Game Summary/Box Score
April 21, 2007 Helena Titans at Bitterroot Blaze
BITTERROOT 56 HELENA 0
DARBY – The Bitterroot Blaze continued
their absolute 2007 domination of fellow Montana teams with a complete 56-0 dismantling
of the once best-in-the-state, Helena Titans, 56-0 at before a raucous home
town crowd.
The Blaze Scored early when
defending RMFL AA Rushing Champion and RMFL Offensive MVP, Justin Nixon broke
loose for a 33-yard touchdown run. Soon
after, the Blaze recorded the first of two safeties in the game when Blaze sack
leader, Brian Buckreus nailed Titan quarterback, Jacob Pena, in the end zone to
push the lead to 9-0. The Blaze would pour it on later in the first quarter
when within 30 seconds after Justin Nixon capped a Blaze drive with his second
score, the Blaze capitalized on a Titan turnover when quarterback, Buckie
Brawley found Mike Rasmussen for a 59-yard touchdown pass play and the route
was on.
The second quarter didn’t
improve any for the Titans. After Eric
Peterson connected on a 40-yard field goal, the Blaze kicked off to the Titans
and buried them deep. Deep enough that on the first play from scrimmage, Jamie
Jones got to Pena again for the second safety… then it got even worse. On the ensuing kick-off after the safety,
Bitterroot’s Kurt Rausch returned it the distance and with still more than 12
minutes to go in the second quarter, the Blaze were already ahead 35-0.
Justin Nixon would rush 114
yards on only 11 carries to lead the offense. Brawley would pass for 185 yards
and two scores to 6 different receivers to spread the wealth as the Blaze
offense would end up with 372 total net yards on a balanced attack (191
rushing, 181 passing).
The Titans, on the other
hand, were held down by the top ranked Blaze defense, only getting 68 total net
yards on the game, including getting sacked 4 times for 22 yards in losses,
however, it may have been the two in the end zone that added insult to injury
for the Titans.
Once again, Tiff Meyers, had an all-star type performance for the Titans
defense, however, recording 7 tackles, a sack and an interception in a losing
cause. Second all-time in the RMFL in
tackles, Spencer Steiner, came up big as well for the visitors, getting 6
tackles as well and Bob Anderson chipped in 1-1/2 sacks on Brawley as the
defense battled to the end.
The Blaze defense, once again astounding, was lead by Chris Jones (6-1/2 tackles, 1 sack) and Jamie Jones who had 5-1/2 tackles and the end zone sack that lead to the big kick-off run back that seemed to be the final nail in the Titans coffin.
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Helena Titans |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Bitterroot Blaze |
23 |
19 |
7 |
7 |
56 |
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BITTERROOT:
Nixon 33-yard run (Peterson kick) 11:47 BITTERROOT:
Nixon 7-yard run (Peterson kick) 3:28 BITTERROOT: Rasmussen 59-yard pass from Brawley (Peterson kick) 2:59 |
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BITTERROOT:
Peterson 40-yard field goal 12:59 BITTERROOT:
Brawley 5-yard run (Peterson kick) |
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BITTERROOT: M. Hausknecht 20-yard pass from Brawley (Peterson kick) 10:32 |
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BITTERROOT:
T. Jolley 1-yard run (Peterson kick) 1:55 |
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HELENA |
BITTERROOT |
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First
Downs |
7 |
19 |
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Rushes-Yds |
16 |
34 |
30 |
191 |
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Passing |
6--23--1 |
9--16--1 |
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Passing
Yds. |
56 |
198 |
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Sacked-Yds |
4 |
22 |
0 |
0 |
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Net
Passing Yds. |
34 |
198 |
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Total
Yds. |
68 |
389 |
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Punts
- Avg. |
3-30.3 |
2-44.0 |
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Penalties
-Yds |
8 |
60 |
9 |
85 |
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Fumbles
- Lost |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
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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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Derek Burch
- Helena |
8 |
26 |
0 |
0 |
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Luke
Barrett - Helena |
4 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
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Jacob
Pena - Helena |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
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Ryan Ewan
- Helena |
1 |
-4 |
0 |
0 |
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Justin
Nixon - Bitterroot |
11 |
114 |
2 |
0 |
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Tyler Jolley
- Bitterroot |
8 |
45 |
1 |
0 |
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Christian
Brown - Bitterroot |
3 |
23 |
0 |
0 |
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Buckie
Brawley - Bitterroot |
3 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
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Mike
Rasmussen - Bitterroot |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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Bo
Davenport - Bitterroot |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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Passing: |
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Player |
Comp. |
Att. |
Yds |
TD's |
Int. |
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Jacob
Pena - Helena |
6 |
23 |
56 |
0 |
1 |
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Buckie
Brawley - Bitterroot |
7 |
13 |
185 |
2 |
0 |
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Matt
Blakey - Bitterroot |
2 |
3 |
13 |
0 |
1 |
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Receiving: |
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Player |
Recepts. |
Yards |
Td's |
2 pts. |
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Rocky
Hamilton - Helena |
3 |
33 |
0 |
0 |
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Freddie
Brown - Helena |
2 |
23 |
0 |
0 |
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Justin
Masiak - Helena |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Michael
Rasmussen - Bitterroot |
1 |
59 |
1 |
0 |
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Grant
Roman - Bitterroot |
4 |
59 |
0 |
0 |
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Chris
Brawley - Bitterroot |
1 |
30 |
0 |
0 |
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Matt
Hausknecht - Bitterroot |
2 |
28 |
1 |
0 |
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Vinny
Zepeda Sain - Bitterroot |
1 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
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Rich
Fillie - Bitterroot |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
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Defense: |
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Player |
Tackles |
Sacks |
Intercepts |
TD's |
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Tiff
Meyers - Helena |
7 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Spencer
Steiner - Helena |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Steve Rice
- Helena |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Terry
Hiatt - Helena |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Kyle
Clark _ Helena |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Freddie
Brown - Helena |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Bob
Anderson - Helena |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Rain Two
Feathers - Helena |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Mike
Mayer - Helena |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Tonto
Lindberg - Helena |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Mike Moe
- Helena |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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TJ
Pittman - Helena |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Steve
Kurshner - Helena |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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