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a final drive but came up empty.
Footnote: Kiefer also threw a TD pass early
in the game.
1965
Whiteford 7, Erie Mason 0
Score after 3 qtrs: 0-0
Winning play: Rod Simpson 3 run.
How they did it: After a short Mason punt,
the Bobcats took the ball and marched down
the field with Simpson scoring with 3:15
remaining.
Footnote: It was the 14th straight win for the
Bobcats.
Whiteford 21, Addison 12
Score after 3 qtrs: Addison, 12-7
Winning play: John Hooker 3 run.
How they did it: Hooker blocked a punt at
the end of the third quarter and the Bobcats
got the ball at the Panther 12. On the first
play of the fourth quarter, Hooker carried the
ball from his fullback position over the final
three yards.
Footnote: Hooker had one of the greatest
defensive performances in Whiteford history.
He blocked three punts and intercepted a
pass. He fell on one of his blocked punts for
a touchdown in the second period.
Whiteford 14, Adrian CC 13
Score after 3 qtrs: ACC, 13-7
Winning play: John Hooker 36 pass from
Rod Simpson with :09 left in game. Ken Crots
added the extra point, providing the difference.
How they did it: Whiteford got the ball with
1:19 left in the game at its own 11 yard line
and no timeouts. Quarterback Simpson engineered
the winning drive, which included a
42-yard pass to Rich Koppelman. After throwing
a pass out of bounds to stop the clock,
he hit Hooker at the 10-yard line. The senior
fullback did the rest. “Hooker caught the
ball, juggled it momentarily as he sought a
path to the goal line and then bolted into the
end zone carrying an Adrian defender with
him,” The Monroe Evening News reported. It
was perhaps the greatest late-quarter drive in
Whiteford history.
Footnote: Crots added the extra point and
gave the Bobcats a second straight undefeated
season and a River Raisin Conference
championship.
Whiteford Bobcat Football History
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1966
Whiteford 13, Boysville 6
Score after 3 qtrs: 0-0
Winning play: Rich Koppelman 3 run (Jerry
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Butz kick).
How they did it: On the first play of the
fourth quarter quarterback Jerry Butz and
Rich Koppelman hooked up on an 82-yard
pass play for a touchdown. Koppelman
scored later in the period after a short
Boysville punt gave the Bobcats the ball on
the Knight 30. Boysville scored with 5 minutes
left in the game.
Footnote: Boysville had outscored its
opponets 137-0 in its first four games of the
season. ... The Butz-to-Koppelman pass
remains the longest pass play TD in Bobcat
history.
Whiteford 25, Deerfield 12
Score after 3 qtrs: 12-12
Winning play: Dave Knaggs 86 yard interception
return.
How they did it: The Bobcats scored twice
in the final period, including Knaggs’ TD and
a run by Rich Koppelman.
1967
Whiteford 7, Ida 6
Score after 3 qtrs: Ida, 6-0
Winning play: Dan Keller 8 run (Leo Bischoff
kick).
How they did it: The winning drive was set
up after and Ida fumble gave the Bobcats
the ballon the Blue Streak 25. The key
play in the drive was a fourth-and-four play
from the 19. Quarterback Jerry Butz hit
Delbert Norman for the first down. After
Norman gained a yard on first down, Keller
took it over from the 8 with 6:34 remaining.
Bischoff missed his first opportunity at the
extra point, but got a second chance when
the Blue Streaks were called for an off-side
penalty. Bischoff’s next attempt was good.
Footnote: Bischoff intercepted a pass on the
following Ida drive to secure the Bobcat win
against the heavily-favored Blue Streaks.
1970
Whiteford 13, Britton 8
Score after 3 qtrs: Britton, 8-6
Winning play: Virgil Crots 1 run (Crots kick).
How they did it: Crots scored the gamewinner
with 1:39 remaining on a quarterback
sneak. The winning play was set up after
Mike Luck passed to Jeff Riedel for 28 yards
on a fourth-and-15 situation.