Box Score
April 5th, 2003 Madison Lionz vs. Pocatello Silverbacks

MADISON 33 POCATELLO 20

MARSH VALLEY – Newly acquired Madison quarterback, Troy Dougherty lead a spirited second half comeback as the Madison Lionz erased a 20-6 halftime deficit to score 27 unanswered points against the 2001 RMFL champion, Pocatello Silverbacks to capture the 2003 opener, 33-20. Dougherty accounted for 300 total yards of offense (267 passing, 33 rushing) and wide receiver, Buck Mouser caught 8 passes for 102 yards in leading a brilliant second half offensive output. Madison's defense was also strong in shutting down a potent Silverback attack. Brock Gunter, who caught 7 passes for 101 yards and 3 touchdowns in erupting in the second quarter, was shut down in the second half as Madison defensive captain, Lewis Davis made a key adjustment by switching ex-starting quarterback, Dave Allen into coverage on Gunter, as well as additional saftey help in the second half.

Madison tailback, Tony Jenks also looked impressive, rushing for 59 yards on 16 carries and a touchdown run through the heart of the Pocatello defense to tie the game midway through the third period. Besides Lewis Davis (2.5 tackles, 1 interception), the Madison defense was lead by the Landon cousins, Brodie with 6 tackles and Matt with 5 tackles and an interception, the final interception came with 3 minutes to go in the game and Pocatello driving to draw closer, that put the game away. The Pocatello defense got a big effort, in a losing cause from Jonny Fisher who recorded 10-1/2 tackles on the day. Head Coach Shawn O'Hearn also answered some speculation on his retirement by suting up and playing most of the game on the offensive line for the Silverbacks which became invaluable in giving quarterback, Jeff Belnap protection. The 27 unanswered points and the second half comeback was very reminiscent of the 2001 championship game in which the Silverbacks were down 17-6 at the half and came back to win 48-20 over the Boise Roughriders. It was also a little payback for the second year Lionz who held a 17-6 halftime edge over the S-backs in 2002 before Jeff Belnap lead a second half comeback of his own to score 14 unanswered points and edge the Lionz 20-17.

Madison

Pocatello

Scoring Summary:

First Quarter:

Madison: Marshall Field Goal 42-yards 7:09
Madison: Marshall Field Goal 35-yards 1:18

Second Quarter:

Pocatello: Gunter 49-yard pass from J.Belnap (J.Belnap kick) 14:46
Pocatello: Gunter 14-yard pass from J.Belnap (kick blocked) 8:09
Pocatello: Gunter 7-yard pass from J.Belnap (J.Belnap kick) 3:56

Third Quarter:

Madison: Murray 6-yard pass from Dougherty (Marshall kick) 13:20
Madison: Jenks 8-yard run (Marshall kick) 10:55

Fourth Quarter:

Madison: Dougherty 1-yard run (Marshall kick) 14:52
Madison: Marshall Field Goal 25-yards
Madison: Marshall Field Goal 42-yards

	Madison	Pocatello
First Downs	15	9
Rushes, Yards	35-132	21-77
Passes	21-37-1	10-23-2
Passing Yards	267	148
Sacked-Yds Lost	2-9	1-6
Total Net Yards	390	219
Punts, Average	3-27.5	5-43.6
Penalties, Yards	5-55	7-80
Fumbles, Lost	2-1	0-0

Individual Statistics:

Rushing: Madison - Jenks 16-59, Black 11-33, Dougherty 3-33, Buffington 3-21, Briggs 1-(-1), Allen 1-(-13). Pocatello - J.Belnap 5-30, Contreras 6-23, B.Belnap 7-17, J.Wheatley 4-7.

Passing: Madison - Dougherty 21-36-1-267-1, Allen 0-1-0-0-0. Pocatello - J.Belnap 10-23-2-148-3.

Receiving: Madison - Mouser 8-102, Allen 7-87, Black 3-43, Murray 3-35. Pocatello - Gunter 7-101, Fillingame 1-25, Contreras 1-15, Richardson 1-12.

Tackles: Madison - B.Landon 6, M.Landon 5, Peach 4.5 (1 sack), Atwood 3.5, Huntsman 3, Givens 2.5, L.Davis 2.5, Ulberg 2, Hornung 1.5, Hilder 2, Allen 1, Perkes 1. Pocatello - Fisher 10.5, Covington 7, Hicks 6.5, Trent Sutton 6.5, Ball 6.5, Perry 3, Troy Sutton 2, Crangle 2, Seutopka 2, Ayotte 1.5, Howerton 1.5 (1/2 sack), O'Hearn 1.5, Guardipee 1 (1/2 sack), Wheatley 1 (1 sack), Lafousa 1, N.Wilkenson 1, Hancock 1, Fillingame 1/2.

Interceptions: Madison - M.Landon, L.Davis. Pocatello - Crangle.

Missed Field Goals: Marshall 41-yards (WL).