Box Score
April 27, 2002 Boise Roughriders vs. Pocatello Silverbacks

POCATELLO 30 BOISE 6

Former Fort Hall Cobra, Reggie Jackson had a break-out game, rushing for 157 yards and a touchdown and Brandon Palmer emerged from the shadow of perennial league all-star Brock Gunter, to catch 8 passes for 165 yards and a touchdown, as the Pocatello Silverbacks defeated their old RMFL nemesis, Boise Roughriders 30-6 in a 2001 championship rematch game, to become the only undefeated team in the RMFL in 2002. Ironically, as Pocatello becomes the leagues only undefeated team, they do so against the only team that has ever beaten the Silverbacks, having lost to the Roughriders 21-18 last season in Boise. After jumping out front early 7-0 lead on a Belnap to Gunter touchdown pass, the Roughriders fought back with Tom Bennett connecting with Denver Leeds to make the score 7-6 early in the second period before Pocatello's offense really got rolling. The Silverback defense played exceptional, shutting down the Roughrider rushing attack and sacking Bennett 10 times during the game. Chris Howerton (8 tackles, 3 sacks) and Troy Sutton (8 tackles, 1 interception) lead the way on defense for the Silverbacks. Jeff Belnap had another exceptional day, passing for 274 yards and two touchdowns. Boise's Tom Bennett also had a strong performance for his first start of the season, when he wasn't being sacked, passed for 221 yards, including 132 yards to all-star receiver, Chance Leeds. The Roughrider defense continues to be lead by Terance King (9 tackles, 1 fumble recovery) and Donald Nelson (8 tackles) as well as Casey Wittenborn (5-1/2 tackles, 1 sack, 1 fumble recovery). The Silverbacks (4-0) now take their show on the road against the Snake River Rebels (2-1), while the Roughriders (1-3, 3-3 overall) prepare for a potential bye week match-up against the independant, Weber Renegades (0-2).

Boise

Pocatello

Scoring Summary:

1st Quarter:

Pocatello: Gunter 15-yard pass from Belnap (Belnap kick)

Second Quarter:

Boise: D.Leeds 21-yard pass from Bennett (kick failed)
Pocatello: Belnap 37-yard field goal
Pocatello: Contreras 34-yard run (Belnap kick)
Pocatello: R.Jackson 15-yard run (kick failed)

Fourth Quarter:

Pocatello: Palmer 45-yard pass from Belnap (Belnap kick)

	Boise	Pocatello
First Downs	14	18
Rushes, Yards	16-72	40-321
Passes	19-38-2	16-27-1
Passing Yards	257	274
Sacked-yds lost	10-40	2-8
Total Net Yards	289	587
Punts, Average	6-41.6	2-30.0
Penalties, Yards	3-30	5-50
Fumbles, Lost	2-1	5-4

Individual Statistics:

Rushing: Boise - Yates 9-37, Lopez 4-19, Bennett 3-16. Pocatello - R.Jackson 15-157, Contreras 10-81, J.Anderson 9-58, Wheatley 6-25.

Passing: Boise - Bennett 18-37-2-221-1, Dovel 1-1-0-36-0. Pocatello - Belnap 16-27-1-274-2.

Receiving: Boise - C.Leeds 8-132, D.Leeds 9-86, Wittenborn 1-36, Lopez 1-3. Pocatello - Palmer 8-165, Gunter 5-70, Fillingame 2-34, Christensen 1-5.

Tackles: Boise - King 9, D.Nelson 8, Wittenborn 5.5 (1 sack), Weaver 5, Bicandi 5, Coelho 4 (1 sack), Brown 4, Dennison 4, Myers 3.5, Avent 3.5, Percifield 2.5, Perkins 2.5, Smith 2, Rietmann 1.5, Lopez 1.5, Manderschied 1.5, Brantley 1, Potteiger 1, McCurry 1. Pocatello - Howerton 8 (3 sacks), Troy Sutton 8, Trent Sutton 4.5, O'Hearn 4 (1 sack), Byington 4 (1 sack), Covington 3 (1 sack), Foreman 3, Thaxton 2.5 (1 sack), Togai 2 (2 sacks), Wheatley 2, Hicks 1.5, Perry 1 (1 sack), R.Jackson 1, Fisher 1, Crangle 1/2.

Interceptions: Boise - Weaver. Pocatello - Troy Sutton, Trent Sutton.

Missed Field Goals: None.