WASATCH 51  MISSOULA 0

Wasatch Wildcats at Missoula Raptors, April 30, 2005

MISSOULALike a steam-roller, the Wasatch Wildcats started slow, but steady and then rolled over the expansion Missoula Raptors 51-0 in Missoula, Montana Saturday night.

The Wildcats utilized 7 defensive sacks, 3 interceptions and 2 fumble recoveries to set up field position and score, in any way necessary to overwhelm the Missoula Raptors and hand the Raptors their first ever loss.  For the second of three games, the Wasatch defense even got in the scoring column when Derek Giles blocked a Missoula punt attempt late in the 4th quarter and Tony Saunders recovered the loose ball in the end zone for the Wildcats score

The Wasatch offense was lead by the strong running of George Uyema who rushed for 55 yards on 7 carries and scored 3 of the Wildcats touchdowns.  Sim Tiatia also rushed for 68 yards on 10 carries as the Wildcat offense was solid on the day with 211 rushing yards, but only 39 net passing yards.

The Raptors’ powerful offense struggled throughout the game, accounting for only 36 rusing yards on 28 carries (1.3 yards/rush) and could only muster 76 passing yards, much of which was lost by the 7 Wildcats sacks.  Leading the sack brigade for the Wildcats was Delbert Hammond who had 2-1/2 sacks as part of 6 total tackles and Jasen Ah You, back in his first RMFL game since 2000, recorded 4-1/2 tackles including a sack to lead the dominating Wildcat defense.

Incidentally, the Wildcat kicking game had a big day as well, as Wildcat kickers, Golden Whetman and Gary Nye combined to hit 3 of 3 field goals and all but one blocked conversion attempt. The one conversion attempt that was blocked, Mike Wissler picked up the loose ball for Wasatch and found fellow wide receiver, Tony Saunders alone in the end zone for the 2-point conversion.  A perfect example of a game in which everything just went right for the RMFL’s 2000 champions.

 

1st Quarter

2nd Quarter

3rd Quarter

4th Quarter

Final

Wasatch

10

7

9

25

51

Missoula

0

0

0

0

0

 

Scoring Summary:

 

1st Quarter

 

Wasatch: Giles 15-yard pass from D. Beck (Whetman kick) 8:58

Wasatch: Whetman 37-yard field goal 0:39

 

2nd Quarter

 

Wasatch: Uyema 2-yard run (Nye kick) 12:22

 

3rd Quarter

 

Wasatch: Nye 32-yard field goal 13:28

Wasatch: Uyema 5-yard run (pass failed) 5:00

 

4th Quarter

 

Wasatch: Whetman 30-yard field goal 13:53

Wasatch: Uyema 14-yard run (Whetman kick) 13:26

Wasatch: Wissler recovered blocked punt (Giles) in end zone (Saunders from Wissler) 5:16

Wasatch: Phillips 15-yard run (Whetman kick) 1:11

 

 

WASATCH

MISSOULA

 

First Downs

15

6

 

Rushes-Yds

32

211

28

36

 

Passing

9--23--3

5--20--3

 

Passing Yds.

57

76

 

Sacked-Yds

3

18

7

40

 

Net Passing Yds.

39

36

 

Total Yds.

250

72

 

Punts - Avg.

2-38.0

5-29.5

 

Penalties -Yds

10

85

6

45

 

Fumbles - Lost

0

0

4

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Individual Stats:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rushing:

 

 

 

 

 

Player -Team

Tot. Att.

Tot. Yds

TD's

2 pts.

 

Sim Tiatia - Wasatch

10

68

0

0

 

George Uyema - Wasatch

7

55

3

0

 

Tyler Phillips - Wasatch

5

45

1

0

 

Tony Saunders - Wasatch

4

27

0

0

 

Daniel Beck - Wasatch

5

16

0

0

 

Samasoni Steele - Wasatch

1

0

0

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gavin Johnson - Missoula

4

18

0

0

 

Justin Nixon - Missoula

10

10

0

0

 

Buckie Brawley - Missoula

9

7

0

0

 

Jeremy Wood - Missoula

2

3

0

0

 

Derek Azure - Missoula

1

1

0

0

 

Josh Elder - Missoula

1

0

0

0

 

James Compton - Missoula

1

-3

0

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Passing:

 

 

 

 

 

Player

Comp.

Att.

Yds

TD's

Int.

Daniel Beck - Wasatch

7

19

47

1

2

Sam Trulock - Wasatch

1

3

7

0

1

Jeff Wissler - Wasatch

1

1

3

0

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buckie Brawley - Missoula

3

14

41

0

2

James Compton - Missoula

2

3

35

0

0

Gavin Johnson - Missoula

0

3

0

0

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Receiving:

 

 

 

 

 

Player

Recepts.

Yards

Td's

2 pts.

 

Derek Giles - Wasatch

2

22

1

0

 

Jonathan Olson - Wasatch

1

13

0

0

 

Stephane Roy - Wasatch

1

7

0

0

 

Mike Wissler - Wasatch

1

6

0

0

 

Brandon Preece - Wasatch

2

5

0

0

 

Tony Saunders - Wasatch

2

4

0

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grant Roman - Missoula

2

35

0

0

 

Tyler Boaz - Missoula

1

28

0

0

 

Justin Nixon - Missoula

1

8

0

0

 

Nick Lumpkin - Missoula

1

5

0

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Defense:

 

 

 

 

 

Player

Tackles

Sacks

Intercepts

TD's

 

Delbert Hammond - Wasatch

6

2.5

0

0

 

Jasen Ah You - Wasatch

4.5

1

0

0

 

Chris Carter - Wasatch

3

0

2

0

 

Samasoni Steele - Wasatch

3

1

0

0

 

Jeff Wissler - Wasatch

2.5

0

0

1

 

Samuelu Matagi - Wasatch

2.5

0.5

0

0

 

Setema Gali Jr. - Wasatch

2.5

0.5

1

0

 

Laau Liufau Jr. - Wasatch

2.5

0.5

0

0

 

Scott Fetters - Wasatch

2

0

0

0

 

Chris Wharram - Wasatch

2

0

0

0

 

George Uyema - Wasatch

1.5

0

0

0