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On September 11, 2015, Meadville beat DuBois 107-90 in a Pennsylvania high school football shootout.
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Meadville Beats DuBois 107-90 in Pennsylvania High School Football Shootout
JOE PANTORNO
SEPTEMBER 11, 2015
Usually, when a sports fan sees a 107-90 scoreline, it's assumed to be from a basketball game. Well, Friday night in Pennsylvania, Meadville High School's football team (yes, football) defeated DuBois High School by that same scoreline, per Tom Reisenweber of the Erie Times-News, in a game that can be described only as putting up video game numbers.
The scoreboard had trouble comprehending the final score as well, as Alan Robinson showed:
To put things into perspective, the highest-scoring game in NFL history was a 1966 affair in which the Washington Redskins defeated the New York Giants 72-41 for a combined 113 points, per NFL.com. This game had 84 more points than that.
The Meadville Bulldogs were led by running back Journey Brown, who ran for 720 yards and 10 touchdowns, per ESPN Stats & Info. Those numbers are more unfathomable than the ones a fan might attain on Xbox when playing Madden on the easiest skill level.
NBC's Brandon Arroyo took a look at Brown's stats at halftime, which were already fantastic:
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Joe Pantorno is on Twitter.
JOE PANTORNO
SEPTEMBER 11, 2015
Usually, when a sports fan sees a 107-90 scoreline, it's assumed to be from a basketball game. Well, Friday night in Pennsylvania, Meadville High School's football team (yes, football) defeated DuBois High School by that same scoreline, per Tom Reisenweber of the Erie Times-News, in a game that can be described only as putting up video game numbers.
The scoreboard had trouble comprehending the final score as well, as Alan Robinson showed:
Link to tweet
To put things into perspective, the highest-scoring game in NFL history was a 1966 affair in which the Washington Redskins defeated the New York Giants 72-41 for a combined 113 points, per NFL.com. This game had 84 more points than that.
The Meadville Bulldogs were led by running back Journey Brown, who ran for 720 yards and 10 touchdowns, per ESPN Stats & Info. Those numbers are more unfathomable than the ones a fan might attain on Xbox when playing Madden on the easiest skill level.
Link to tweet
NBC's Brandon Arroyo took a look at Brown's stats at halftime, which were already fantastic:
{snip}
Joe Pantorno is on Twitter.
Pa. back posts 720 yards, 10 TDs in wild 107-90 game
Cam Smith, USA TODAY High School Sports
September 11, 2015 11:20 pm ET
When the final horn sounded, the 90-7 score on the electronic scoreboard appeared to showcase a dominant DuBois victory. It didn’t. Instead it signaled something even more remarkable: A final score of 107-90, one of the highest scoring high school football contests in modern history.
As noted by The Sentinel, a Central Pennsylvania newspaper, Meadville topped Pennsylvania rival DuBois by a final score of 107-90. The victors racked up so many points on the back of running back Journey Brown, who finished with 720 yards and 10 touchdowns on the ground. In one game. His big night was offset by DuBois’ star quarterback, Matt Miller, who set a new single-game passing record with 782 yards and 10 touchdowns … also in one game.
https://twitter.com/journey1999
WATCH: All 28 touchdowns from the crazy 107-90 football game in Central Pa.
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Cam Smith, USA TODAY High School Sports
September 11, 2015 11:20 pm ET
When the final horn sounded, the 90-7 score on the electronic scoreboard appeared to showcase a dominant DuBois victory. It didn’t. Instead it signaled something even more remarkable: A final score of 107-90, one of the highest scoring high school football contests in modern history.
As noted by The Sentinel, a Central Pennsylvania newspaper, Meadville topped Pennsylvania rival DuBois by a final score of 107-90. The victors racked up so many points on the back of running back Journey Brown, who finished with 720 yards and 10 touchdowns on the ground. In one game. His big night was offset by DuBois’ star quarterback, Matt Miller, who set a new single-game passing record with 782 yards and 10 touchdowns … also in one game.
Link to tweet
https://twitter.com/journey1999
WATCH: All 28 touchdowns from the crazy 107-90 football game in Central Pa.
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The Football Game That Broke The Scoreboard
Sep 09, 2016 at 1:15 PM EDT
Journey Brown is pictured in a football game against Conneaut Area Senior High School (Eagles) on October 9, 2015. Shannon Roae/The Meaedville Tribune
By John Walters
Senior Sports Writer
What is it about Pennsylvania and scoring marks that bend credulity? In March 1962, Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors scored 100 points against the New York Knicks in a game played in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Chamberlain posted a Benjamin—no one has come within 18 points of it—but then he was the greatest scorer in NBA history.
Last September, a pair of otherwise middling western Pennsylvania high school football teams created a box score that was no less incredible. The Meadville Bulldogs defeated the DuBois Beavers, 107-90, in a display of mutually assured offensive destruction the likes of which no level of football has ever witnessed. "It was insane, it was insane, it was insane," says Pete Chiodo, the sports editor of the Meadville Tribune, who covered it on deadline. "I kept asking, 'How is this happening?'"
This time of year, thousands of high school varsity football games take place each weekend across the country, from Hyannis to Honolulu, from Key West to Kodiak. Almost all of them are, except to the players and coaches, forgettable. What transpired during Meadville at DuBois, a contest that kicked off under clear skies and mild temperatures last September, was not. It was a game that, later that evening, would lead off ESPN's SportsCenter.
In an end zone–to–end zone affair that lasted three and a half hours, Meadville won 107-90. The Bulldogs and Beavers put up the highest combined score in a high school football contest since 1928, when Sherman (Texas) opened its season with a 199-0 defeat of McKinney. That was a massacre; this was a shootout.
Under the lights at E.J. Mansell Stadium, a venue whose midfield is decorated with a large black "D," almost none was played. DuBois, employing a spread offense with four or five wideouts, passed with near impunity as it set national records for most points (90) and yardage (904) by a losing team. Meadville, operating a Wing-T attack, set a national record for most yardage in a game (1,004), all of it rushing. "We never attempted a pass," says Meadville coach Ray Collins, 49 (the Bulldogs actually attempted one, and it fell incomplete). "There was no need to."
DuBois sophomore quarterback Matt Miller, in his varsity debut, set a national record for passing yards in a game (787) while tying another by throwing 10 touchdown passes. Meadville's running back, a junior blessed with the splendiferous name of Journey Brown, rushed for 10 touchdowns and 722 yards. "People think my mom named me after the band," says Brown, who averaged 24.1 yards per carry while constantly going separate ways from DuBois defenders. "It's not that. She just liked the idea of a quest."
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John Walters is a writer and author, primarily of sports. He worked at Sports Illustrated for 15 years, and also at NBC Sports where he won two Sports Emmys for his on-air writing at the Athens and Beijing Olympics. He has also worked at AOL Fanhouse and The Daily, as well as waited at a popular Manhattan steakhouse. Walters is the author of The Same River Twice: A Season With Geno Auriemma and the Connecticut Huskies. He is the founder of mediumhappy.com, a pop culture blog that he updates daily. He holds a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame, where he studied pre-med and rowed crew.
Sep 09, 2016 at 1:15 PM EDT
Journey Brown is pictured in a football game against Conneaut Area Senior High School (Eagles) on October 9, 2015. Shannon Roae/The Meaedville Tribune
By John Walters
Senior Sports Writer
What is it about Pennsylvania and scoring marks that bend credulity? In March 1962, Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors scored 100 points against the New York Knicks in a game played in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Chamberlain posted a Benjamin—no one has come within 18 points of it—but then he was the greatest scorer in NBA history.
Last September, a pair of otherwise middling western Pennsylvania high school football teams created a box score that was no less incredible. The Meadville Bulldogs defeated the DuBois Beavers, 107-90, in a display of mutually assured offensive destruction the likes of which no level of football has ever witnessed. "It was insane, it was insane, it was insane," says Pete Chiodo, the sports editor of the Meadville Tribune, who covered it on deadline. "I kept asking, 'How is this happening?'"
This time of year, thousands of high school varsity football games take place each weekend across the country, from Hyannis to Honolulu, from Key West to Kodiak. Almost all of them are, except to the players and coaches, forgettable. What transpired during Meadville at DuBois, a contest that kicked off under clear skies and mild temperatures last September, was not. It was a game that, later that evening, would lead off ESPN's SportsCenter.
In an end zone–to–end zone affair that lasted three and a half hours, Meadville won 107-90. The Bulldogs and Beavers put up the highest combined score in a high school football contest since 1928, when Sherman (Texas) opened its season with a 199-0 defeat of McKinney. That was a massacre; this was a shootout.
Under the lights at E.J. Mansell Stadium, a venue whose midfield is decorated with a large black "D," almost none was played. DuBois, employing a spread offense with four or five wideouts, passed with near impunity as it set national records for most points (90) and yardage (904) by a losing team. Meadville, operating a Wing-T attack, set a national record for most yardage in a game (1,004), all of it rushing. "We never attempted a pass," says Meadville coach Ray Collins, 49 (the Bulldogs actually attempted one, and it fell incomplete). "There was no need to."
DuBois sophomore quarterback Matt Miller, in his varsity debut, set a national record for passing yards in a game (787) while tying another by throwing 10 touchdown passes. Meadville's running back, a junior blessed with the splendiferous name of Journey Brown, rushed for 10 touchdowns and 722 yards. "People think my mom named me after the band," says Brown, who averaged 24.1 yards per carry while constantly going separate ways from DuBois defenders. "It's not that. She just liked the idea of a quest."
{snip}
John Walters is a writer and author, primarily of sports. He worked at Sports Illustrated for 15 years, and also at NBC Sports where he won two Sports Emmys for his on-air writing at the Athens and Beijing Olympics. He has also worked at AOL Fanhouse and The Daily, as well as waited at a popular Manhattan steakhouse. Walters is the author of The Same River Twice: A Season With Geno Auriemma and the Connecticut Huskies. He is the founder of mediumhappy.com, a pop culture blog that he updates daily. He holds a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame, where he studied pre-med and rowed crew.