2025 Wisconsin–River Falls Falcons football team
| 2025 Wisconsin–River Falls Falcons football | |
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NCAA Division III national champion WIAC champion | |
Stagg Bowl, W 24–14 vs. North Central | |
| Conference | Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AFCA | No. 1 |
| D3Football.com | No. 1 |
| Record | 14–1 (6–1 WIAC) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Joe Matheson (7th season) |
| Offensive scheme | Top Gun |
| Defensive coordinator | Jake Wissing (5th season) |
| Base defense | Multiple |
| Home stadium | Ramer Field |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Wisconsin–River Falls $^ | 6 | – | 1 | 14 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Wisconsin–Platteville ^ | 5 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Wisconsin–Whitewater ^ | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Wisconsin–La Crosse ^ | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin–Stout | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 1 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin–Eau Claire | 0 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2025 Wisconsin–River Falls Falcons football team was an American football team that represented University of Wisconsin–River Falls of River Falls, Wisconsin, as a member of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) during the 2025 NCAA Division III football season. In their fourteenth year under head coach Matt Walker, the Falcons compiled a 14–1 record (6–1 in conference games), won the WIAC championship, and were ranked No. 3 in Division III at the end of the regular season.
The team advanced to the Division III playoffs for the first time since 1996, defeating Chapman in the second round, Saint John's (MN) in the third round, Wheaton (IL) in the quarterfinals, Johns Hopkins in the semifinals, and North Central (IL) in the Stagg Bowl to win the first national championship in program history.
On offense, the Falcons were led by senior quarterback Kaleb Blaha, who finished the season with 6,189 individual yards, breaking the NCAA record across all divisions previously set by LSU quarterback Joe Burrow in 2019. Blaha broke several single-season records for the Falcons, including pass completions, passing yards, and passing touchdowns, while also becoming the program's all-time leader in passing yards and total touchdowns. Blaha won the Gagliardi Trophy, awarded to the best player in NCAA Division III football.