Game Summary/Box Score
April 14, 2007 Helena Titans vs. Missoula Phoenix

MISSOULA 34 HELENA 12

MISSOULA – Former explosive Helena Titans quarterback/receiver combo, Shane Jurasek and Dave Garza, burned the Titans on 3 touchdown connections as the Missoula Phoenix turned a 13-6 halftime lead into a 34-12 route of the visiting Titans at Washington-Grizzly Stadium in Missoula, Montana.

Jurasek, who is now in his 2nd season with the Phoenix, was joined by his favorite, and record-setting target from this days in Helena, Dave Garza, just this season and the two put on a scoring show.  Jurasek, would end up passing for 312 yards and 4 touchdowns passes as well as rush for a 5th to lead an offense that would roll up 411 total net yards on the struggling Titan defense. Tyler Boaz caught 4 passes for 92 yards to lead all Phoenix receivers as Helena just didn’t’ seem to have an answer for the Missoula passing game.

Missoula has been the downfall for the Titans since coming into the RMFL in 2005. The Titans have never beaten the Missoula franchise, losing for th 5th straight game.  The first two contests (in 2005) were both nail-biting affairs won by then the Raptors by a single point.  Last season, however, Missoula turned the tides, winning handily both times (34-11 and 33-12), the second victory eliminated the Titans from a playoff opportunity last season.

Although only allowing 12 points, the Phoenix defense did give up 288 total net yards to an improving Titan offense, as developing quarterback, Jacob Pena, started to show some promise with 122 yards passing, a touchdown and even a touchdown rushing to help lead the Titans. Luke Barrett also looked good for Helena, with 83 yards rushing on 15 carries as the Titan ground game was effective (34 rushes, 178 yards) for much of the game.

Tony Sanderson lead the Phoenix with 6 tackles and Tiff Meyers and Spencer Steiner lead the Titans with 10 tackles each as the Titans clamped down on the Phoenix rushing game (only 112 net yards), at the expense, however, of the big passing game by Jurasek and Garza.

Helena Titans

0

6

0

6

12

Missoula Phoenix

7

6

14

7

34

 

 
Scoring Summary:


First Quarter:

MISSOULA: Garza 45-yard pass from Jurasek (Spencer kick) 6:56


Second Quarter:

MISSOULA: Garza 13-yard pass from Jurasek (kick failed) 10:32
HELENA: F.Brown 5-yard pass from Pena (kick failed) 5:32


Third Quarter:

MISSOULA: Byers 36-yard pass from Jurasek (Spencer kick) 8:57
MISSOULA: Garza 4-yard pass from Jurasek (Spencer kick) 1:51


Fourth Quarter:

HELENA: Pena 2-yard run (kick failed) 9:39
MISSOULA: Jurasek 5-yard run (Spencer kick) 4:46

 

 

 

 

HELENA

MISSOULA

 

First Downs

15

14

 

Rushes-Yds

34

178

26

112

 

Passing

9--22--1

19-32-1

 

Passing Yds.

122

312

 

Sacked-Yds

2

12

2

13

 

Net Passing Yds.

110

299

 

Total Yds.

288

411

 

Punts - Avg.

6-25.6

1-56.0

 

Penalties -Yds

5

40

10

70

 

Fumbles - Lost

2

1

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Individual Stats:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rushing:

 

 

 

 

 

Player -Team

Tot. Att.

Tot. Yds

TD's

2 pts.

 

Luke Barrett - Helena

15

83

0

0

 

Rocky Hamilton - Helena

1

57

0

0

 

Jacob Pena - Helena

8

28

1

0

 

Ryan Ewan - Helena

4

9

0

0

 

Justin Masiak - Helena

4

5

0

0

 

Derek Burch - Helena

2

-4

0

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gavin Johnson - Missoula

15

46

0

0

 

Duane Mihlader - Missoula

3

29

0

0

 

Sheldon McCool - Missoula

1

19

0

0

 

Shane Jurasek - Missoula

7

18

1

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Passing:

 

 

 

 

 

Player

Comp.

Att.

Yds

TD's

Int.

Jacob Pena - Helena

9

22

122

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shane Jurasek - Missoula

19

30

312

4

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Receiving:

 

 

 

 

 

Player

Recepts.

Yards

Td's

2 pts.

 

Freddie Brown - Helena

5

68

1

0

 

Rocky Hamilton - Helena

2

36

0

0

 

Greg Lindell - Helena

1

13

0

0

 

Luke Barrett - Helena

1

5

0

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tyler Boaz - Missoula

4

92

0

0

 

Dave Garza - Missoula

7

84

3

0

 

Shane Byers - Missoula

3

81

0

0

 

Luke Bahnmaier - Missoula

2

22

0

0

 

Brian Pederson - Missoula

1

17

0

0

 

Nick Lumpkin - Missoula

1

13

0

0

 

Duane Mihlader - Missoula

1

3

0

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Defense:

 

 

 

 

 

Player

Tackles

Sacks

Intercepts

TD's

 

Tiff Meyers - Helena

10

0

0

0

 

Spencer Steiner - Helena

10

0

1

0

 

Freddie Brown - Helena

7

0

0

0

 

Bob Anderson - Helena

5

1.5

0

0

 

Steve Kurshner - Helena

4.5

0

0

0

 

Terry Hiatt - Helena

4

1

0

0

 

Mike Moe - Helena

3

0.5

0

0

 

TJ Pittman - Helena

3

0

0

0

 

Pat Rice - Helena

2.5

0

0

0

 

Ben Rigney -Helena

2

0

0

0

 

Calvin James - Helena

2

0

0

0

 

Rocky Hamilton - Helena

1.5

0