MADISON, Wis.- For the 130th season since its inaugural campaign in 1893, UW-Oshkosh football will hit the gridiron this fall and compete for the 12th WIAC championship in program history.
 
The Titans, receiving votes in both the D3football.com and American Football Coaches Association preseason polls, finished the 2024 season with a 6-4 (4-3 WIAC) record. Twelve Titans were named All-WIAC including three-time honoree Trae Tetzlaff. John Schirger (Grafton/Living Word Lutheran) paced Oshkosh's D3football.com All-Region mentions with a first team nod before earning All-America status from the AFCA (First Team), Associated Press (Second Team), and Walter Camp Football Federation (Inaugural Division III Team).
 
Head coach Peter Jennings enters his fourth season at the helm of the program with an 18-12 overall record and a 12-8 mark in conference play. Oshkosh will compete for its 12th WIAC title this fall and the first since sharing the 2019 title with UW-Whitewater.
 
Forty-six Titan letterwinners return to the field this fall, including five previous All-WIAC selections. Kyle Dietzen (Omro/Omro) is a two-time first team and one-time second team honoree, joined by 2023 and 2024 first team member Clayton Schwalbe (Waukesha/Waukesha North). Walleye Ratliff (Cincinnati, Ohio/Archbishop Moeller), a 2025 D3football.com Third Team Preseason All-American, owns a pair of All-WIAC Second Team honors headed into his third season. Two-sport student-athlete Londyn Little (Columbia, Ill./Columbia) was a second team selection and JoJo Nathaniel (Milwaukee/Catholic Memorial) was an honorable mention last season.
 
The head coaches and sports information directors of the WIAC voted for La Crosse claim the conference crown in 2025. UW-Platteville was picked second, UW-River Falls third, UW-Whitewater fourth, UW-Oshkosh fifth, UW-Stout sixth, UW-Eau Claire seventh, and UW-Stevens Point eighth.
 
UW-Oshkosh will play three 2024 conference champions and four NCAA Division III Championship qualifiers this season.
 
The Titans' 10-game regular season schedule features five games at J. J. Keller Field at Titan Stadium, including the nonconference finale against NCAA Division II program Roosevelt University (Ill.) on September 20.
 
The Titans open the season on September 6 in McMinnville, Oregon at No. 16/15 Linfield University. UW-Oshkosh has met the Wildcats twice before and won both contests in overtime. The teams played for the first time in the 2012 Division III Quarterfinal Round in McMinnville with Oshkosh taking a 31-24 win. The Titans hosted the Wildcats last season, winning 28-21 on September 14.
 
The following week, Oshkosh travels to Naperville, Illinois to face #1/1 North Central College (Ill.), the defending national champion. In another third meeting with an opponent, the Titans look to break at 1-1 all-time tie. The first game was a 21-0 victory for the Cardinals during the 1930 season. After an 87-year break, UW-Oshkosh hosted North Central in the second round of the 2017 Division III Championship, leaving J. J. Keller Field at Titan Stadium with a 42-21 win.
 
Oshkosh closes its nonconference slate with a home game against NCAA Division II program Roosevelt University (Ill.) on September 20 and looks for its first win over the non-divisional opponent.
 
After the bye week, the Titans will host #19/19 UW-River Falls in their WIAC opener on October 4 for Hall of Fame Day where the 2025 UW-Oshkosh Athletics Hall of Fame class will be introduced to Titan Nation.
 
Additional home conference games include an October 18 homecoming matchup with UW-Eau Claire and contests against UW-Stevens Point (2015 WIAC Championship Team Reunion) and #24/22 UW-Whitewater (Senior Day) in the final two weeks of the regular season on November 8 and November 15 respectively.
 
UW-Oshkosh travels to UW-Stout (October 11), which is receiving votes in both polls, #11/10 UW-La Crosse (October 25), and #15/14 UW-Platteville (November 1) for conference competition.