Sean and Aaron Borgerding grew up as competitive as brothers can be, regardless of the competition. On Saturday, they'll display that one last time on the football field, with Sean the quarterback at UW-Stout, and Aaron a starting safety for UW-River Falls. Brian Lester has more.
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MENOMONIE (October 26, 2019) - UW-Stout had a chance to win in the first overtime, but a missed field goal brought it to a second overtime. The offense scored on a 16 yard touchdown pass and the defense forced a fumble, recovered the ball and stormed the field for the 38-31 win over UW-Stevens Point Saturday at Don and Nona Williams Stadium.
Down 17-0 in the third quarter on Saturday, UW-Stout not only was back on its heels, it hadn't scored a point all season. But the Blue Devils came back to win by blocking an extra point in overtime. Joe Sager brings you the oral history of the comeback, through the eyes of five key participants.
UW-Stout, Franklin & Marshall and Beloit were among the teams that rallied from second-half deficits to post victories in Saturday's action. Stout won on a walkoff blocked extra point, Beloit won on a field goal with 22 seconds left and F&M just won going away.
It takes aggression. Fourth downs, fake punts, and two-point conversions all factored into the weekend's biggest upsets. Snap Judgments looks at how those games shake up the national championship race.
Concordia-Moorhead sent the Warhawks to 0-2 for the first time since 1999, while St. Thomas fell at UW-Stout and Bridgewater grabbed perhaps its most significant win since 2003. Saturday's Top 25 wrapup.
It's a big enough task to take on the two-time defending national champion, but to have to play without your starting quarterback made the task all the harder as UW-Whitewater defeated UW-Stout, 63-14, in the Blue Devils' season finale at Warhawk Stadium Saturday.
UW-Stout gave up a 17 point lead to fall behind 31-27, but the Blue Devils kept battling as Brian Alvarez caught a 73-yard pass to the UW-Stevens Point 7, and two plays later quarterback Hank Kujak hit brother Reggie Kujak for a 2-yard TD play and Stout took a 34-31 win over the Pointers Saturday at Williams Stadium on Senior Day and Military Appreciation Day.
UW-Stout scored touchdowns by the pass, by the run and on special teams but it wouldn't be enough as the Blue Devils lost 28-21 to UW-La Crosse at Veterans Memorial Stadium Saturday.
With the exception of two minutes late in the first half, UW-Stout played toe-to-toe with sixth-ranked Wartburg College, but in the end, it was those two minutes that made the difference in the game and the Knights came out of Don & Nona Williams Stadium with a 41-33 win Saturday night.
In a wild, wild west shootout, UW-Stout prevailed over Loras College, 52-42, Saturday in Dubuque, Iowa. The two teams combined for 1336 yards of total offense, with Stout compiling 534 yards of offense and Loras rolling up 792 yards of offense. In the final 2-minutes, 55-seconds of the second quarter, the two teams combined for four TDs, two each and Stout held a 28-21 halftime lead.
UW-Stout gave Bethel University all they could handle for three quarters, but the 20th-ranked Royals pulled away with three fourth quarter touchdowns to hand the Blue Devils a 35-20 season-opening loss at Don & Nona Williams Stadium Thursday. Stout quarterback Hank Kujak recorded career-bests in attempted passes, completions and total yards, and Brian Alvarez had a career day with 135 receiving yards.
UW-Stout came back after falling behind 17-0 early and tied the game at 24 before a late touchdown run by the Pointers gave UW-Stevens Point a 31-24 victory over the Blue Devils. Senior running back Tanner Kuehn turned in a career-best 122 yards and two touchdowns on 22 carries, including a 54-yarder late to tie the game with under seven minutes remaining.
After falling behind 23-7 with under a minute to go in the first half, UW-Stout came roaring back for a 34-23 victory behind huge days by Luke Bakkum, Aaron Jenny, Tanner Kuehn and Garrett Peterson on Senior Day at Don and Nona Williams Stadium Saturday afternoon.
Running back Tanner Kuehn and wide receiver Chris Pica-Anderson turned in career days and Stout's defense held Platteville to zero points in the second half, but the Blue Devils were unable to find paydirt as they fell 21-0 to 13th ranked Platteville at Don and Nona Williams Stadium Saturday afternoon. Defensively, Stout had five sacks on the afternoon, including 1.5 each from Iyen Ogbomoh and Jamie Rohrig.
UW-Stout held Whitewater to their lowest point total of the season, but the high-powered Warhawk offense proved to be too much as Stout fell 37-0 on Homecoming at Don and Nona Williams Stadium. For Stout, Matt Small had three catches for 73 yards while Collin Laursen led four Blue Devils in double digit tackles with 13 on the afternoon.
The last time Aaron Jenny scored 18 points was last February at UW-Platteville, but that was on the basketball court. Jenny hauled in three touchdown receptions Saturday to lead UW-Stout to a 21-17 win over Loras College at Don and Nona Williams Stadium.
UW-Stout led 19-7 heading into the final quarter, but host Dakota Wesleyan scored 16 unanswered points to take the season opener for both teams, 23-19, Saturday at Joe Quintel Field.
Adolfo Pacheco's fourth consecutive hundred yard game wasnt enough, as the Blue Devils fell 19-14 to UW-Stevens Point. The teams combined to turn the ball over nine times as the rainy weather made playing conditions less than ideal.
A second straight 100-yard game for Adolfo Pacheco, three Hank Kujak touchdown passes and five quarterback sacks by the defense led the Blue Devils to their first conference win of the season, 35-27 over UW-Eau Claire. With the win, the Blue Devils reclaimed the Battle for I-94 trophy.
UW-La Crosse jumped out to an early 7-0 lead and never looked back, handing the Blue Devils a 21-3 loss on Homecoming at Don and Nona WIlliams Stadium. The Blue Devils only points came on a 42-yard Ricky Marteney field goal.
Stout nearly pulled off a huge comeback before two late turnovers doomed the team as they fell to UW-Oshkosh 28-26 on a rainy afternoon. Despite falling behind 21-0 in the first quarter, the Blue Devils mounted a serious comeback, outscoring Oshkosh 26-7 the rest of the way.
UW-Stout quarterback Hank Kujak recorded his second 200-yard plus passing game, Trevor Morning caught 10 passes and Ricky Marteney booted two field goals as the Blue Devils defeated Jamestown College, 13-7, Saturday at rainy Rollie Greeno Stadium in Jamestown, ND. Defensively, Luke Bakkum had 15 tackles and a sack and David Lindell had 10 tackles
Career games from quarterback Hank Kujak and wide receiver Trevor Morning led the Blue Devils to a convincing 35-20 season opening win against Dakota Wesleyan.
Running back Eric Brown turned in a memorable last game for the Blue Devils, rushing for 136 yards on 24 carries and catching two passes for 86 yards and a touchdown. Despite his strong effort, UW-Stout's season came to an end as the Blue Devils fell to fifth-ranked UW-Oshkosh, 27-18 on Senior Day at Don and Nona Williams Stadium.
UW-Platteville scored seven passing touchdowns to take a 62-20 win over UW-Stout Saturday at Pioneer Stadium. The Pioneers' quarterback Bryce Corrigan was 23-of-34 for 356 yards and seven touchdowns. Trevor Whitehead had TD pass receptions of 57-, 40-, 10-, 64-yards, finishing with five receptions for 181 yards.
UW-Stout's offense struggled to find a rhythm all afternoon and UW-River Falls delivered the big plays when they needed them, resulting in a 24-14 road win for the Falcons, Saturday afternoon at Don and Nona Williams Stadium.
Brother vs. brother, one last time
November 10, 2022Sean and Aaron Borgerding grew up as competitive as brothers can be, regardless of the competition. On Saturday, they'll display that one last time on the football field, with Sean the quarterback at UW-Stout, and Aaron a starting safety for UW-River Falls. Brian Lester has more.
