UTAH
Utah
MORGAN – The Utah Blitz, after clinging
to a precarious 6-0 lead for most of 3 quarters against the upstart expansion
team, Morgan Marauders, pulled away for a 20-0 victory in their opening game of
2005 RMFL action.
Jeff LaBounty (14-25-1-169-2) found his
favorite target, Blitz star receiver, Jeff Johnson early in the second quarter
for a 12-yard pass play that gave the Blitz the early lead 6-0. That score would remain,
however, until late in the 3rd quarter when LaBounty would find
Johnson (8 catches, 76 yards) again, giving the Blitz a more comfortable 13-0
advantage, going on to win 20-0.
The Blitz defense, in getting the shutout,
played well throughout, including forcing 8 turnovers by the Marauder offense,
5 fumbles and 3 interceptions. If not
for the Blitz picking up numerous penalties (13 penalties, 149 yards), killing
some of their own drives and keeping Morgan drives alive, the game could have
been put out of reach earlier. The Blitz
defense was lead by Fisa Tuatonga
(6 tackles), Lino Komiti (6
tackles), John Farrington (5 tackles), Sione Tuatonga (5 tackles) and Hugo Anderson (2 tackles, 2
interceptions).
The Morgan Marauders, who picked up their
first regular season win last week against fellow expansion team, Kamas Valley,
were able to successfully move the ball at time, gaining 185 total net yards
aided significantly by a 75-yard pass play from Ben Wiscombe
to Andru Jones.
Budding backfield star, Mitch Clark was held in check, however, with 87
total yards (32 rushing, 55 receiving).
The Marauder defense did an excellent job in a losing effort keeping the
potent Blitz offense down as Ross Woods (6 tackles), Tyson Stephenson (5
tackles) and Colby Ball (5 tackles) all brought it for the home fans.
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1st Quarter |
2nd Quarter |
3rd Quarter |
4th Quarter |
Final |
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Visitor |
0 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
20 |
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Home |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Scoring Summary:
2nd Quarter
3rd Quarter
4th Quarter
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MORGAN |
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First Downs |
11 |
4 |
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Rushes-Yds |
39 |
193 |
23 |
48 |
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Passing |
14--25--1 |
6--18--3 |
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Passing Yds. |
169 |
158 |
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Sacked-Yds |
0 |
0 |
3 |
21 |
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Net Passing Yds. |
169 |
137 |
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Total Yds. |
362 |
185 |
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Punts - Avg. |
4-12.5 |
3-5.0 |
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Penalties -Yds |
13 |
149 |
6 |
31 |
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Fumbles - Lost |
3 |
2 |
7 |
5 |
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Individual Stats: |
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Rushing: |
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Player -Team |
Tot. Att. |
Tot. Yds |
TD's |
2 pts. |
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Barrett Wilson - Blitz |
8 |
71 |
0 |
0 |
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Levi Vagana - Blitz |
10 |
58 |
1 |
0 |
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Dennis Glasker - Blitz |
14 |
39 |
0 |
0 |
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Ryan Lang - Blitz |
3 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
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Jeff LaBounty - Blitz |
2 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
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Solo Toala - Blitz |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
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Jeff Johnson - Blitz |
1 |
-3 |
0 |
0 |
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Mitch Clark - Morgan |
8 |
32 |
0 |
0 |
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Ben Wiscombe - Morgan |
3 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
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Aaron Rich - Morgan |
10 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
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Joe Wiscombe - Morgan |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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Andru Jones - Morgan |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Passing: |
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Player |
Comp. |
Att. |
Yds |
TD's |
Int. |
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Jeff LaBounty - Blitz |
14 |
25 |
169 |
2 |
1 |
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Aaron Rich - Morgan |
4 |
9 |
80 |
0 |
2 |
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Ben Wiscombe - Morgan |
2 |
8 |
78 |
0 |
1 |
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Derrick Porter - Morgan |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Receiving: |
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Player |
Recepts. |
Yards |
Td's |
2 pts. |
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Jeff Johnson - Blitz |
8 |
76 |
2 |
0 |
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Shanard Madry - Blitz |
2 |
40 |
0 |
0 |
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Todd Haueter - Blitz |
1 |
22 |
0 |
0 |
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Tommy Pfister - Blitz |
1 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
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Barrett Wilson - Blitz |
1 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
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Adam Terry - Blitz |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
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Andru Jones - Morgan |
1 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
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Mitch Clark - Morgan |
4 |
55 |
0 |
0 |
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Joe Wiscombe - Morgan |
1 |
28 |
0 |
0 |
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Defense: |
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Player |
Tackles |
Sacks |
Intercepts |
TD's |
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Fisa Tuatonga
- Blitz |
6 |
1 |
1 |
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Lino Komiti
- Blitz |
6 |
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John Farrington - Blitz |
5 |
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Sione Tuatonga - Blitz |
5 |
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Phil Fil - Blitz |
4 |
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Solo Toala - Blitz |
3 |
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Mike Tooa - Blitz |
2 |
1 |
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Komiti Lino - Blitz |
2 |
1 |
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Hugo Anderson - Blitz |
2 |
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2 |
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Dannon Handcuff - Blitz |
2 |
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Dustin Reed - Blitz |
1 |
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Tyler Brennon - Blitz |
1 |
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Barrett Wilson - Blitz |
1 |
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Nathan Mackey - Blitz |
1 |
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Tony Freemna - Blitz |
1 |
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Ross Woods - Morgan |
6 |
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Tyson Stevenson - Morgan |
5 |
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Colby Ball - Morgan |
5 |
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Jason Ball - Morgan |
4 |
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