Davenport’s Bulldogs earned their second shutout of the football season with a 48-0 victory over Strother on the Bulldogs’ home field last week.
The game ended following Davenport’s first drive of the second half. Head Coach John Greenfield said, “We received the second half kickoff and drove it downfield for a touchdown. That made it 48-0 and the Mercy Rule took effect,” he added, explaining the game ends when a team is ahead by 45 points or more in the second half wins.
Next up is Yale as they come to Davenport Friday night. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m., Greenfield said.
It will be Davenport’s final non-district contest before beginning district competition when they host Foyil the following week.
The Bulldogs rushed for 280 yards and passed for another 111 as they ran their season record to 4-0.
Sophomore quarterback Chance Accord threw for 111 yards while completing 5-9 attempts that included two touchdown passes. He also ran for 13 yards.
Running back Parker Mitchell led the Davenport ground attacked running for 132 yards on seven carries and three rushing TDs.
Cole Yancey ran for 90 yards, carrying the pigskin four times with one rushing TD.
Griffin Melson had 20 yards on two carries and he returned a punt 80 yards for a score.
Receiver Casey Harelson had three pass receptions, including one for a TD and Gage Keith caught a 49-yard TD pass.
The Bulldogs held Strother to 33 yards rushing and gave up only 49 yards through the air.
Greenfield noted that in contrast, a year ago the Bulldogs had to score twice in the final minutes to win.
He stated, “Last year, we were playing without our two linebackers and two running backs. And they graduated a few key players.”
The coach said his team “jumped right on the Yellowjackets. We returned a punt for a touchdown early. We pretty much did what we wanted.
“They had a hard time against us. They couldn’t run on us and they had a little success passing,” Greenfield said.
“We played pretty good defense,” he added.
“Our quarterback is coming along. Our offensive line blocks well and our backs are good about reading their blocks and they run hard,” he said.
77 TD return by Griffen Melson #5 with 8:30 sec left in the first quarter. 8-0
30 yard TD run by Parker Mitchell #11 with 7:41 left in the first quarter.14-0
39 yard TD run by Parker Mitchell #11 with 11:49 left in the second quarter. 22-0
49 yard TD pass from Chance Acord #10 to Gage Keith #7 with 9:32 left in the second quarter. 30-0
9 yard TD run by Parker Mitchell #11 with 8:03 left in the second quarter. 36-0
44 yard TD pass from Chance Acord #10 to Casey Harelson #40 with 6:49 left in the second quarter. 42-0
32 yard TD run from Cole Yancey with 9:57 left in the third quarter. 48-0
Davenport Team – rushing yards-280, passing yards-109, Turnovers- 1 fumble, Penalties 4/45
Strother Team – rushing yards-33, passing yards -49, Turnovers- 1int 1fumble, Penalties 5/45
Stats
Chance Acord #10 – 13 rushing yards, 111 passing yards on 5/9 attempts, 2 passing TDs.
Parker Mitchell #11 – 132 rushing yards on 7 carries, with 3 rushing TDs. 4 tackles (1solo, 3assist)
Cole Yancey #15 – 90 rushing yards on 4 carries, with 1 rushing td. 2 tackles(1solo, 1assist)
Casey Harelson #40 – 62 receiving yards on 3 receptions, 1 receiving TD.
Gage Keith #7 – 49 receiving yards on 1 reception, 1 receiving TD. 3 tackles(2solo, 1assist).
Colten VanFossen #33 – 7 rushing yards on 2 carries. 3 tackles(2solo, 1assist)
Griffen Melson #5 – 20 rushing yards on 2 carries, 80 yard punt return TD. 4 tackles(3solo, 1 assist), 1int.
Brock Fowler #44 – 15 rushing yards on 3 carries. 3 tackles(2solo. 1assist), forced fumble.
Jacob Lippert #8 – 3 yards on 1 carry. 1 solo tackle.
Campbell Miller #32 – 1 solo tackle
Kyler Miller #60 – 3 tackles(2solo, 1 assist)
Eli Gaylord #65 – 2 tackles (1solo 1assist)
Cruz Hillan #66 – 1assist tackle
Caden Ingram #67 – 1solo tackle
Parker Halsey #72 – 1 Fumble Recovery
Ty Harelson #83 – 1 Pass Deflection
Peyton Gaylord #98 – 4 tackles(1solo 3assist)