Levell Coppage had three touchdowns, and Wisconsin-Whitewater scored 10 points in the final 1:17 to defeat defending champion Mount Union 38-28 in the NCAA Division III championship game on Saturday in Salem, Va.
The Purple Raiders (14-1) had their winning streak snapped at 29 games.
Jeff Donovan threw two touchdown passes for the Warhawks (15-0), who won their second national championship in the past three years. This is the fifth straight year that the two teams have met in the national championship game.
Mount Union had won three of those four previous matchups, including last year's game, which was played under sunny skies and with temperatures in the 60s.
Saturday's game had its starting time moved back five hours due to a winter storm that dumped more than a foot of snow on Salem in less than 24 hours.
Also Saturday NAIA Championship
Sioux Falls 25, Lindenwood 22: Ryan Lomiller ran for 115 yards and a touchdown, and Braden Wieking kicked three field goals, including a tiebreaking 42-yarder in the fourth quarter to lead Sioux Falls to the title at Rome, Ga.
Adam Lopez returned the second-half kickoff 91 yards for a touchdown, and his 61-yard return set up Lomiller's 1-yard touchdown run that tied the score at 22.
The Cougars (15-0) won their 29th straight game, finishing the decade with a record of 120-12 and three NAIA titles. The South Dakota school also won last season and in 2006, and was runner-up in 2001 and 2007.
Lomiller also made kicks from 41 and 37 yards in the first half.
After Sioux Falls went up 8-0, Lindenwood (13-1) came back on two TD passes from Philip Staback to Matt Bramow. He set a record at the Missouri school with 12 touchdown catches.
Late Friday FCS Championship
Villanova 23, Montana 21: Matt Szczur ran for 159 yards and two touchdowns and had another 68 yards receiving, leading Villanova to its first Football Championship Subdivision title at Chattanooga, Tenn.
No. 2 Villanova (14-1) won the title in its first championship game appearance and 25 seasons after coach Andy Talley was hired to rebuild the program after a four-year absence from the sport.
Top-seeded Montana (14-1) was making a record 17th consecutive appearance in the playoffs. The Grizzlies, the 1995 and 2001 champions, lost to Richmond last year in the title game. Montana also lost in the final in 1996, 2000 and 2004.
