Game Summary/Box Score
April 8, 2006 Bitterroot Blaze at Great Falls Gladiators @ Memorial
Stadium
GREAT FALLS 3 BITTERROOT 2
GREAT FALLS – Defense Dominated Decisively as the
Great Falls Gladiators’ place-kicker’s 4th quarter, 37-yard field
goal trumped the Bitterroot Blaze’s sack by Joe Murawa
of Gladiator quarterback, Robert Cook in the end zone to squeak out the big 3-2
victory at Memorial Stadium in Great Falls, Montana.
On an evening when the
Great Falls offense could only muster 31 net total yards against the top-ranked
Blaze defense, it was a key turnover, 1 of six fumbles by the Blaze which set
up the Gladiators late game score that was the difference. Both field goal
kickers missed 40+ yard field goals earlier in the game that turned out to be
very meaningful in the tightly contested gridiron struggle.
Bitterroot’s, Justin Nixon
did rush for 134 yards on 24 carries to top the entire Great Falls offense,
however, it was 6 turnovers that turned out to be the downfall for the
expansion Blaze that downed the Helena Titans in the week previously by a 29-7
margin, comfortably in home.
Neither team could get
anything going in the passing game.
Bitterroot’s quarterback, Buckie Brawley was a meager 3 of 18 for a mere 36 passing yards while the Gladiators Cook completed only 2 of 10 passes for only 20 net yards. Jamie Jones (12-1/2 tackles) and Joe Murawa (9-1/2 tackles, 2-1/2 sacks, safety) had very big games for the Blaze defense in a losing cause.
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Bitterroot Blaze |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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Great Falls Gladiators |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
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Bitterroot: Safety – J. Murawa tackled R. Cook in end zone 1:31 |
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Great Falls: D. Milodragavich 37-yard field goal |
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BITTERROOT |
GREAT FALLS |
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First
Downs |
11 |
9 |
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Rushes-Yds |
37 |
167 |
29 |
39 |
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Passing |
3--18--0 |
2--10--0 |
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Passing
Yds. |
36 |
20 |
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Sacked-Yds |
2 |
18 |
3 |
28 |
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Net
Passing Yds. |
18 |
-8 |
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Total
Yds. |
185 |
31 |
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Punts
- Avg. |
3-15.3 |
8-28.6 |
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Penalties
-Yds |
5 |
35 |
7 |
60 |
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Fumbles
- Lost |
6 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
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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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Justin
Nixon - Bitterroot |
24 |
134 |
0 |
0 |
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Buckie
Brawley - Bitterroot |
7 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
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Robb Simms
- Bitterroot |
3 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
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Tyler Jolley - Bitterroot |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
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Mike
Rasmussen - Bitterroot |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
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Patrick
Evers - Bitterroot |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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Robert
Cook - Great Falls |
8 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
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Chris
Grice - Great Falls |
6 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
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Josh
Mosley - Great Falls |
3 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
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Joe Cox -
Great Falls |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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Desmond
Orr - Great Falls |
2 |
-4 |
0 |
0 |
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Sterling
Wynn - Great Falls |
7 |
-10 |
0 |
0 |
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Passing: |
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Player |
Comp. |
Att. |
Yds |
TD's |
Int. |
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Buckie
Brawley - Bitterroot |
3 |
18 |
36 |
0 |
0 |
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Robert
Cook - Great Falls |
2 |
10 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
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Receiving: |
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Player |
Recepts. |
Yards |
Td's |
2 pts. |
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TJ Ward -
Bitterroot |
2 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
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Justin
Nixon - Bitterroot |
1 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
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Jermaine Saunders - Great Falls |
1 |
21 |
0 |
0 |
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Tom
Armstrong - Great Falls |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
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Defense: |
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Player |
Tackles |
Sacks |
Intercepts |
TD's |
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Jamie
Jones - Bitterroot |
12.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Joe Murawa - Bitterroot |
9.5 |
2.5 |
0 |
0 |
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Chris
Jones - Bitterroot |
6.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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James
Wood - Bitterroot |
6.5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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Bryan Hellyer - Bitterroot |
5.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Paul
Tryon - Bitterroot |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Mike
Rasmussen - Bitterroot |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Ron Lakey
- Bitterroot |
2.5 |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
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Kurt
Rausch - Bitterroot |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Jared Chytka - Bitterroot |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Nick Bain
- Bitterroot |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Greg
Graham - Bitterroot |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Derrick
Dean - Bitterroot |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Patrick Evers
- Bitterroot |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Mike
Rhode - Great Falls |
6.5 |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
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Reggie
Jennings - Great Falls |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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David
Craig - Great Falls |
5.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Brett Stensrud - Great Falls |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Keon Pinckney - Great Falls |
5 |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
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Dave
Moore - Great Falls |
4.5 |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
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Brad
Thurber - Great Falls |
3.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Eric
McGowan - Great Falls |
2.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Jamari Austin - Great Falls |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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John
Garcia - Great Falls |
1.5 |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
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Sterling
Wynn - Great Falls |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Demond Orr - Great Falls |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Tom
Armstrong - Great Falls |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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John
Hughes - Great Falls |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Jabrai Trueluck - Great Falls |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Kick
Returns: |
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Player |
Punt
Ret |
Punt
Yds |
Kick
Ret |
Kick
Yds |
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James
Wood - Bitterroot |
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