A showdown of unbeaten teams in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference turned out to be a laugher.

Sophomore Levell Coppage rushed for 199 and three touchdowns as No. 2 UW-Whitewater destroyed host UW-Stevens Point 41-12 Saturday to seize control of the WIAC.

Former Madison Memorial athlete Antwan Anderson added a rushing TD for the Warhawks, who used a 17-point third quarter to blow open a 21-6 game.

Former Baraboo athlete Jared Beckwith threw for 256 yards and two touchdowns for Stevens Point.

Whitewater 14 7 17 3 - 41

Stevens Point 0 0 0 0 - 12

UW-Whitewater - Anderson 1 run (Schebler kick)

UW-Whitewater - Coppage 68 run (Schebler kick)

UW-Whitewater - Coppage 3 run (Schebler kick)

UW-Stevens Point - Jenkins 93 pass from Beckwith (kick failed)

UW-Whitewater - Rusch 16 pass from Donovan (Schebler kick)

UW-Whitewater - Coppage 36 run (Schebler kick)

UW-Whitewater - FG Schebler 18

UW-Stevens Point - Hammer 6 pass from Beckwith (pass failed)

UW-Whitewater - FG Schebler 22

TEAM STATISTICS

First downs - W 22, SP 13. Rushing (Att.-Yds.) - W 43-240, SP 26-54. Passing yards - W 178, SP 269. Passes (Comp.-Att.-Int.) - W 16-27-1, SP 20-35-1. Fumbles-lost - W 0-0, SP 1-0. Penalties-yards - V 6-40, SP 8-59.

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Rushing: W - Coppage 23-199; SP - Medenwald 14-46. Passing: W - Donovan 16-27-1, 178; SP - Beckwith 18-33-1, 256. Receiving: W - Wells 5-67; SP - Jenkins 6-146.

UW-River Falls 31, UW-Platteville 28

Ryan Hansen's 9-yard TD catch as time expired to sent the game to overtime, and Chad Blair's 30-yard field goal capped the host Falcons' comeback win over the Pioneers.

Platteville 7 7 7 7 0 - 28

River Falls 14 0 0 14 3 - 31

UW-River Falls - Palmer 4 run (Blair kick)

UW-Platteville - Spehn 6 pass from Kelly (Smidl kick)

UW-River Falls - Klingelhutz 91 kickoff return (Blair kick)

UW-Platteville - O'Brien 1 run (Smidl kick)

UW-Platteville - Wiederholt 2 pass from Kelly (Smidl kick)

UW-River Falls - Klingelhutz 14 run (Blair kick)

UW-Platteville - O'Brien 1 run (Smidl kick)

UW-River Falls - Hansen 9 pass from Luessenheide (Blair kick)

UW-River Falls - FG Blair 30

TEAM STATISTICS

First downs - P 24, RF 23. Rushing (Att.-Yds.) - P 36-114, H 44-197. Passing yards - P 244, RF 146. Passes (Comp.-Att.-Int.) - P 30-48-1, RF 13-31-2. Fumbles-lost - P 1-0, RF 2-0. Penalties-yards - P 6-68, RF 7-76.

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Rushing: P - Roscoe 24-79; RF - Edwards 24-102. Passing: P - Kelly 30-48-1, 241; RF - Luessenheide 13-29-2, 146 0-0, 0. Receiving: P - Terry 9-58; RF - Woodward 3-46.

Extra points

Former Deerfield athlete Jeremy Roach rushed for two TDs, but host UW-Oshkosh fell to UW-Eau Claire 44-35. ... Craig Warminski rushed for 128 yards and three TDs as UW-Stout beat host UW-La Crosse 25-28. ... Rob Berger rushed for 120 yards and two touchdowns as St. Norbert beat host Beloit College 44-0.

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