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Falcons Pick Up 34-29 Win at UW-Platteville Nov. 16, 2002 The Falcons offense had its best day of the season, and the defense again
played well coming up with four turnovers, in a 34-29 WIAC win at UW-Platteville
on Saturday. UWP held the Falcons to open the second half and scored on its first possession. Kent scored the TD on a 54-yard pass from Stetzer and the game was tied 20-20. UWRF got back into the lead, 27-20, when Peterlik scored his third touchdown of the day on a 23-yard run with 38 seconds to play in the third quarter. UWRF cornerback Roman Johnson set up the TD when he recovered a UWP fumbled and returned it 42 yards to the UWP 33. In the final quarter, the Pioneers cut the Falcon lead to 27-23 when
Jason Borchardt kicked a 31-yard field goal at 13:04. The Falcons scored
on their next possession. UWRF quarterback Dustin Vogelgesang scored the
final Falcon points on a 32-yard run with 9:06 tto play to give the Falcons
a 34-23 lead. UWRF drove 65 yards in seven plays. UWP made it a game when
Damian Droessler scored on a one-yard run with 2:34 to play. Fourth Quarter Comeback Sparks 13-12 Falcon Win Nov. 9, 2002 The Falcons scored 13 unanswered points in the last seven minutes of Saturday's game against UW-Oshkosh to claim the team's first WIAC victory, 13-12, at Ramer Field. Trailing 12-0 in the final quarter, John Peterlik sparked the Falcon comeback, taking a pitch straight to the sideline and then turning the corner. He evaded three tackles in pursuit and dashed 42 yards for the score. Adam Bergdahl's extra point was good and would prove critical. The Titans then fumbled two plays later and Falcon captain Luke Miska recovered. However, the UW-RF offense went three-and-out and punted with 4:24 to go. On third and five from his own 12-yard line, Titan quarterback Nick Wara's pass over the middle was picked off by Kyle Hoegh at the 19, and Hoegh returned it all the way through a number of Titans to the end zone, giving the Falcons a 13-12 lead with 3:25 remaining. Dustin Vogelgesang's two-point pass attempt was broken up. Oshkosh got the ball back and drove to the Falcon 45, where it faced fourth down and two yards with just over a minute and a half left. Nick Kilton took the handoff and bounced to the outside left, where Miska met him and drove him a couple yards horizontally before taking him down. Despite reaching for the first down, Kilton's attempt came up less than half a foot short, and the Falcons took the final possession. Peterlik broke away on third down but then slid to the ground after 30 yards to run the clock out for the win. The Falcons controlled the clock with 32:45; Oshkosh had 27:15. The Falcons out-rushed the Titans 225 yards to 195. UW-O passed for 110 yards; the Falcons had 46. Oshkosh lost one of three fumbles; the Falcons recovered both of their two. Both teams threw one interception. UW-RF was 3-of-15 on third down. UW-O converted six of 17. Peterlik led all rushers with 11 carries for 113 yards. UW-O's Andy Stern was next with 18 rushes for 103 yards. Vogelgesang rushed 24 times for 79 yards and completed 2-of-8 passes for 46 yards with one interception. Wara rushed 17 times for 65 yards for the Titans and completed 11-of-21 passes for 110 yards with one interception. Bryon Grossenbacher led Falcon receivers with a catch for 32 yards. The other pass went to Mitch Johnson for 14 yards. Titan Jeremy James led UW-O receivers with four catches for 34 yards. Kris Johnson caught twice for 48 yards. Both teams missed field goals in the contest. UW-O missed a 27-yarder in the fourth quarter, and Bergdahl missed a 32-yarder in the third quarter. The Falcons had four sacks on Wara. Jeff Horton added two to his league-leading eight. Ben Gillett, Josh Meyer, Nate Hendrickson and Aaron Retzlaff contributed to the others. Gillett led UW-RF tacklers with 11. Hoegh had 10 and the big interception/touchdown,
Miska had nine, and Horton had seven. Jake Norby, Lewis Parish and Meyer
each had six.
Falcons Drop 29-16 Decision at UW-La Crosse Nov. 2, 2002 The Falcons lost a 29-16 WIAC game at UW-La Crosse Saturday afternoon. La Crosse, now 5-3 overall and 4-1 in the WIAC, scored first in the second half when Andrew Mocadlo scored on a 40-yard run with 3:48 to play in the third quarter. The Falcons drew to within 21-16 when Dusttin Vogelgesang scored on a four-yard run with 9:09 to play in the game. But UWL took the ensuing kickoff and drove 53 yards in six plays to get the clinching points. Mocadlo scored the TD on a one-yard run with 6:58 to play. John Peterlik led the Falcons in rushing with 126 yards on 25 carries.
Vogelgesang completed just 1-7 passes for 13 yards. Moline led UWL in
rushing with 169 yards on 23 carries. Mocadlo added 100 yards on eight
tries. Makaryk was 10-20 passing for 158 yards. Ben Gillett led the Falcons
with six solo and two assisted tackles. He had one sack for 14 yards.
Parish finished with the fumble recovery and return for a score and he
also intercepted a pass. He finished with six solo tackles. Falcons Lose to Stout, 21-7 Oct. 26, 2002 The Falcons lost a 21-7 WIAC decision to UW-Stout Saturday afternoon
at Ramer Field. Stout took a 13-0 lead at 9:30 of the third quarter when Luke Bundgaard scored on a three-yard run. After a UWRF punt, Stout drove 72 yards in eight plays and took 3:48 off the clock. Ohman hit Sprester with a 35-yard pass play that give Stout a first down at the UWRF seven. Bundgaard scored two plays later. A fumble recovery and return by Neil Mantor set up the Falcons touchdown. Ohman hit Dan Austin on a pass but Mantor ripped the ball from Austin and returned it 43 yards to the Stout 25. A penalty on Stout gave the Falcons the ball at the Stout 15. John Peterlik scored on a two-yard run at :43 of the third quarter to make it a 13-7 game. Stout took the ensuing kickoff to score the final points of the game. They drove 64 yards in eight plays and took 4:25 off the clock. Bundgaard scored his second touchdown of the day on a five-yard run. A two-point run by Englebert was good. The big play of that drive was a 21-yard pass play from Ohman to Englebart that gave the Blue Devils a first down at the UWRF 30. Englebart rushed 17 yards on the next play to the UWRF 13 and two plays later Bundgaard scored. Ohman was 8-20 passing for 157 yards. Sprester caught three passes for 71 yards. Matt Schaeuble led Stout in rushing with 60 yards. Stout finished with 175 rushing and 332 total yards. Jamie Spielman led Stout with five solo and eight total tackles. Tyrone Rhone and Eric Moe each had interceptions. Steve Anderson recovered a fumble. Peterlik led the Falcon rushing attack with 50 yards. Dan Booth rushed
for 43 yards. Dustin Vogelgesang was 4-13 passing for 42 yards. He was
intercepted twice. Linebacker Kyle Hough led the Falcons with seven solo
and 13 total tackles. Safety Luke Miska finished with 11 tackles and linebacker
Abe Garcia had 10. Roman Johnson intercepted a pass and broke up three.
Jeff Horton led the Falcons with two sacks. Falcons Lose to Stevens Point, 38-27 Oct. 19, 2002 The Falcon football team jumped out to a 20-0 lead and led the entire
game until midway through the fourth quarter, but they couldn’t contain
a late-game UW-Stevens Point rally, losing 38-27 Saturday at Ramer Field.
Falcons Stumble at Eau Claire, 34-12 Oct. 12, 2002 Despite a valiant defensive effort for most of the game, the UW-River Falls offense committed four turnovers at critical times Saturday afternoon at UW-Eau Claire's Carson Park and rushed for less than 200 yards in the 34-12 loss during the Blugolds' Homecoming. UWEC started the game off with an immediate score after going 67 yards on 12 plays. The Falcon defense held the Blugolds at the 1-yard line and forced a 22-yard field goal. UWEC took the first lead, 3-0. UWRF responded with a successful opening drive of its own, marching 70 yards on 12 plays and scoring on a John Peterlik run. Adam Bergdahl's extra point was blocked, making it a 6-3 game. UWEC scored twice more in the first half, first on a 1-yard touchdown run and then on another field goal from 24 yards, giving the Blugolds a 13-6 halftime advantage. In the third quarter, UWEC began four consecutive drives in Falcon territory, and all but the last were stopped by the UWRF defense. UWEC finally scored after a Falcon fumble. The Blugolds' three-touchdown second half consisted of two passing scores and another rushing score. The Falcons managed to put another six points on the scoreboard when it blocked a UWEC punt deep in UWEC territory and Matt Farmer recovered it in the end zone. The extra point attempt on that score was missed wide. The Falcons rushed 47 times for 181 yards. UWRF had three fumbles lost and one late game interception. UWRF was 2-for-6 for 45 yards. UWEC rushed for 298 yards and two touchdowns on 48 carries. The Blugolds completed 7-of-18 passes for 91 yards and two touchdowns. The Falcons had four sacks - two by Jeff Horton - and recovered two fumbles. John Peterlik led all Falcon rushers with 121 yards. The loss puts the Falcons at 1-4 overall and 0-2 in the WIAC. Next Saturday UWRF hosts another conference battle with UW-Stevens Point. Game starts at 2 p.m.
Falcons Lose Homecoming Game to Whitewater, 35-14 Oct. 5, 2002 UW-Whitewater overpowered UW-River Falls at its own game in Saturday’s
WIAC opener, out-rushing the run-oriented Falcons 285 yards to 238 in
a 35-14 win at Ramer Field. Falcons Beat St. Ambrose Sept. 28, 2002 The Falcon offense controlled 38:47 of game time and the defense held the Fighting Bees scoreless in the second half to earn UWRF's first win of the season, 23-14, in Davenport, Iowa, Saturday afternoon. Running backs Dan Beyer, 25 carries for 113 yards, and John Peterlik, 19 rushes for 87 yards, led the Falcons to a 275-yard rushing day while the Fighting Bees went to the air for the bulk of their 235-yard total offense. The Falcons fumbled once and threw one interception while St. Ambrose lost three fumbles and threw four interceptions. The Falcons also had three sacks, knocking the Fighting Bees back 18 yards. The Falcons claimed the game's first first down just over five minutes into the contest and, sustained by big runs from Beyer and Tom Pulford, finished the drive almost five minutes later in the end zone on a Peterlik 3-yard touchdown run. Adam Bergdahl added the extra point. An interception by Roman Johnson against Fighting Bee quarterback John McDowell three plays later and Johnson's subsequent 33-yard return put the Falcons right back within striking distance. A big run by Gerardo Aguirre and a pass from Pulford to Mitch Johnson highlighted the drive as the Falcons pushed the game into the second quarter and added a 24-yard Bergdahl field goal to make it 10-0. Trying an onside kick, the Falcons got the ball back again in Fighting Bee territory, and Peterlik shortly after went 39 yards for another score. Bergdahl's extra point made it 17-0. Meanwhile the Falcon defense kept St. Ambrose from attaining a first down until midway through the second quarter, when the Fighting Bees' McDowell found receiver Matt Walker for a 48-yard completion. Another big pass play put them inside the 5-yard line, and Brandon Adolphs scored on a 2-yard run. St. Ambrose's extra point kick failed, making the score 17-6 UWRF. After a Falcon fumble-Fighting Bee interception (to Neil Mantor) exchange, the Falcons punted and St. Ambrose's passing game marched down the field for another score, this time a 15-yard completion from McDowell to Walker. Their two-point attempt was good, narrowing the Falcon lead to 17-14. In the third quarter, both teams volleyed punts until Abe Garcia forced and recovered a fumble at the SAU 1-yard line, after which SAU starting quarterback McDowell left the game injured. Beyer pushed into the end zone on second down and Bergdahl's kick was blocked, giving the Falcons their 23-14 advantage. Garcia intercepted McDowell's first pass of the fourth quarter, but a Bergdahl field goal attempt from 30 yards missed its mark. Nevertheless, the Falcons' Nate Mueller forced a fumble on SAU's only remaining threatening drive, and Neil Mantor picked off back-up quarterback Charlie Rogucki's desperation pass with less than a minute to play. The Falcons rushed 65 times for 275 yards and completed 1-of-5 passes for 14 yards and one interception. SAU was 17-of-33 for 218 yards passing and four interceptions. The Falcons held SAU to 22 rushes for 17 yards. Behind Beyer and Peterlik, Pulford rushed 12 times for 34 yards and Aguirre was 4-for-28 yards. Johnson caught the only UWRF pass. Defensively, Mantor had two interceptions, Garcia and Johnson each one. Luke Miska led Falcon tacklers with eight, followed by Garcia with seven and a sack. Jeff Horton had four tackles and two sacks. Kyle Hoegh and Roman Johnson also had four tackles. Garcia and Mueller each recovered a fumble. Bergdahl averaged 33.8 yards on eight punts. Next Saturday is UWRF Homecoming and the Falcons open the WIAC schedule with UW-Whitewater at 1 p.m. at Ramer Field. The Falcons are 1-2 overall.
Falcons Come Up Short in Fourth Quarter Sept. 14, 2002 A late-game fumble gave the Falcons a 1:36 last chance, but the clock ran out on Tom Pulford's pass to Geraldo Aguirre as Aguirre was knocked out of bounds at the 3-yard line. The final score was 26-21 Concordia-St. Paul at Griffin Stadium Saturday. The Falcons came out strong, forcing a fumble on the Golden Bears' first offensive play of the game, and five plays later quarterback Dustin Vogelgesang rumbled for 13 yards, carrying a pair of tacklers into the end zone. The Falcon defense, two plays later, came up big again as Lewis Parish picked off Golden Bear quarterback James McNear. The Falcon offense was unable to capitalize, but the defense returned to stop Concordia on fourth down and two at the Falcon 10-yard line. At the other goal line on the ensuing Falcon drive, the Golden Bears held UW-RF four times from inside the five-yard line. The two teams stalemated well into the second quarter before a 90-yard Golden Bear drive found the end zone through the air for the 7-7 tie. Getting the ball back with 45 seconds left in the half, Concordia went to the air again and two passes, for 39 and 25 yards, put them on the scoreboard again with only six seconds to go. After a seven-point halftime deficit, the Falcons came back early in the third quarter Vogelgesang connected with Chris Anderson for a 21-yard passing score to tie the game at 14s. Around that time, Vogelgesang was injured, forcing him out of the game and into an arm sling. Backup Tom Pulford's second drive after that yielded a Falcon lead. Roman Johnson returned a Golden Bear punt 23 yards to put the team in scoring position, and John Peterlik got outside and went 20 yards for the touchdown, making it 21-14 UW-RF. Midway through the fourth quarter, a 23-yard passing touchdown closed the gap for Concordia, but the extra point kick went wide, allowing the Falcons a one-point lead. The Falcons stalled with five minutes to play, and the Golden Bears began at their own one-yard line. After a near safety, a short pass to the 15-yard line gave Concordia some breathing room, and then they took a deep breath. McNear found hot target Joseph Mapson for a 53-yard catch and run. A play later, Sam Blocker finished off the 99-yard drive with a 32-yard rushing score. Their two-point attempt fell incomplete, but they had the five-point lead, 26-21. It was then, after another unproductive offensive drive, that the Falcons recovered a fumble and took a close shot to upsetting the Division II contender. The Falcons finished with 62 carries for 292 yards rushing and went 4-7-0 for 70 yards passing. Concordia rushed 34 times for 133 yards and passed 14-25-3 for 274 yards. The Falcons controlled the clock for 33:42. UW-RF lost one fumble; the Golden Bears lost two and threw three interceptions. John Peterlik led all rushers with 14-117. Dan Beyer was 12-71, and Dustin Vogelgesang went 16-54. Passing, Vogelgesang was 3-for-4 for 48 yards and a touchdown, and Tom Pulford was 1-for-2 for 22 yards. Having a big day defensively were Abe Garcia and Nic Rue. Garcia had five solo tackles and two assists. Rue had four solos, two assists and a sack. Jake Norby had five solos and Nate Hendrickson had two solos and three assists. Cornerback Lewis Parish had four solos. The Falcons have a bye next weekend before heading down to St. Ambrose, Iowa Sept. 28.
Turnovers Hurt Falcons in 15-7 Loss at Chadron Sept. 7, 2002 The Falcon football team had too many turnovers and lost a 15-7 decision
at Chandron State, Neb., Saturday afternoon. Chadron State held a 15-0 lead at halftime. UWRF fumbled the ball eight times in the first half and lost four. One pass was also intercepted giving the Falcons five turnovers in the half. Ryan Mackey scored the first points of the game with a 31-yard field goal at 7:33 of the second quarter. Those points came after a Falcon fumble was recovered at the UWRF 18. CSC made the Falcons pay again after UWRF fumbled the ball away later in the quarter. CSC took control at the UWRF 28 and six plays later quarterback Shaun Eisenreich hit Amos Davis with a 6-yard pass for the score with 2:09 to play in the half. The extra point kick failed. The fumble problems continued on UWRF's next play when a fumbled pitch was recovered and returned 6-yards for a touchdown at 1:53. The extra point kick was blocked. Falcon defensive end Jeff Cassellius made it a close game with 1:36 to
play when he returned a fumble 11 yards for a touchdown. Cassellius forced
the fumble and ran the recovery into the end zone. Adam Bergdahl added
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