OSHKOSH, Wis.- The UW-Oshkosh football team upset No. 6/6 UW-Platteville, 24-17 on Saturday (Oct. 19) at J. J. Keller Field at Titan Stadium, handing the Pioneers their first loss of the season. Saturday was also the 99th edition of UW-Oshkosh homecoming.
 
In the last play of the third quarter, Trae Tetzlaff (Sr. • Waukesha) passed Sam Mentkowski in the Titan record book for most career receptions. His 12 receptions on Saturday put him at 182 in his career. He also caught a 54-yard touchdown pass, moving him within a score of Mentowski's record of 27 career touchdown receptions.
 
UW-Oshkosh (4-2, 2-1 WIAC), ranked 16th in the nation by D3football.com and 19th by the American Football Coaches Association, totaled 399 yards of offense against the Pioneers' (5-1, 2-1 WIAC) 328 yards in 12 less plays with 359 yards through the air. Titan quarterbacks completed 27 of 34 passing attempts and averaged 13.3 yards per completion. Oshkosh also turned in a clean penalty sheet against Platteville's three penalties for 30 yards. UW-Platteville scored on three of its four trips to the red zone while UW-Oshkosh tallied points on two of its three.
 
Cole Warren (Fr. • Roscoe, Ill.) started the game under center, throwing for 190 yards with 19 completions on 23 attempts. Brooks Blount (Fifth • Waukesha) came in for an injured Warren in the third quarter and went on to go 8-for-11 for 169 yards and three touchdowns.
 
Londyn Little (Jr. • Columbia, Ill.) set a new career high with 109 receiving yards and tied his single-game best of two touchdowns (seven and 68 yards) on four catches. Justice Lovelace (So. • Kenosha) was the top rusher for Oshkosh with 25 yards on 10 rushes.
 
Nolan Mobley (Sr. • Oak Creek) went 3-for-3 on point-after attempts and made a 22-yard field goal while accumulating 308 yards and two touchbacks on five kickoffs.
 
Kyle Dietzen (Jr. • Omro) reached double-digit tackles at 13. Jose Muñoz-Dominguez intercepted Pioneer quarterback Michael Priami once, five Titans recorded pass breakups and three tallied quarterback hurries.
 
UW-Platteville received the opening kickoff and reached the Oshkosh 10-yard line on a 40-yard catch before stalling out and settling for a 26-yard field goal. UW-Oshkosh also reached the Pioneer 10 and looked to go up 6-3 before Lovelace's rush was called a fumble in the end zone for a touchback. The Pioneers however could not escape their half of the field and punted to Oshkosh's 35 which turned into the 50 on a kick catch interference call. Mobley connected on his field goal at the end of the drive, tying the game up at 3-3 with 1:25 left in the first quarter.
 
Platteville made it to the Oshkosh 38-yard line early in the second quarter before Muñoz-Dominguez intercepted Priami just three plays into the second quarter. The Pioneers forced a fumble and recovered the ball at the Oshkosh 43-yard line before going up 10-3 on a 5-yard rush by Zackary Bothun. Neither team scored the rest of the half with Oshkosh committing an interception and Walleye Ratliff (So. • Cincinnati, Ohio) punting and Platteville punting and running out of time in the half at its own 27-yard line.
 
The Titans received the second half kickoff and moved down the field in 13 plays, eating up 6:40 of the clock before Blount shovel passed to Lovelace behind the line, lateraling to Little for the game-tying score. UW-Platteville got hung up at its 43 on three short rushes, punting to Jon Mathieu (Jr. • Sheboygan Falls) for a fair catch at the Oshkosh 14-yard line. Tetzlaff caught two passes for 11 and seven yards before throwing a short 2-yard pass to Little, who showed why he is a six-time track & field All-American by blowing past the defense for a 68-yard score, giving the Titans a 17-10 edge with 2:50 remaining in the quarter. A quick three-and-out gave the ball back to Oshkosh before the period ended.
 
On the first play of the fourth quarter, Blount connected with high school teammate Tetzlaff for a 54-yard catch-and-run touchdown which increased the Titans' lead to two scores. The teams then traded quick punts. Platteville scored for the last time with 4:10 left after eating up nearly seven minutes on a 15-play, 69-yard drive. After another punt for Ratliff, UW-Platteville turned the ball over on downs at the Oshkosh 15-yard line when Priami was hurried by Caleb Noennig (Sr. • Crystal Lake, Ill.) and threw a pass that was broken up by Bryce Hinn (Sr. • Oshkosh) on 4th-and-1. Blount kneeled out the clock, securing the Titans' fourth win over a top-25 team this season.
 
The Titans will head on the road next week, facing UW-Stevens Point at Community Stadium at Goerke Park for a 1 p.m. kickoff.