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1997 Season

 Mississippi Athletic 3rd Place — 5-4 Record


ROW 1: N. Seibert, J. Moeller, T. Murphy, A. Pickett, A. Troy, J. Purcell, G. Mattes, J. Rice, D. Potter, R. Herrig, Z. Linde, S. Lyons. ROW 2: S. Holmes, C.J. Neels, S. Day, K. Wahlstrand, M. Kapalis, K. Schlosser, J. Schmitzer (ATC), F. Searcy, T. Hill (ATC), J. Wendhausen, M. Taylor, J. Kelser, K. Fleishaker, M. Cowherd, B. Munos. ROW 3: P. Jasper, J. Langan, C. Hassen, Coach K. Freking, Coach R. Scott, Coach T. Freeman, Head Coach Merv Habenicht, Coach M. Moody, Coach A. Wiley, D. Wendhausen, M. French, T. Walters. ROW 4: S. Smith, W. Schorg, T. Fender, M. Miller, B. Brenner, B. Wiese, J. Thomas, J. Hoffman, J. Kroeger, C. Herrera, R. Ostrand, M. Kintner, A. Blair, T. Dirks, T. Tisue. ROW 5: T.J. Stoffer, J. Pokora, B. Girskis, D. Tetmeyer, E. Jessen, R. McGivern, M. Frels, J. Greenawalkt, N. Levsen, S. Jackson. ROW 6: R. Eisenlauer, R. Tucker, B. Webber, J. Anderson, P. McDermott, J. Brown, C. Willey, M. Miller, J. Siefken, T. Mitchell, W. Kieshnick.

Game Scores/Results

Regular Season
Week #1: (L)  Bettendorf 31, Burlington 37
Week #2: (W) Bettendorf 10, Pleasant Valley 7
Week #3: (L) Bettendorf 7, Davenport North 15
Week #4: (W) Bettendorf 37, Davenport West 30
Week #5: (L) Bettendorf 21, Davenport Assumption 24
Week #6: (W) Bettendorf 21, Clinton 7
Week #7: (W) Bettendorf 14, North Scott 12
Week #8: (L) Bettendorf 18, Muscatine 23
Week #9: (W) Bettendorf 38, Davenport Central 14
Mississippi Athletic Conference
Team Standings

Muscatine... 8-1 / 8-2
Davenport Assumption... 7-2 / 8-3
Bettendorf... 5-4 / 5-4
Clinton... 5-4 / 5-4
Davenport West... 5-4 / 5-4
Burlington... 4-5 / 4-5
Davenport North... 4-5 / 4-5
North Scott... 4-5 / 4-5
Pleasant Valley... 3-6 / 3-6
Davenport Central... 0-9 / 0-9

All-Conference Players
:: Offense ::

Unknown???

All-Conference Players
:: Defense ::

Unknown???




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

Unknown???



All-State Players

None


1998 Shrine Bowl All-Star Game
 South Squad - Selectee

None



Captains, M.V.P., Managers

Captains
John Anderson, Brian Girskis, Seth Holmes, Steve Jackson, Dale Tetmeyer, Terry Walters

M.V.P.
Seth Holmes - Quarterback

Managers
Sarah Day, Kelly Fleishaker, Cindy Hanson, Matt Kapalis, Jenny Kessler, Kimberly Schlosser, Meggan Taylor, Katie Walhstrand, Dawn Wendausen, Jennifer Wendhausen

Coaches & Trainers

Head Coach
Merv Habenicht (27)

Assistant Coaches
Brian Barquist, Tom Freeman, Kevin Freking, Randy Scott, Aaron Wiley

Trainer
Paul Flynn



Miscellaneous Information

• For the first time since they started playing one another (1985), Bettendorf lost to Davenport North
• This was the first time in seven seasons (dating back to 1990) that Bettendorf failed to qualify for the playoffs




Category Player Stats 1 Stats 2
Passing Seth Holmes 77 comp. / 171 att. 1300 yards, 8 TD, 9 INT
Pass Receiving Rick Eisenlauer 32 rec. for 593 yards 5 TD; 18.5 average
Kickoff Returns Nate Seibert 9 returns 239 yards 1 TD; 26.5 average
Punting Seth Holmes 35 punts for 1277 yards 36.5 average; 53 long.
XP & FG Justin Langan 20/23 XP; 6/8 FG 35 longest FG; 38 points