Chavez Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Benton Harbor vs Niles Michigan Larry Featherstone arrived home at 2:30 a.m. Saturday and woke up his wife Melanie, who had decided to stay home with their two young children and skip Benton Harbor's game at Niles because it was raining. "How'd you do?" Melanie asked. "We gave up 47 points," Featherstone replied. After a pregnant pause he added: "We scored 88." Yes, Benton Harbor defeated Niles, 88-47. No, it wasn't Benton Harbor's basketball team. Benton Harbor led, 18-15, after one quarter, 46-23, at the half and, 66-47, after three quarters. "I didn't realize we scored that many points until the game was over," said Featherstone, a member of the Free Press' 1987 All-State Dream Team who later played at Western Michigan. "It wasn't really indicative of the game. It was between 18 and 11 points until the middle of the fourth quarter before we put some distance between us. They were scoring right with us." To understand the enormity of the situation, consider this: Niles (1-4) rushed for 587 yards. Junior Ben Brandstatter set a school record with 429 yards on 42 carries and scored touchdowns on runs of 70, 37, 1, 60 and seven yards. And Niles lost! Benton Harbor (3-2) had 745 yards in total offense, 544 rushing and 201 passing. Akeem Cason ran for 204 yards on 10 carries and scored TDs on runs of two, 55, three and 67 yards. Quarterback Brandon Hurst completed six of seven passes for 201 yards, and he rushed for 169 yards and TDs on runs of 71, one, 13, 50 and 21 yards. This was the highest scoring, non-overtime game in which both teams scored in state history. Before 1930, there were three shutouts in which the winning team scored 216, 160 and 150 points. Only Tawas' 70-69 four-overtime victory over Shepherd in 2002 accounted for more points between two teams. "I told the kids that this was an awesome thing," Featherstone said. "I told them it was a night they'll never forget. They're going to receive accolades for the rest of their lives." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Irish Doggy Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 What, were the varsity Os playing against the Frosh Ds? Jeesh. LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detlef Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 (edited) What I found amazing is that they had to use the disclaimer "highest point total in which both teams scored" That 130 some odd total points had been exceeded, but only in a shutout. How, exactly, does one manage to score 150 (or apparently 216) unanswered points? Edited September 27, 2006 by detlef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billay Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 What I found amazing is that they had to use the disclaimer "highest point total in which both teams scored" That 130 some odd total points had been exceeded, but only in a shutout. How, exactly, does one manage to score 150 (or apparently 216) unanswered points? The 1916 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets team set a record for the largest margin of victory in college football history (or in the history of any other American football competition, for that matter) in a game against Cumberland College, 222–0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Cid Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 The story behind the 1916 game is quite incredible. I think GT was in the running for the national championship and the CC team was almost a pickup team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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