IDAHO FALLS 26  IDAHO 16

Idaho Falls Mustangs at Idaho Matadors, April 16, 2005

KUNA – The 3-time RMFL champion Idaho Falls Mustangs had all they could handle with the expansion, Idaho Matadors. The Matadors out-gained the Mustangs 311 yards to 303 and lead from midway through the third quarter into the 4th.  The Mustangs, however, were resilient on the road and came back for a 26-16 victory in the opening week of the RMFL regular season for both teams.

The Mustangs had solid effort from newly acquired tailback, Travis Boden. Boden cam over from the Pocatello Predators and rushed for 51 yards on 10 carries, 2 touchdowns and a 2-point conversion to lead the Mustang offense.  Also, newly acquired, Mustangs’ first-year quarterback, Donavan Ard passed for 161 yards and rushed for 38 more.  Ard found another new Mustang starter, wide receiver, Brandon Reed for a big 75-yard touchdown pass with just less than 12 minutes remaining in the game to put the Mustangs ahead 20-16 to stay.  Reed caught 5 passes for 146 yards and had the biggest offensive output on the day.

The Matadors impressed many in a solid effort that included 242 yards passing and 2 touchdowns from quarterback, Tom Bennett and more than 100 total yards from scrimmage from tailback Billy Wingfield (33 rushing, 79 receiving).  Chris Brown, the Matadors wide receiver/place-kicker scored on a 7-yard touchdown pass and kicked a 20-yard field goal as the first half came to a close to pull the Matadors to within 14-10 at the half.

The Mustangs’ defense came to life at all of the right times, forcing two big Tom Bennett interceptions and recording two key sacks in holding down the Matador offense.  Sean Powell, an offensive star for 8 seasons for the Mustangs, recorded a career best 9 tackles to lead the Mustang defense.  Scott Brown (6 tackles, interception), Bryce Smith (4 tackles) and Brad Foster (4 tackles) also had solid defensive performances for the Mustangs.

The Matadors played a solid team effort in handing with the Mustangs throughout. Defensively, top performances were turned in by Derrick Trask (4-1/2 tackles), Robert Jackio (4 tackles) and Dan Buhler.  Overall, however, the Matadors couldn’t stop the Mustangs ground attack which rolled in for the three key scores that were the difference in the game.

 

 

1st Quarter

2nd Quarter

3rd Quarter

4th Quarter

Final

Idaho Falls

6

8

0

12

26

Idaho

0

10

6

0

16

 

Scoring Summary:

 

1st Quarter

 

Idaho Falls:  Boden 3-yard run (run failed) 8:25

 

2nd Quarter

 

Idaho: David Culbertson 11-yard pass from Bennett (C.Brown kick) 10:15

Idaho Falls: D.Hawker 27-yard run (Boden run) 6:14

Idaho: C.Brown 20-yard field goal 0:05 

 

3rd Quarter

 

Idaho:  C.Brown 7-yard pass from Bennett (kick failed) 9:35

 

4th Quarter

 

Idaho Falls: Reed 75-yard pass from Ard (pass failed) 11:51

Idaho Falls: Boden 5-yard run (pass failed) 1:57 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IDAHO FALLS

IDAHO

 

First Downs

17

17

 

Rushes-Yds

19

142

24

82

 

Passing

7--15--0

16-33-2

 

Passing Yds.

161

242

 

Sacked-Yds

0

0

2

13

 

Net Passing Yds.

161

229

 

Total Yds.

303

311

 

Punts - Avg.

3-22.3

4-39.0

 

Penalties -Yds

12

110

17

110

 

Fumbles - Lost

0-0

0-0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Individual Stats:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rushing:

 

 

 

 

 

Player/Team

Tot. Att.

Tot. Yds

TD's

2 pts.

 

Dusty Hawker - Idaho Falls

5

53

1

 

 

Travis Boden - Idaho Falls

10

51

2

1

 

Donavan Ard - Idaho Falls

4

38

 

 

 

Billy Wingfield - Idaho

8

33

 

 

 

Leo Garcia - Idaho

6

19

 

 

 

Guillermo Gonzales - Idaho

3

13

 

 

 

Tom Bennett - Idaho

3

12

 

 

 

Tony Roman - Idaho

2

4

 

 

 

Sepeti Moala - Idaho

2

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Passing:

 

 

 

 

 

Player

Comp.

Att.

Yds

TD's

Int.

Donavan Ard - Idaho Falls

7

15

161

1

0

Tom Bennett - Idaho

16

33

242

2

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Receiving:

 

 

 

 

 

Player

Recepts.

Yards

Td's

2 pts.

 

Brandon Reed - Idaho Falls

5

146

1

 

 

Brad Cook - Idaho Falls

2

15

 

 

 

Billy Wingfield - Idaho

6

79

 

 

 

Jerry Smith - Idaho

3

48

 

 

 

Joel Gunstream - Idaho

2

42

 

 

 

Chris Brown - Idaho

2

27

 

 

 

Anthony Miller - Idaho

1

25

 

 

 

David Culbertson - Idaho

2

21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Defense:

 

 

 

 

 

Player

Tackles

Sacks

Intercepts

TD's

 

Sean Powell - Idaho Falls

9

 

 

 

 

Scott Brown - Idaho Falls

6

 

1

 

 

Bryce Smith - Idaho Falls

4

 

 

 

 

Brad Foster - Idaho Falls

4

 

 

 

 

Tom Brighton - Idaho Falls

3

 

 

 

 

Jared Hawker - Idaho Falls

3

 

1

 

 

Jason Lawson - Idaho Falls

2

 

 

 

 

Jason Carlyle - Idaho Falls

2

1

 

 

 

Scott Worthington - Idaho Falls

2

 

 

 

 

Corey Westbrook - Idaho Falls

2

 

 

 

 

Josh Roth - Idaho Falls

2

 

 

 

 

Mike Brown - Idaho Falls

2

 

 

 

 

Clint Williams - Idaho Falls

2

 

 

 

 

Justin Weaver - Idaho Falls

2

 

 

 

 

Tyson Poulsen - Idaho Falls

1

1

 

 

 

Dusty Hawker - Idaho Falls

1

 

 

 

 

Derrick Trask - Idaho

4.5

 

 

 

 

Robert Jackio -  Idaho

4

 

 

 

 

Brad Chase - Idaho

3

 

 

 

 

Nick Russell - Idaho

3

 

 

 

 

Dan Buhler - Idaho

3

 

 

 

 

Jerin Jones - Idaho

2.5

 

 

 

 

Nevada Grassi  - Idaho

2.5

 

 

 

 

Josh Nelson - Idaho

2

 

 

 

 

Yarmaa Williams

1

 

 

 

 

Jess Hernadez - Idaho

1

 

 

 

 

Charles Ballard - Idaho

1

 

 

 

 

Wesley Daniel - Idaho

0.5

 

 

 

 

Tyler Cofer - Idaho

0.5

 

 

 

 

Shane Jackson - Idaho

0.5

 

 

 

 

John Tia - Idaho

0.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kick Returns:

 

 

 

 

 

Player

Punt Ret

Punt Yds

Kick Ret

Kick Yds

 

Sean Powell - Idaho Falls

2

28

 

 

 

Nick Russell - Idaho

2

10

1

10

 

Billy Wingfield -  Idaho

 

 

1

15

 

Sepeti Moala - Idaho

 

 

1

10

 

Andy Boyer - Idaho

 

 

1

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kicking:

 

 

 

 

 

Player

xpt att

xpt made

fg att

fg made

 

Chris Brown - Idaho

2

1

1

1