Vote for the Week 6 Player of the Game brought to you by MyPantherTees.com

Here are the choices for this week’s #ReitzFootball Player of the Game brought to you by MyPantherTees.com.

Voting will be online until Tuesday at noon!

Player of the Game Archive

Hansen, Robison voted Week 6 Reis Tire Players of the Game

The Reitz Nation has spoken! Following the Panthers’ 42-16 win over Memorial, the readers of ReitzFootball.com voted for Nate Hansen and Ethan Robison to be the Week 6 Reis Tire Offensive and Defensive Players of the Game.

Offensive Player of the Game voting results
57 – Nate Hansen
48 – Malik Higgins
19 – Evan Deig

Defensive Player of the Game voting results
91 – Ethan Robison
25 – Aaron Euler
18 – Will Brown
15 – Trevor Fetscher
6 – Brock Ashworth
6 – Tanner Duran
3 – Joey Diekman
2 – Austin Volkman

Congratulations to these fine young men and the entire Reitz Football team!

2014 Offensive Players of the Game
Week 1: Malik Higgins
Week 2: Evan Deig
Week 3: Malik Higgins
Week 4: Evan Deig
Week 5: Malik Higgins
Week 6: Nate Hansen

2014 Defensive Players of the Game
Week 1: Trevor Fetscher
Week 2: Trevor Fetscher
Week 3: Aaron Euler
Week 4: Entire defense
Week 5: Aaron Euler
Week 6: Ethan Robison

Thank you to Reis Tire for their support of the our weekly Player of the Game fan vote!

ReitzFootball.com Players of the Game/Year Archive

Year-to-date defensive stat leaders through Week 6

Here are your defensive stat leaders through Friday night’s big 42-16 win over Memorial. As always, thanks to Larry Ellington for compiling these.

2014 Defensive Stat Leaders

• Solo tackles: 18 – Will Brown
• Tackle assists: 47 – Caleb Crowe
• Total tackles: 50 – Joey Diekman
• Sacks: 3 – Brock Ashworth
• Tackles for loss: 5 – Joey Diekman & Aaron Euler
• TFL assists: 4 – Brock Ashworth & Trevor Fetscher
• Interceptions: 4 – Will Brown & Isaac Flowers
• Fumbles caused: 1 – Trevor Fetscher, Triston Hape & Dakota Mathis
• Fumbles recovered: 1 – 9-way tie
• Passes deflected: 8 – Elijah Dunham
• Hurried passes: 7 – Brock Ashworth
• Blocked kicks: 3 – Isaac Flowers
• Defensive score: 1 – Will Brown, Elijah Dunham & Triston Hape
• Sack yards: 19 – Alex Higgs
• Tackle yards: 23 – Joey Diekman

Full pdf files of defensive stats

• Year-to-date (through Week 6)
• Week 1
• Week 2
• Week 3
• Week 4
• Week 5
• Week 6

Vote for the Week 6 Players of the Game brought to you by Reis Tire

Here are the Week 6 nominees for the Reis Tire Player of the Game.

Voting will be online until Wednesday morning!

2014 Offensive Players of the Game Week 1: Malik Higgins Week 2: Evan Deig Week 3: Malik Higgins Week 4: Evan Deig Week 5: Malik Higgins

2014 Defensive Players of the Game Week 1: Trevor Fetscher Week 2: Trevor Fetscher Week 3: Aaron Euler Week 4: Reitz Defense Week 5: Aaron Euler

Player of the Game Archive

As always, thanks to Reis Tire for supporting ReitzFootball.com!

Higgins again nominated for Home Team Friday MVP award

Malik Higgins, on the heels of his impressive performance in the Panthers’ 42-16 win over Memorial, is once again in the running for Home Team Friday MVP.

Should you feel so compelled, feel free to vote by following the link below:

• Home Team Friday MVP

Reitz beats Memorial, 42-16

Reitz tamed the Tigers Friday night at Owen Stadium, overpowering Memorial, 42-16.

https://twitter.com/ECP_Hickey/status/515690495784521728

The Panthers move to 6-0 overall, 4-0 in the SIAC and 3-0 in the city, while the Tigers fell to 2-4, 2-2, 2-2.

Congratulations to Reitz on another strong victory!

• Higgins runs wild as Reitz pulls away from Memorial (Courier & Press)
• VIDEO: Home Team Friday Week 6 Segment 1 (Home Team Friday)

Reitz named MaxPreps Indiana Team of the Week

The Panthers today were named the MaxPreps Indiana Team of the Week, presented by the Indiana Army National Guard.

The weekly award goes to an outstanding Hoosier prep football team, and Reitz received the honor this week, largely based on a “one-two offensive punch from quarterback Even Deig and running back Malik Higgins plus active defense,” according to the article.

Congratulation to the Mighty Panthers!

MaxPreps Indiana Team of the Week: Evansville Reitz football

Panthers in the Polls (& Memorial): Week 6

Once again, Reitz finished in the Top 10 of Class 4A in the three human polls and had a strong showing from the computers. Rankings for Memorial, of Class 3A, are provided below in parentheses.

Human rankings

• AP MEDIA POLL: #4 in Class 4A (Memorial unranked)
• IFCA COACHES POLL: #4 in Class 4A (pdf file – Memorial unranked)
• GRIDIRON DIGEST POLL: #4 in Class 4A (Memorial unranked)

Computer rankings

• MASSEY: #22 overall & #5 in Class 4A (Memorial is #98 overall & #17 in Class 3A)
• MAXPREPS: #18 overall & #4 in Class 4A (Memorial is #109 overall & #23 in Class 3A)
• SAGARIN: #13 overall & #4 in Class 4A (Memorial is #128 overall & #29 in Class 3A)
• PCS (BCS-style combination of all rankings & polls): #4 in Class 4A (Memorial is #26 in Class 3A)

Other rankings

• INDIANA FOOTBALL DIGEST (COLTS.COM): #2 in Class 4A (Memorial unranked)

Historical Reitz vs. Memorial game recaps from @courierpress

We’ve collected links to all the game recaps for the Reitz-Memorial football series as covered by the Courier & Press (their online archive only goes back to 2006).

• 2013: Reitz, McDowell put pressure on Memorial early, roll to victory
• 2012: Late Vaughn touchdown, Hansen interception seal Reitz’s win over Memorial
• 2011: Reitz fights off Memorial in heavy penalty night at the Bowl
• 2010: Stutsman steps in for Reitz
• 2009: Reitz roars back
• 2008: Panthers get late stop, field goal to top Tigers
• 2007: Even ‘botched’ plays work for Reitz
• 2006: Panthers’ McIntosh air mails it in

Reitz vs. Memorial: #ReitzFootballFriday Week 6 presented by Tracy Zeller Jewelry

The Panthers are back on the road this Friday when they’ll travel to Owen Stadium (aka Enlow Field) to battle the Memorial Tigers.

Memorial (2-3) started off with two straight losses, but have won two of their last three. The Tigers are 2-1 in the SIAC.

Reitz is 5-0 overall and 3-0 in the SIAC. The Panthers are 2-0 in city play while Memorial is 2-1.

Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.

2014 Schedule/Results

• 2014 Reitz Football results
• 2014 Memorial football results (AlmanacSports.com)

Game previews

• Courier & Press did not have a game preview

Statistics (on MaxPreps)

• Memorial Football stats
• Reitz Football stats

Historical information

• 2013: Reitz 34, Memorial 14 (ReitzFootball.com)
• All-time series results (AlmanacSports.com)

Courier & Press Reitz-Memorial game recaps

• 2013: Reitz, McDowell put pressure on Memorial early, roll to victory
• 2012: Late Vaughn touchdown, Hansen interception seal Reitz’s win over Memorial
• 2011: Reitz fights off Memorial in heavy penalty night at the Bowl
• 2010: Stutsman steps in for Reitz
• 2009: Reitz roars back
• 2008: Panthers get late stop, field goal to top Tigers
• 2007: Even ‘botched’ plays work for Reitz
• 2006: Panthers’ McIntosh air mails it in

Radio/TV/Internet

• The game will be broadcast over the air on 106.7 FM WYFX and online at WYFXFM.com

Thanks again to our friends at Tracy Zeller Jewelry for sponsoring #ReitzFootballFriday!