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1983 Season

Mississippi Eight Runner-up — 1st Round Qualifier — 8-2 Record


ROW 1: Truner, Miletich, Bergland, Antle, Collins, Springer, Palmer, Paul, Wolfe. ROW 2: Arndt, Diamond, Gruetzmacher, Defalco, Solis, Pitzele, Jones, Wahl, Wingfield, Duncan. ROW 3: Baxter, Walters, Cribb, Mackin, Langston, Gerhardt, Bruck, Andriano, Lewis, McNally, Sanders, Dohrmann. ROW 4: Krebs, Hanson, Keating, Peterson, Runyan, Freeman, McArthur, Groves, Smith, Mcvicker, Chambers, Hartwig, Ferguson, Welsh. ROW 5: Clarke, Peters, Ertell, Schmidt, Martin, Richter, Shoemaker, Fors, Coon, Bain, Franks. ROW 6: Schindall, Eppley, Robbins, Peterson, Nowell, Peckinschneider, Kohler, Pierson, Winston, Snowden, Burress, Tappa. ROW 7: Fryer, Armbrust, Gell, Polk, Weis, Burns, Vinlard, Louer, Rohler, Hansen, Belanger, Laing, Crook. ROW 8: Reggie Speak, Tom Freeman, Tom Downs, Head Coach Merv Habenicht, John Lavelle, Randy Scott, Tipsword, Pieart, Eickman, Schoenfelder, Dunn.

Game Scores/Results

Regular Season
Week #1: (W)
Bettendorf 22, Madison West (Wisconsin) 6
Week #2: (W) Bettendorf 22, Burlington 0
Week #3: (W) Bettendorf 26, Moline 0
Week #4: (W) Bettendorf 31, Davenport West 0
Week #5: (W) Bettendorf 21, Davenport Assumption 0
Week #6: (L) Bettendorf 8, Davenport Central 34
Week #7: (W) Bettendorf 34, Muscatine 0
Week #8: (W) Bettendorf 20, North Scott 0
Week #9: (W) Bettendorf 27, Clinton 14

Class 4A Playoffs
1st Round: (L) Bettendorf 14, Davenport Central 21

Mississippi Eight Conference
Team Standings

Davenport Central... 7-0 / 12-0
Bettendorf... 6-1 / 8-2

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





All-Conference Players
:: Offense ::

1st Team: Trent Snowden - End
1st Team:
Pat McNally - Tackle
1st Team: Rick Solis - Running Back

2nd Team: Eric Paul - End
2nd Team:
Scott Adriano - Quarterback


All-Conference Players
:: Defense ::

1st Team: Pat Miletich - Noseguard
1st Team: Mike Wolfe - Linebacker
1st Team: Mark Welch - Tackle
1st Team: Kim Antle - Back

2nd Team: Bob Palmer - Linebacker
2nd Team: Greg Schmidt - End
2nd Team: Rob Freeman - Back




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


Unknown???



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


Unknown???



All-State Players

Mark Welsh - Defensive Tackle
2nd Team - Des Moines Register & Iowa Daily Press Association




1984 Shrine Bowl All-Star Game
South Squad - Selectee

None




Captains, M.V.P., Managers

Captains
Scott Andriano, Pat Miletich, Pat McNally, Steve Springer, Mike Wolf

M.V.P.

Rick Solis - Running Back

Managers
Julie Dunn, Jeff Eichman, Dan Flynn, Dave Pieart, Chris Maple, David Martin, Krista Schoenfelder, Mike Tipsword

Coaches & Trainers

Head Coach
Merv Habenicht (12)

Assistant Coaches

Tom Downs, Tom Freeman, John Lavelle, Randy Scott

Trainer
Reggie Speak






Miscellaneous Information

• The Bulldog defense shut out 6 of 10 opponents and only allowed 75 total points
Bettendorf's only two losses were to [eventual] State Champion, Davenport Central
• Assistant Coach Tom Freeman earned "Assistant Coach of the Year" honors by the Iowa Football Coaches Association




Category Player Stats 1 Stats 2
Passing Scott Andriano 52 comp. / 117 att. 908 yards, 4 TD, 6 INT
Rushing Rick Solis
Tim Diamond
Dennis Gell
177 carries for 1073 yards
60 carries for 271 yards
29 carries for 125 yards
21 TD, 6.0 average, 126 points
1 TD
1 TD
Receiving Eric Paul
Trent Snowden
Rick Solis
Dan Bruck
P.T. Jones
15 receptions for 310 yards
15 receptions for 293 yards
7 receptions for 153 yards
8 receptions for 100 yards
5 receptions for 77 yards
2 TDs
2 TDs


Punt Returns Rod Collins
Kim Antle
Rick Solis
11 returns for 250 yards
12 returns for 126 yards
2 returns for 90 yards
2 TD; 22.7 average

Kickoff Returns Rick Solis
Kim Antle
Rick Solis
10 returns for 185 yardss
12 returns for 126 yards
2 returns for 90 yards
18.5 average

Punting Eric Paul
Trent Snowden
18 punts for 652 yards
14 punts for 534 yards
36.2 average
38.1 average; 52 long
XP & FG Trent Snowden 19/25 XP; 1/1 FG 29 longest FG; 22 points
Tackles Mike Wolfe
Bob Palmer
Kim Antle
Mark Welsh
Greg Schmidt
Pat Milletich
82 tackles
78 tackles
66 tackles
62 tackles
54 tackles
54 tackles
2 QB sacks
3 QB sacks

5 QB sacks
5 QB sacks
2 QB sacks