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1997
Oilers
Opponents
Date
Opponent
R
Score
Rush
Pass
Total
Rush
Pass
Total
Aug. 29
St. Marys
W
28-12
 174
  56
 230
 136
  61
 197
Sept. 5
Erie East
W
41-14
 241
  24
 265
 107
  45
 152
Sept. 12
Titusville
L
  8-14
  87
130
 217
 212
  25
 237
Sept. 19
Bradford
W
12- 6
223
  78
 301
 170
  21
 191
Sept. 27
Strong Vincent
W
28- 7
314
  73
 387
 178
108
 286
Oct. 3
Warren
W
27- 6
137
  63
 200
   82
  50
 132
Oct. 10
Meadville
L
  6-13
114
  16
 130
190
    0
 190
Oct. 17
Greenville
L
  6-28
  35
119
 154
342
  47
 389
Oct. 24
Franklin
W
23- 0
271
  57
 328
  54
  25
   79

Top Games
Rushing
Bert McClellan
Strong Vincent
12-207
Tate Osterman
Franklin
35-181
Tate Osterman
East
17-102
Passing
Ben Karnish
Titusville
130 (7-16)
Receiving
Phil DeLucia
Titusville
3-74
Tate Osterman
Strong Vincent
1-73
Kevin Kresinski
Meadville
1-55


Oil Spills
S Tate Osterman and LB Ryan Hutchinson ranked 2-3 in the conference in tackles. Osterman had 116, and Hutchinson made 108... CB Ben Karnish ranked No. 1 in the conference in interceptions with 5.....Osterman had 566 yards rushing on 131 carries, and Bert McClellan added 499 on 93...Zeb Sprohar led the Oilers with 6 sacks and McClellan added 4...

Karnish completed 35 of 83 passes for 553 yards and 8 TDs... Phil DeLucia caught 11 passes for 194 yards...

The Oilers made 12 tackles for losses against Warren...

All-Conference

First team -- OG-LB Ryan Hutchinson, CB Ben Karnish, S Tate Osterman

Second team -- RB Tate Osterman, DE Mike Willyoung, OLB Bert McClellan

Honorable mentions -- OG Mike Willyoung, DT Ben Lynch