UWW Football

2010 Game-A-Day Review: 

September 4, 2010  


Adrian College at UW-Whitewater

The Warhawks opened the 2010 season by hosting the Adrian College Bulldogs on a sunny 72 degree Saturday afternoon in Perkins Stadium.  After a scoreless first quarter, first-time starting quarterback Matt Blanchard led UW-W to a 12-0 halftime lead by throwing one TD pass and running for another.  Although the Warhawks led by only 12 (having missed both extra points),  the Bulldogs did not appear to be much of a threat as they gained only 75 yards and had only four first downs in the first half.  The Warhawks added three more 2nd half touchdowns and an Eric Kindler field goal to polish off the 35-0 shutout.

Blanchard finished a spectacular debut with 19 completions in 25 attempts for 289 yards and 2 touchdowns.  He also gained 46 yards rushing and another score.

Defensively, the Warhawks held Adrian to 162 total yards and 10 first downs.  While the Warhawk offense piled up 472 yards of total offense.  


The Bulldogs finished with a 5-5 overall record in 2010.  They finished 4-2 and tied for second place in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association.

Adrian has informed UW-W that they do not intend to honor the 2nd year of their two year contract between the two schools.  

SCORING SUMMARY				ADRIAN -UWW
2nd	11:37	UWW	Adam Brandes 17 yd pass from Matt Blanchard (Stephen Guelff kick failed)
			5 plays, 44 yards, TOP 2:05	0 - 6
	02:58	UWW	Matt Blanchard 6 yd run (Stephen Guelff kick failed)
			8 plays, 70 yards, TOP 2:44	0 - 12
3rd	06:13	UWW	Adam Brandes 26 yd pass from Matt Blanchard (Stephen Guelff kick failed)
			7 plays, 85 yards, TOP 2:59	0 - 18
	01:02	UWW	Aaron Rusch 5 yd run (Eric Kindler kick)
			7 plays, 60 yards, TOP 3:13	0 - 25
4th	12:35	UWW	Eric Kindler 24 yd field goal
			6 plays, 17 yards, TOP 2:15	0 - 28
	04:37	UWW	Booker Stanley 3 yd run (Eric Kindler kick)
			6 plays, 79 yards, TOP 2:21	0 - 35

Kickoff time: 12:00  • End of Game: 2:30  • Total elapsed time: 2:30 Referee: Gene Van Galder •  Umpire: Mark Braden  •  Linesman: Todd Wittlinger •  Line judge: Tom Bier  •  Back judge: Tom Wohleber  •  Field judge: Tim Duffy  •  Side judge: Kent Holmquist  •  Scorer: UW-W SI  • Temperature: 72  • Wind: slight  • Weather: sunny season opener for both teams ... UW-W ranked number one in two preseason polls for NCAA III, second in the other ... UW-W defending D3 champion Team Statistics (Final)   Team Totals  ADRIAN  UWW  FIRST DOWNS  10  24     Rushing  4  9     Passing  5  13     Penalty  1  2  NET YARDS RUSHING  74  183     Rushing Attempts  41  37     Average Per Rush  1.8  4.9     Rushing Touchdowns  0  3     Yards Gained Rushing  110  183     Yards Lost Rushing  36  0  NET YARDS PASSING  88  289     Completions-Attempts-Int  14-21-1  19-25-0     Average Per Attempt  4.2  11.6     Average Per Completion  6.3  15.2     Passing Touchdowns  0  2  TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS  162  472     Total offense plays  62  62     Average Gain Per Play  2.6  7.6  Fumbles: Number-Lost  1-0  2-2  Penalties: Number-Yards  8-84  6-57  PUNTS-YARDS  8-242  2-99     Average Yards Per Punt  30.2  49.5     Net Yards Per Punt  26.8  46.0     Inside 20  2  1     50+ Yards  0  1     Touchbacks  0  0     Fair catch  3  0  KICKOFFS-YARDS  1-64  7-377     Average Yards Per Kickoff  64.0  53.9     Net Yards Per Kickoff  33.0  37.1     Touchbacks  0  2  Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD  2-7-0  2-28-0     Average Per Return  3.5  14.0  Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD  5-77-0  1-31-0     Average Per Return  15.4  31.0  Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD  0-0-0  1-10-0  Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD  0-0-0  0-0-0  Miscellaneous Yards  0  0  Possession Time  34:18  25:42     1st Quarter  9:37  5:23     2nd Quarter  9:44  5:16     3rd Quarter  6:23  8:37     4th Quarter  8:34  6:26  Third-Down Conversions  5 of 16  4 of 9  Fourth-Down Conversions  0 of 2  1 of 2  Red-Zone Scores-Chances  0-1  5-5     Touchdowns  0-1  4-5     Field goals  0-1  1-5  Sacks By: Number-Yards  0-0  2-19  PAT Kicks  0-0  2-5  Field Goals  0-1  1-1