UTAH BLITZ  26  SNAKE RIVER 6

Utah Blitz at Snake River Sabercats, April 23, 2005

NEW PLYMOUTH – Levi Vagana rushed 18 times for 143 yards and a touchdown and Danny Gagnier rushed 16 times for 130 yards and a score as the Utah Blitz compiled a 2005 league high 342 total rushing yards against the lowest ranked rushing defense, the Snake River Sabercats, en route to a 26-6 victory in New Plymouth, Idaho.

Utah Blitz special teams and defense also had a great afternoon, contributing a couple of scores, including the first score of the game, a punt return in which Hugo Anderson broke a 65-yard return, but before he could get hauled down on the Snake River 5-yard line, lateralled to teammate, Dannon Handcuff who took it the rest of the way to give the Blitz the early 6-0 advantage.  Gagnier got the Blitz’ next score later in the quarter before the Sabercats  pulled to within a touchdown on a big 67-yard Matt Saylors (15-31-2-187-1) to Bill Dees touchdown completion.

Mike Tooa scooped up a Sabercat snap that had sailed over Saylors’ head in the second quarter and scooted the remaining 3 yards for the Blitz’ third touchdown and a 19-6 halftime advantage.  Vagana picked up the clinching score in the third quarter to put the game out of reach.

Offensively for the Sabercats, Tyler Collingwood had another exceptional day, picking up 190 total all-purpose yards (41 rushing, 87 receiving, 52 return yards) to pace the Sabercat attack.

For the Blitz, however, it was all about the running game with Dennis Glasker and Barrett Wilson also chipping into the attack to account for another 69 yards of the impressive Blitz total.

Defensively, the Blitz were lead by Phil Fil who lead the team in tackles with 6, John Farrington with 4 tackles, including a big 20-yard sack and Handcuff who added 4 tackles and an interception to his touchdown on the punt return from Hugo Anderson.

The Sabercats defense had a lot of tackles to make as the Blitz used a ball-control attack to move the ball up and down the field. Don Needs lead the team with 9 tackles and Tim Smith shot in with 8-1/2 of his own as the Sabercat defense struggled to shutdown the Blitz ground control offense.

 

 

1st Quarter

2nd Quarter

3rd Quarter

4th Quarter

Final

Utah Blitz

13

7

6

0

26

Snake River

6

0

0

0

6

 

Scoring Summary:

 

1st Quarter

 

Utah Blitz: Handcuff 5-yard punt return lateral from H.Anderson (kick failed)

Utah Blitz: Gagnier 23-yard run (Heinze kick)

Snake River: Dees 67-yard pass from Saylors (kick blocked) 

 

2nd Quarter

 

Utah Blitz: Tooa 3-yard fumble return (kick blocked)

 

3rd Quarter

 

Utah Blitz: Vagana 3-yard run (Heinze kick)

 

 

UTAH BLITZ

SNAKE RIVER

 

First Downs

12

5

 

Rushes-Yds

51

342

13

39

 

Passing

7--17--0

15-39-2

 

Passing Yds.

91

197

 

Sacked-Yds

0

0

3

30

 

Net Passing Yds.

91

167

 

Total Yds.

433

206

 

Punts - Avg.

4-24.7

6-38.2

 

Penalties -Yds

7

65

7

40

 

Fumbles - Lost

2

1

2

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Individual Stats:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rushing:

 

 

 

 

 

Player -Team

Tot. Att.

Tot. Yds

TD's

2 pts.

 

Levi Vagana - Blitz

18

143

1

0

 

Danny Gagnier - Blitz

16

130

1

0

 

Dennis Glasker - Blitz

9

37

0

0

 

Barrett Wilson - Blitz

8

32

0

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tyler Collingwood - Snake River

11

41

0

0

 

Cody Bates - Snake River

2

-2

0

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Passing:

 

 

 

 

 

Player

Comp.

Att.

Yds

TD's

Int.

Jeff LaBounty - Blitz

7

17

91

0

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Matt Saylors - Snake River

15

33

197

1

2

Tyler Collingwood - Snake River

0

6

0

0

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Receiving:

 

 

 

 

 

Player

Recepts.

Yards

Td's

2 pts.

 

Brian Simmons - Blitz

2

36

0

0

 

Adam Terry - Blitz

2

30

0

0

 

Barrett Wilson - Blitz

1

15

0

0

 

Danny Gagnier - Blitz

1

7

0

0

 

Levi Vagana - Blitz

1

3

0

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tyler Collingwood - Snake River

7

87

0

0

 

Bill Dees - Snake River

3

75

1

0

 

Cody Bates - Snake River

3

21

0

0

 

Shawn King - Snake River

2

14

0

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Defense:

 

 

 

 

 

Player

Tackles

Sacks

Intercepts

TD's

 

Phil Fil - Blitz

6

0

0

0

 

John Farrington - Blitz

4

1

0

0

 

Dannon Handcuff - Blitz

4

0

1

1

 

Fisa Tuatonga - Blitz

3

0

0

0

 

Mike Tooa - Blitz

3

1

0

1

 

Solo Toala - Blitz

2

0

1

0

 

Dustin Reed - Blitz

2

1

0

0

 

Zane Church - Blitz

2

0

0

0

 

Komiti Lino - Blitz

1

0

0

0

 

Hugo Anderson - Blitz

1

0

0

0

 

Tyler Brennon - Blitz

1

0

0

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don Needs - Snake River

9

0

0

0

 

Tim Smith - Snake River

8.5

0

0

0

 

Matt Reynolds - Snake River

6.5

0

0

0

 

Kyle Netcher - Snake River

6

0

0

0

 

Presi Solis - Snake River

5.5

0

0

0

 

Matt Frye - Snake River

5.5

0

0

0

 

Brett Smith - Snake River

5.5

0

0

0

 

John Schmerber - Snake River

3.5

0

0

0

 

Rob Castleman - Snake River

3

0

0

0

 

Greg Hillary - Snake River

2.5

0

0

0

 

Montell Hammer - Snake River

2

0

0

0

 

Josh Crocker - Snake River

1.5

0

0

0

 

Jeff Valenzuela - Snake River

1

0

0

0

 

Shawn King - Snake River

1

0

0

0

 

Bill Dees - Snake River

1

0

0

0

 

Kevin Worrell - Snake River

1

0

0

0

 

Ben Rowe - Snake River

1

0

0

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kick Returns:

 

 

 

 

 

Player

Punt Ret

Punt Yds

Kick Ret

Kick Yds

 

Dannon Handcuff - Blitz

2

9

0

0

 

Hugo Anderson - Blitz

1

65

0

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tyler Collingwood - Snake River

0

0

3

52

 

Needs - Snake River

1

1

0

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kicking:

 

 

 

 

 

Player

xpt att

xpt made

fg att

fg made

 

DJ Heinze - Blitz

4

2

1

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jeff Valenzuela - Snake River

1

0

0

0