Game
Summary/Box Score
April 28, 2007 Bitterroot Blaze at Great Falls Gladiators @ Memorial
Stadium
BITTERROOT 55 GREAT
FALLS 0
GREAT FALLS – The Bitterroot Blaze are running
out of challengers.
On a perfect spring night in
Great Falls, Montana, the Blaze dropped another “contending” contending team in
convincing fashion, scoring 17 points in each of the first two quarters of the
game en route to a 34-0 halftime lead and an over-whelming 55-0 victory over
the Great Falls Gladiators. It was the
first time the Blaze had EVER defeated the Gladiators, who in two matches in
2006, escaped with victories in defensive struggles between the teams.
That was then, this is now.
The Blaze rushing attack
rumbled out for 355 total net yards on a record 51 rushes in the game. Reigning RMFL Offensive MPV, Justin Nixon,
lead all with 122 yards on 21 carries and 2 touchdowns in the route. Tyler Jolley, who scored the first two
touchdowns of the game, on the Blaze’s first two drives, also had a big game,
with 85 yards on only 5 carries.
Kurt Rausch added an
interception return for touchdown midway through the second quarter and Blaze
place-kicker, Eric Peterson, connected on all 7 extra points and added two
field goals to round out the scoring… and domination by the Blaze.
The Bitterroot Blaze
defense has yet to be scored on in 4 games this season, and have now outscored
their opponents by an unprecedented margin of 212 to 0.
Leading the Blaze defense,
which held the Gladiators to only 48 total net yards of offense (26 rushing, 22
net passing), was Jamie Jones (6 tackles), Chris Jones (6 tackles, 1 sack),
Patrick Evers (6 tackles) and TJ Ward, who recorded 4-1/2 tackles, including
1-1/2 sacks as the Gladiators could only muster 3 first downs at home.
Mike Pease lead Gladiator tacklers with 10 and Dave Moore recorded one of the two sacks on Blaze quarterback, Buckie Brawley, for a Gladiator defense that had been one of the top units in the AA coming into the game.
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Bitterroot Blaze |
17 |
17 |
14 |
7 |
55 |
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Great Falls Gladiators |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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BITTERROOT:
Tyler Jolley 25-yard run
(Peterson kick) 12:50 BITTERROOT: Eric Peterson 23-yard field goal 1:01 |
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BITTERROOT:
Justin Nixon 15-yard run (Peterson kick) 10:51 |
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BITTERROOT:
Justin Nixon 15-yard run (Peterson kick) 10:44 |
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BITTERROOT: Christian Brown 1-yard run (Peterson kick) 9:13
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BITTERROOT |
GREAT FALLS |
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First
Downs |
17 |
3 |
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Rushes-Yds |
51 |
355 |
24 |
26 |
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Passing |
4--13--0 |
4--11--1 |
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Passing
Yds. |
72 |
47 |
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Sacked-Yds |
2 |
13 |
3 |
25 |
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Net
Passing Yds. |
59 |
22 |
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Total
Yds. |
414 |
48 |
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Punts
- Avg. |
5-27.6 |
6-34.0 |
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Penalties
-Yds |
10 |
55 |
5 |
30 |
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Fumbles
- Lost |
2 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
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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 |
21 |
122 |
2 |
0 |
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Tyler
Jolley - Bitterroot |
5 |
85 |
2 |
0 |
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Christian
Brown - Bitterroot |
8 |
43 |
1 |
0 |
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Patrick
Evers - Bitterroot |
2 |
41 |
1 |
0 |
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Bo
Davenport - Bitterroot |
7 |
32 |
0 |
0 |
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Buckie
Brawley - Bitterroot |
4 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
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Robb
Simms - Bitterroot |
2 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
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Mike
Rasmussen - Bitterroot |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Yahreen Collins
- Great Falls |
7 |
26 |
0 |
0 |
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John
Hughes - Great Falls |
7 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
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Mike
Tudor - Great Falls |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
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Keith
Deboo - Great Falls |
3 |
-5 |
0 |
0 |
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Brad
Thurber - Great Falls |
6 |
-5 |
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 |
12 |
65 |
0 |
0 |
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Matt Blakey - Bitterroot |
1 |
1 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
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Brad
Thurber - Great Falls |
4 |
11 |
47 |
0 |
1 |
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Receiving: |
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Player |
Recepts. |
Yards |
Td's |
2 pts. |
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Grant
Roman - Bitterroot |
2 |
67 |
0 |
0 |
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Taz Flynn
- Bitterroot |
1 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
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Vinny
Zepeda Sain - Bitterroot |
1 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
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Yahreen
Collins - Great Falls |
2 |
30 |
0 |
0 |
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John
Hughes - Great Falls |
1 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
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Jermaine
Saunders - Great Falls |
1 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
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Defense: |
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Player |
Tackles |
Sacks |
Intercepts |
TD's |
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Jamie
Jones - Bitterroot |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Chris
Jones - Bitterroot |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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Patrick
Evers - Bitterroot |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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TJ Ward -
Bitterroot |
4.5 |
1.5 |
0 |
0 |
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Kyle
Rausch - Bitterroot |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Kurt
Rausch - Bitterroot |
2 |
0.5 |
1 |
1 |
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Robert
Lawyer - Bitterroot |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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R.Sims -
Bitterroot |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Brian
Buckreus - Bitterroot |
1.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Joe
Murawa - Bitterroot |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Mike Tryon
- Bitterroot |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Bryan
Hellyer - Bitterroot |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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