Pa.)	5-0	417	17	D. McDaniel (Md.), 50-6	Oct. 14 at Gettysburg (Pa.)
18	Ithaca (N.Y.)	4-1	384	18	D. Rensselaer (N.Y.), 20-17 OT	Oct. 14 vs. Union (N.Y.)
19	Cortland (N.Y.)	4-1	346	19	D. No. 22 Utica (N.Y.), 56-3	Oct. 14 vs. Alfred (N.Y.)
20	Endicott (Mass.)	4-1	270	21	Idle	Oct. 14 vs. Western New England (Mass.)
21	Hardin-Simmons (Tex.)	4-1	230	20	D. McMurry (Tex.), 19-16 OT	Oct. 14 vs. Texas Lutheran
22	DePauw (Ind.)	6-0	180	23	D. Denison (Ohio), 17-6	Oct. 14 at Wooster (Ohio)
23	Grove City (Pa.)	6-0	149	25	D. Geneva (Pa.), 48-21	Oct. 14 at Allegheny (Pa.)
24	Delaware Valley (Pa.)	4-1	122	24	D. Alvernia (Pa.), 28-12	Oct. 14 at FDU-Florham (N.J.)
25	Washington (Mo.)	5-0	54	NR	D. Illinois Wesleyan, 38-10	Oct. 14 vs. Augustana (Ill.)

Dropped Out: Utica (N.Y.) (22)

Others Receiving Votes: Mary Hardin-Baylor (Tex.), 52; Berry (Ga.), 35; Lake Forest (Ill.), 35; Whitworth (Wash.), 34; Coe (Iowa), 30; Union (N.Y.), 28; Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 21; Belhaven (Miss.), 20; Carnegie Mellon (Pa.), 14; Rensselaer (N.Y.), 9; Wisconsin-Platteville, 9; Augustana (Ill.), 8; Utica (N.Y.), 8; Howard Payne (Tex.), 6; Trinity (Conn.), 2; Wabash (Ind.), 2.

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