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1978 Season

Mississippi Eight Tri-Champions — 7-2 Record

ROW 1: Tim O'Neill, John Henninger, Mike Manion, Mike Tatoian, Joe MacBeth, Bruce Fosdyck, Terry Horner, Charlie Schwab, Fred Seylar, Steve Naggs, Brian Gable.  ROW 2: Tom Bakeris, Bob Bahrenburg, J. Yost, Mike Pitzele, Dave Schlosser, Ben Leedle, Randy Klostermann, Todd Stichnoth, Dave Larson, Brent Schleisman, Bob Hillery, Dan Jobst, Grant Gordon, Joe Ledvina, Mike Tudeen.  ROW 2.5:  H. Rudnick, G. Spain, Kevin Ellingsworth, Mark Dau, S. Bessenecker.  ROW 3:  Mike Glynn, Hugh Hagen, Dennis Dolan, Bob Smith, Tim Wolfe, Rick Schwanz, Doug Shumaker, Bob Anderson, Luke McCutcheon, Don Cochran, Ron Gapinski, Matt Thomas, Norm Burgland, Nate Smith, Dennis Hill, Mark McCord, Trainer Reggie Speak, Coach Merv Habenicht.  ROW 4:  Coach Randy Scott, Tom Blythe, Brad Taylor, Jim Spray, Dennis Miner, Bill Henry, Ryan Fox, Al Wilson, Tim McCabe, Jim Schertz, M. Anderson, Bill Flemming, Al Freidland, Mike Arnold, Don Behr.  ROW 5:  Pete Voellliger, Jim Bakeris, Mark McCutcheon, Pat Keenan, Matt Sherman, Dave Maxwell, Paul Reagan, Mike Cummings, Tom Roberts, Jeff Stelk, Bruce Lee, T. Know, Scott Urmy, Craig Bevard, Bill Grenko.

Game Scores/Results

Regular Season
Week #1:
(L) Bettendorf 7, East Moline 20
Week #2: (W) Bettendorf 14, Burlington 0
Week #3: (W) Bettendorf 7, Moline 0
Week #4: (W) Bettendorf 42, North Scott 6
Week #5: (W) Bettendorf 20, Muscatine 0
Week #6: (W) Bettendorf 10, Davenport Assumption 0
Week #7: (W) Bettendorf 16, Davenport Central 15
Week #8: (W) Bettendorf 35, Davenport West 6
Week #9: (L) Bettendorf 10, Clinton 17

Mississippi Eight Conference
Team Standings

Bettendorf... 6-1 / 7-2
Davenport Central... 6-1 / 8-2
Clinton... 6-1 / 7-3

Davenport Assumption... 3-4 / 4-5
Muscatine... 3-4 / 4-5
Davenport West... 2-5 / 3-6
Burlington... 1-6 / 2-7
North Scott... 1-6 / 1-8


All-Conference Players
:: Offense [or] Defense ::


Unknown???




All-Metro Players
:: Offense [or] Defense ::


Unknown???



All-Quad City Players
:: Offense [or] Defense ::


Unknown???



All-State Players

Mike Tatoian - Defensive Tackle
1st Team - Des Moines Register
2nd Team - Iowa Daily Press Association

Ben Leedle - Defensive Back
2nd Team - Des Moines Register




1979 Shrine Bowl All-Star Game
South Squad - Selectee

Mike Tatoian - Defensive Tackle
Lost Game: 21-6




Captains, M.V.P., Managers

Captains
Ben Leedle, Bruce Fosdyck, Joe Macbeth, Mike Tatoian

M.V.P.

Mike Manion - [position unknown]

Managers

Scott Bessenecker, Mark Dall, Kevin Ellingsworth, Dave Fischer, Greg Spain, Howard Rudnick

Coaches & Trainers

Head Coach
Merv Habenicht (8)

Assistant Coaches

Tom Downs, Tom Freeman, John Lavelle, Randy Scott

Trainer
Reggie Speak





Miscellaneous Information

Bettendorf beat Mississippi Eight Champion Davenport Central but lost to Clinton; hence the co-runners-up status
• The Dawg's 16-15 win over Davenport Central was highlighted by the defense holding running back Roger Craig in check




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