Box Score
April 5th, 2003 Snake River Rebels vs. Salt Lake Stallions

SNAKE RIVER 50 SALT LAKE 6

SALT LAKE CITY – In early October of 1999, the Idaho Falls Mustangs played the Great Falls Rangers in Great Falls, Montana in a game which became known as the "Mud Bowl". Snowfall and rain had turned the field into a quagmire and the players struggled to get footing. Saturday, in Salt Lake City, Utah at Granite High School, "Mud Bowl II" was played between the Snake River Rebels and the Salt Lake Stallions. Unlike the first Mud Bowl in which the Rangers eeked out a 13-12 victory over the Mustangs, this game wasn't even close. After the Stallions pulled out a trick play for a 40-yard pass from Tommy Gonzalas to Daron Cooper on the first offensive play of the game to take a 6-0 lead, it was all Rebels. The Rebels dominated throughout in the snow, rain and mud in running up (literally) 372 yards of offense against the Stallions who had a mere 45, 40 of which you remember came on the first play from scrimmage. Four Rebel rushers ran for more than 50 yards, Kade Shawver (84 yards), Austin Shawver (73 yards), Shawn Freeman (72 yards) and Travis Boden (53 yards) as the Snake River ground game took advantage of the conditions and tore through the Stallion defense. Kade Shawver and Travis Boden each scored two touchdowns for a Rebel offense that distributed the ball around very well.

The stifling Rebel defense was lead by Jake Phippen (5 tackles, 1 sack), Charlie Bair (4 tackles) and Jeb Harrison (3 tackles, 2 fumble recoveries, 1 interception) as the Rebels team defense shut down the home team throughout the game. The Stallions did get a solid defensive performance from a few players. Bryan Bird recorded 7 tackles, Andrew Butler 6, And Jason Hermansen 5-1/2. After the first big play, the Stallions couldn't complete a pass as the ball became coated and difficult to grip. Somehow, Rebel quarterback, Logan Cobb was able to complete 4 passes, including two touchdown passes of his own in the middle of the slop. "Passes looked like throwing a shot put out there," observed Rebel defensive end, Jeb Harrison, "that was THE muddiest game I have EVER played in!!" According to Russ Brown, Stallion head coach, "200 die hard football fans sat through rain and snow to watch the mud bowl". This weekend should be much better...

Snake River

Salt Lake

Scoring Summary:

First Quarter:

Salt Lake: Cooper 40-yard pass from Gonzalas (kick failed) 14:50
Snake River: K.Shawver 2-yard run (run failed) 4:00Snake River: K.Shawver 14-yard run (Boden run) 0:23

Second Quarter:

Snake River: Goodwin 30-yard pass from Cobb (run failed) 12:40
Snake River: A.Shawver 3-yard run (run failed) 0:30

Third Quarter:

Snake River: Boden 21-yard run (run failed) 10:20
Snake River: Safety - Kennedy sacked Gonzalas in end zone 8:00

Fourth Quarter:

Snake River: Boden 6-yard pass from Cobb (Egbert run) 11:00
Snake River: K.Shawver 14-yard run (Hammond from Cobb) 4:35

	Snake River	Salt Lake
First Downs	10	0
Rushes, Yards	38-302	16-20
Passes	4-8-0	1-13-3
Passing Yards	70	40
Sacked-Yds Lost	0-0	3-15
Total Net Yards	372	45
Punts, Average	0-0.0	1-20.0
Penalties, Yards	4-40	5-35
Fumbles, Lost	4-2	4-2

Individual Statistics:

Rushing: Snake River - K.Shawver 12-84, A.Shawver 12-73, Freeman 4-72, Boden 7-53, Egbert 3-20. Salt Lake - B.Davis 5-22, Byrd 8-2, Gonzales 1-1, Van Orden 1-0, Cooper 1-(-5).

Passing: Snake River - Cobb 4-8-0-70-2. Salt Lake - Gonzales 1-7-2-40-1, Van Orden 0-6-1-0-0.

Receiving: Snake River - Goodwin 1-30, Boden 2-26, K.Shawver 1-14. Salt Lake - Cooper 1-40.

Tackles: Snake River - Phippen 5 (1 sack), Bair 4, Harrison 3, Hyde 2, A.Blakely 2, Gordon 2 (1 sack), Kennedy 1 (1 sack), Rhinehart 1, Egbert 1, Aldous 1, Boden 1, Peterson 1, Furio 1, Goodwin 1. Salt Lake - Bird 7, Butler 6, Hermanson 5.5, Antonio 4.5, DJ Gordy 3, J.Brown 3, Boettcher 3, Urland 2, Cooper 1.5, T.Gordy 1, Giesler 1, L.Tuia 1, C.Bailey 1, Cobos 1, Brannon 1, Sagapolutelle 1/2, Stosich 1/2, Whitehead 1/2.

Interceptions: Snake River - Harrison, R.Blakely, Aldous. Salt Lake - None.

Missed Field Goals: None.