BOISE 20  MAGIC VALLEY 12

Magic Valley Bulldawgs at Boise Roughriders, April 30, 2005

HORSESHOE BEND – The Boise Roughriders took advantage of 5 critical Magic Valley Bulldawg turnovers to hold the Bulldawgs potent offense down in the second half, allowing them to overcome a 12-10 halftime deficit to come back and win 20-12 in what has become a long-standing RMFL rivalry Saturday night in Horseshoe Bend, Idaho.

Statistically, the Bulldawgs had the better of it, with quarterback Mike Manning passing for 325 yards and two touchdowns, however, 3 interceptions and two critical fumbles, one recovered by the Roughriders’ Maurice Sapp who took it into the Bulldawg end zone for a big second quarter touchdown, was the key in the game.

The Rouhrider offense got a big boost by the return of long-time all-star receiver, Chance Leeds.  Leeds spent this game in the backfield, replacing the injured Aaron Blakely and rushed 16 times for 69 yards and caught an 18-yard pass to aid in the Roughrider cause.  All-star tight end, Shawn Mares caught 2 passes for 65 yards and place-kicker, Eric Harbison had a big day, hitting two 40+ yard field goals and two extra points which turned out to be the difference in the game.

The Bulldawg offense got a monster performance from all-star wide receiver, Cole Meiners again. Meiners caught 7 passes for 150 yards, including a big 70-yard touchdown pass later in the first quarter that put the Bulldawgs up for the first time 7-3.  Former RMFL MVP, Lonnie Edwards had a solid day as well, rushing for 59 yards and receiving for 25 yards.

Defensively, the Roughriders played a game without 2-time reigning RMFL Defensive MVP for the first time since 2002.  In his stead, the team picked up their game to shut down the explosive Bulldawg offense.  Dane Knickrehm recorded 4 tackles and two interceptions and Sapp recorded 5 tackles and added an interception to his big defensive play for the touchdown.

The Bulldawg defense was strong as well holding the Boise offense to only 230 total net yards, lead by Rick May and Kelly Nebeker with 6 tackles each and Brad Slater who recorded 5 tackles and a sack.-.

 

1st Quarter

2nd Quarter

3rd Quarter

4th Quarter

Final

Magic Valley

6

6

0

0

12

Boise

3

7

10

0

20

 

Scoring Summary:

 

1st Quarter

 

Boise: Harbison 40-yard field goal 6:44

Magic Valley: Meiners 70-yard pass from Manning (run failed)

 

2nd Quarter

 

Boise:  Sapp 3-yard fumble return (Harbison kick) 6:33

Magic Valley: J. Nay 15-yard pass from Manning (pass failed)

 

3rd Quarter

 

Boise: Harbison 41-yard field goal 12:00

Boise: McPherson 9-yard pass from Stogsdill (Harbison kick) 3:50

 

 

MAGIC VALLEY

BOISE

 

First Downs

12

10

 

Rushes-Yds

17

79

27

105

 

Passing

16-34-3

8--17--1

 

Passing Yds.

325

138

 

Sacked-Yds

3

36

2

13

 

Net Passing Yds.

289

125

 

Total Yds.

368

230

 

Punts - Avg.

6-33.0

6-42.3

 

Penalties -Yds

5

55

3

15

 

Fumbles - Lost

3

2

0

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Individual Stats:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rushing:

 

 

 

 

 

Player -Team

Tot. Att.

Tot. Yds

TD's

2 pts.

 

Lonnie Edwards - Magic V.

12

59

0

0

 

Mike Manning - Magic V.

2

10

0

0

 

Cole Meiners - Magic V.

1

8

0

0

 

Jeremy Shafer - Magic V.

2

2

0

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chance Leeds - Roughriders

16

69

0

0

 

Sid Lindsey - Roughriders

3

14

0

0

 

Jake Holcomb - Roughriders

2

12

0

0

 

Timothy Lawson - Roughriders

4

11

0

0

 

Brian Stogsdill - Roughriders

1

4

0

0

 

Tony McPherson - Roughriders

1

-5

0

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Passing:

 

 

 

 

 

Player

Comp.

Att.

Yds

TD's

Int.

Mike Manning - Magic V.

16

34

325

2

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brian Stogsdill - Roughriders

5

9

58

1

0

Jake Holcomb - Roughriders

3

7

80

0

1

Tony McPherson - Roughriders

0

1

0

0

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Receiving:

 

 

 

 

 

Player

Recepts.

Yards

Td's

2 pts.

 

Cole Meiners - Magic V.

7

150

1

0

 

Rowdy Hakes - Magic V.

3

55

0

0

 

Jeff May - Magic V.

1

40

0

0

 

Lonnie Edwards - Magic V.

2

25

0

0

 

Kelly Nebeker - Magic V.

1

20

0

0

 

Bryce Egbert - Magic V.

1

20

0

0

 

Jeriah Nay - Magic V.

1

15

1

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shawn Mares - Roughriders

2

65

0

0

 

Tony McPherson - Roughriders

4

31

1

0

 

Sheridan Hodson - Roughriders

1

24

0

0

 

Chance Leeds - Roughriders

1

18

0

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Defense:

 

 

 

 

 

Player

Tackles

Sacks

Intercepts

TD's

 

Rick May - Bulldawgs

6

0

0

0

 

Kelly Nebeker - Bulldawgs

6

0

0

0

 

Brad Slater - Bulldawgs

5

1

0

0

 

Taryn Pullin - Bulldawgs

4

0

0

0

 

Cole Meiners - Bulldawgs

4

0

0

0

 

Fernando Vale - Bulldawgs

3

0

0

0

 

Jeff May - Bulldawgs

3

0

1

0

 

Jeriah Nay - Bulldawgs

3

0

0

0

 

Cory Haynes - Bulldawgs

3

0

0

0

 

Dario Azevedo - Bulldawgs

3

0

0

0

 

Calvin Pruitt - Bulldawgs

3

1

0

0

 

Mitch Hodge - Bulldawgs

1

0

0

0

 

Rowdy Hakes - Bulldawgs

1

0

0

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bob Mares  - Roughriders

5

0.5