Box Score
August 19, 2000, 2000 Great Falls Rangers vs. Boise Cardinals
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GREAT FALLS RANGERS 26 BOISE CARDINALS 19

The Great Falls Rangers continued a healthy recovery from a 3-game mid season skid by upsetting West division leading, Boise Cardinals 26-19, ending a Cardinal 5-game winning streak and propelling themselves directly into contention for the North division crown. The Rangers, still trying to brush off the "road dust" from an 8-hour road trip to Boise, fell behind 17-0 as the Cardinals got a 25-yard field goal from Jim Slocum and two Dustin Vandermeer to Del Nelson touchdown passes. The game looked well in control for the Red and White until early in the 3rd quarter when Shane Jurasek found Anthony Barnes for a 60-yard touchdown connection. The score remained 17-8 until early in the fourth quarter when Jurasek hit Chris Weingarten on a 65-yard pass play. Boise's Stuart Dennis promptly returned the Rangers' failed conversion 98-yards for a rare 2-point defensive conversion score, making it 19-14. Russell Davis broke a 65-yard touchdown run on the Rangers next possession making the score 20-19 Rangers. Anthony Barnes broke a 23-yard touchdown run with 3:00 minutes remaining in the game to give the Rangers their final margin. The Rangers (4-3) schedule doesn't get easier as they stay home to host the Bozeman Kodiaks (5-3) in a battle for not only the division, but Montana supremacy. The Cardinals (5-2) now must travel to Idaho Falls to face the Mustangs (5-2) on the heels of a 4-game winning streak.

Great Falls

Boise

Scoring Summary:

1st Quarter
Boise   Slocum 25-yard field goal
Boise   Del Nelson 10-yard pass from Vandermeer (Jackio pass from Vandermeer)
2nd Quarter
Boise    Del Nelson 8-pass from Vandermeer (pass failed)
3rd Quarter
G.F.     Barnes 60-yard pass from Jurasek (Barnes pass from Jurasek)

4th Quarter:

G.F. Weingarten 65-yard pass from Jurasek (conversion failed)
Boise Dennis 98-yard conversion return

G.F. Davis 65-yard run (kick failed)

G.F. Barnes 23-yard run (kick failed)

	Great Falls	Boise
First Downs	15	10
Rushes, Yards	14-126	36-173
Passes	20-32-3	15-32-1
Passing Yards	290	95
Total Net Yards	416	263
Punts, Average	?-??	?-??
Penalties, Yards	??	??-??
Fumbles, Lost	3-2	2-2

Individual Statistics

Rushing: Great Falls - Davis 6-73, Barnes 4-44, Jurasek 2-5, Weingarten 2-4. Boise - Jackio 19-115, Avent 5-29, Lopez 6-19, Royal 6-10.

Passing: Great Falls - Jurasek 20-32-3-290. Boise - Vandermeer 15-32-1-95.

Receiving: Great Falls - Barnes 10-138, Weingarten 7-104, Plasterer 1-35, Davis 1-18, McCain 1-5. Boise - Williams 8-42, Del Nelson 4-30, Dennis 1-14, Jackio 2-9.

Tackles: Great Falls - Nelson 9, McCain 8.5, Weingarten 7.5, McKenzie 7, Hirst 6.5, Beldo 5.5, Coburn 5 (1 sack), Barnes 3.5, Laurie 3.5, Flores 2. Boise - Donald Nelson 7.5, Short 6.5, Bill Martin 5.5, Percifield 5, Aaron Crawford 5, Avent 4.5, Buhler 4, Wolfly 3.5, Patterson 2, TJ Martin 1.5

Interceptions: Great Falls - Weingarten. Boise - Donald Nelson 2, Ryan Crawford.

Missed Field Goals: None.