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Volume 38 Issue 2
September 19, 2000

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BY CHRIS BOWMAN
MESA LEGEND
Submitted September 19, 2000

Ricks College pounded T-Bird football 69-21 on Sept. 16 in Rexburg, Idaho, which brought an end to sixteen years of Western States Football League play between the two schools.

As the Vikings prepare to leave the WSFL after the season, they took advantage of their last opportunity to pummel MCC in embarrassing fashion as the Vikings scored 10 touchdowns in the final three quarters and racked up 648 yards of total offense.

MCC (0-2, 0-2 WSFL) managed to score first when quarterback Bryant Burge ran for a three-yard touchdown.

“We gave them everything they could handle and more, and they just started to attack us down the field and beat us deep,” said MCC head coach David Rice, who will remain winless against Ricks in the nine games between the two schools in his tenure with the T-Birds.

The first quarter ended with a 7-0 MCC lead, but five second quarter Vikings touchdowns

quickly turned the game into a blowout.

The T-Birds were shot down through the air as Ricks quarterback Marc Dunn finished with 27 completions for 405 yards and five touchdown passes.

“We had a total collapse in our defensive backfield,” Rice said. “We are looking for four new defensive backs right now. I need to find somebody that can cover for at least three-Mississippis.”

Ricks defense held MCC’s running game to 44 yards on 27 carries, and shut down Burge through the air as he was able to complete only 4-of-14 passes for 49 yards. T-Birds second-string quarterback Mike Strack led MCC to two fourth quarter touchdowns and finished with 221 yards passing.

Both touchdowns thrown by Strack were caught by freshman wide receiver Jay Williams, who finished with four catches for 49 yards.

“We need to come back and beat Scottsdale, Glendale and Phoenix, and we’ll be fine,” said Rice on MCC’s greatly diminished chances of making postseason play. “A loss is a loss. It doesn’t matter if we lose by five points or by 40.”

MCC went 1-14-1 lifetime against Ricks in the WSFL. After this academic year, Ricks will become Brigham Young University-Idaho.

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