1996 Week 14 Results

Week 14

Best 60 Peil 31
Mosakowski 31 Ricker 13
Barry 52 Gates 18
Talbot 43 Jones/Klingman 32
Deitrich 56 Outlaw 51
Czupryna 47 Stroupe 30

Week 15 Matchups

1 Wallace v 12 Barry
2 Jackson v 10 Deitrich
3 Best v 9 Czupryna
4 Mosakowski 6 Talbot

Some Upsets, but no Surprises in Week 14

Unlike past seasons, nothing jaw dropping in the week 14 results. 12th seeded Barry did upset 5th seeded Gates, but Barry was expected to win. Defending Champion Outlaw, seeded 7th, and 10th seeded Deitrich staged a shootout that recalled their 95 seasons. Talbot delivered his usual knockout blow to Jones/ Klingman. Cz upended Stroupe and Best and Mosakowski easily advanced. Wallace and Jackson,sitting out this round with byes, had to feel lucky watching the week 14 winners average nearly 47 points.

Steady Production Helps Best Stop Peil

Best put together an nearly complete game in dispatching Peil 60-31. Every starter scored except Antonio Freeman. Freeman, just back from injury, did get two bonus points. The game was over early when five of Peil's players could only muster 17 points on Thanksgiving. Meanwhile, Terrell Davis, Anthony Johnson, Issac Bruce, Tony Martin and the Green Bay D all scored on Sunday and Steve Young added three scores on Monday night. This was Best's 4th game with better than 60 points this year.

Same as it Ever Was: Talbot Over JK

In week 14 of 1992, the last year of divisions, The winner of the Talbot/Jones Klingman game advanced to the playoffs. Talbot won. Wk 14 1994 Jones/Klingman put up an incredible 46 points during the Sunday afternoon games only to see Talbot score 53 on the Sunday and Monday night games. In 1996, things remained the same. Talbot got five scores from his Viking combo and held off Jeff Blake. (No, not everything went right for ECU Alumni this weekend). Be sure that Talbot thanked Jackson and Terry Allen for his win.

Dangerous Barry Blows Out Jinxed Gates

Whenever Gates has a good year, he flat out flops in week 14. A bad year, he wins. Although Gates had a new opponent this year in Barry, the result was the same as in the three previous years versus Wallace, the lower seeded team won. However, Barry is not your typical low seed. 4th in the league in scoring, despite finishing 12th, Barry is a very dangerous playoff opponent. However, he is also very streaky reflecting the nature of his leaders: New England Qbs and Ricky Watters. Bledsoe had another one of those 4TD games.

MOS Lifts "Curse of the 4th seed"

Mosakowski easily dispatched Ricker, but it could have been closer had Ricker played Marcus Allen and Chris T Jones. Never the less, it is the first time that a fourth seeded team has survived week 14. Ricker himself was once a fourth seeded upset victim. Brett Favre had another productive day and looks to be his usual self in the month of December.

CZ Dials Long Distance to whip Stroupe

Czupryna has advanced in the playoffs for the fifth time in 6 years with a 47-30 drubbing of Stroupe. CZ was sparked by the two longest TDS of the day: a 95 yard pass to Quinn Early and a 83 yard pass to Chris Sanders. Both contributed to 8 point days for each receiver and that was pretty much the margin of victory. CZ also gained a measure of revenge on Stroupe who beat CZ in week 14 of 1994 resulting in only time CZ was unable to advance in the playoffs.

BUD Penns Slim Victory over Outlaw

Deitrichs 55-51 win over Outlaw seemed more characteristic of their 95 teams than the 96 teams. In fact, BUD broke his own two game point record by scoring 86 and 55 points for a total of 141. He scored 86 and 53 in back to back games last year. BUD had a big game from Carolina D (16 points) and his second consecutive 3 TD game from Carl Pickens. Despite those numbers, the game probably turned on a late acquistion of KC's Chris Penn. Outlaw broke the record for most points in a playoff loss. Monster games by Emmitt Smith and Eddie George went for naught. There will be not be a repeat champion in the BRFL this year, but will the 10 year streak of new champions continue? There are 4 former champs and 4 potential first time champions left.

BRFL Standings

 1   1 WALLACE        10    3    0  565  401 BAR  -2    JK,CJ,BUD,STP,TAL,BR,CZ,GTS,MOS,OUT
 2   2 JACKSON         9    4    0  543  442 BUD  -7    MOS,BR,BST,BUD,TAL,BAR,DP,GTS,JK
 3   4 BEST            9    5    0  607  445 CZ   -6.5  MOS,GTS,CZ,BR,BAR,DP,BUD,WAL,DP
 4   5 MOSAKOWSKI      9    5    0  478  432 TAL  +3    GTS,OUT,JK,DP,BR,BUD,BAR,STP,BR
 5   6 GATES           7    6    1  437  523            BR,BUD,JK,OUT,BAR,DP,TAL
 6   3 TALBOT          8    6    0  523  455 MOS by 3   STP,BR,BUD,JK,MOS,BST,CZ,JK
 7   8 OUTLAW          6    7    1  459  488            BST,JK,CZ,BUD,TAL,CJ
 8   7 STROUPE         6    8    0  495  569            BAR,CJ,DP,GTS,BST,OUT
 9   9 CZUPRYNA        6    7    1  516  611 BST by 6.5 STP,JK,MOS,CJ,DP,STP
10  12 DEITRICH        6    8    0  490  534 CJ  by 7   DP,STP.BAR,JK,CZ,OUT
11  11 JONES/KLINGMAN  5    9    0  444  477            BST,BR,STP,DP,BAR
12  10 BARRY           6    8    0  581  554 WAL by 2   WAL,TAL,OUT,BR,CZ,GTS
13  13 RICKER          5    9    0  394  542            CZ,OUT,BUD,STP,DP
14  14 PEIL            3   10    1  472  531            BAR,WAL,TAL