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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 ROD SIMPSON DAn Keller Jesse strAhAn 1966 Whiteford 13, Boysville 6 Score after 3 qtrs: 0-0 Winning play: Rich Koppelman 3 run (Jerry Comeback wins • page 2 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.
Whiteford 9, Waldron 8 Score after 3 qtrs: Waldron 8-7. Winning play: Safety (Jesse Strahan blocked punt out of end zone). How they did it: With 3:45 remaining in the game, Waldron was forced to punt from its own 20. Strahan broke through the line and blocked the punt, which caused it to sail out of the end zone and giving the Bobcats the lead. 1976 Whiteford 7, Madison 6 Score after 3 qtrs: Madison, 6-0 Winning play: Jeff Stark 9 run (Marvin Briskey kick). How they did it: The Bobcat TD came with only 1:30 left to play and ended a 40-yard drive. Briskey’s extra point was the difference -- his first attempt of his career. Footnote: Briskey kicked three extra points and one field goal on the season. 1978 Whiteford 12, Deerfield 6 Score after 3 qtrs: Deerfield 6-0 Winning play: Scott Stone 6 run. How they did it: Stone scored with a little more than a minute left in the game to lift the Bobcats. Footnote: Stone scored both fourth quarter touchdowns for the Bobcats, the first coming on a 18-yard pass from Tim Whalen. 1979 Whiteford 13, Blissfield 7 Score after 3 qtrs: 7-7 Winning play: Todd Hardin 14 pass from Tim Whalen. How they did it: Whiteford recovered a fumble on the Royal 35-yard line in the fourth quarter. Five plays later, Whalen hit Hardin the corner of the end zone. Whiteford 15, Lincoln-Alcona 14 (overtime) Score after 3 qtrs: Whiteford led 8-0 Winning play: Scott Stone 3 run (DuPree kick) How they did it: Alcona tied the score 8-8 with five minutes left in regulation. Whiteford won the coin toss and gave Alcona the ball first in the OT. They scored on the third play, but missed the point-after attempt when Todd Hardin stopped the Alcona ball-carrier less than two-feet from the goal line. Stone Whiteford Bobcat Football History scored on a fourth-and-three situation in OT and DuPree’s kick provided the difference. Footnote: It was the first overtime game in Whiteford history. ... Stone carried the ball on all four Bobcat downs in overtime. 1981 Whiteford 14, Sand Creek 13 Score after 3 qtrs: SC, 13-0 Winning play: Tony DuPree 5 run (Dean Lennard pass from Tony DuPree for 2-point conversion). How they did it: Down 13-0, the Bobcats scored twice in the final five minutes to stun the Aggies. Footnote: Coaches Jack Luettke and Tom Shafer told The Evening News that it was the players who decided to go for the 2-point conversion -- and the victory -- rather than play for a tie. Whiteford 14, Madison 8 Score after 3 qtrs: 8-8 Winning play: Tony DuPree 71 run. How they did it: It looked like overtime when the Bobcats got the ball back but DuPree ended things quickly with this 71-yard run. Footnote: The winning touchdown was made with about 2:30 left in the game. Madison got the ball back but Rich Stone intercepted a pass to end the Trojan threat. 1986 Whiteford 14, Camden Frontier 6 Score after 3 qtrs: Whiteford 6-0 The comeback: Camden tied the score on its opening possession of the fourth quarter before the Bobcats launched its comeback. Winning play: Joe Butz 2 run (Butz pass from Scottie DuPree). How they did it: A 10-minute, 20-play drive across 65 yards led the Bobcats to its winning touchdown with less than two minutes left in the game. Footnote: Besides the winning touchdown, Butz had a great game defensively, too. He was in on 17 tackles and made an interception. 1987 Whiteford 25, Morenci 22 Score after 3 qtrs: Whiteford, 22-14 The comeback: Morenci tied the score Comeback wins • page 3 ChArlIe BUtZ 22-22 with 2 minutes remaining. Winning play: Don Long 25 field goal. How they did it: After its touchdown, Morenci tried an onside kick. Whiteford recovered on the Morenci 47-yard line. The final drive was directed by quarterback Joe Butz. Butz carried the ball four times for 40 yards to get into field goal range for Long, who was attempting his first career field goal. Footnote: The win earned the Bobcats its first playoff berth in school history. 1993 Whiteford 3, Summerfield 0 (overtime) Score after 4 qtrs: 0-0 Winning play: Fred Kutzke 20 field goal. How they did it: Summerfield got the ball first in overtime but its drive stalled on a Charlie Butz interception. The Bobcats had three running plays, then Kutzke’s field goal ended it. Whiteford 24 Morenci 10 Score after 3 qtrs: Morenci, 10-3 Winning play: Charlie Butz 1 run. How they did it: The Bobcats tied the game early in the final period on a Corey Simpson 20 yard run. Butz scored on a 1-yard run behind a Tony Napierala block to put the Bobcats ahead with 3:01 left. Fred Kutzke
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