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Logan Chieftains by the Numbers, 2008

By Craig Dunn
Logan Daily News Sports Editor
LOGAN — If the Ohio High School Athletic Association seeded teams in each of its football playoff divisions by ability, rather than by region, there’s little doubt the Logan Chieftains would have played a state Division II quarterfinal game somewhere last night. They were one of the top eight DII teams in the state… at least.
 Alas, that’s not how the OHSAA does it, however.
Chalk it up to a cruel twist of fate: the Purple & White escaped the Pickerington Centrals, Hilliard Davidsons, Gahanna-Lincolns and Upper Arlingtons of Division I two years ago, only to take up playoff residence in Division II Region 7 with perennial state powerhouses Columbus DeSales and Louisville.
 So today, while I wish we were publishing a game story in this space, I present my fourth-annual “by the numbers” season-ending roundup and tribute to the Chieftains.
And, boy, are there a lot of pertinent numbers — so many that I’m sure I don’t have all of them covered here. You’ll recognize many of these numbers from stories as the season went along (as well as a few others that I came up with that you haven’t seen before), and they all have a tremendous amount of significance to another banner season of Logan High School football.
 Okay, here goes: 
 4,568: The official attendance for the inaugural football game played Aug. 22, 2008 in Logan Chieftain Stadium against the Lancaster Golden Gales. While not a sellout, it was the all-time LHS football record both in attendance and in net dollars.
 3,740: Attendance for the Oct. 31 Logan-Dublin Jerome playoff game, Logan's first post-season contest in Logan Chieftain Stadium. More on that later.
 2,545: Total passing yards by the Chieftains, a school team record.
 2,496: Passing yardage by junior quarterback Patrick Angle, a single-season record.
 1,690: Attendance for the Columbus Ready-Portsmouth West Division V playoff game played last Saturday night in Logan Chieftain Stadium — the first neutral-site football playoff game ever played in Hocking County.
 1945: The last year the Chiefs defeated Lancaster before the Purple & White christened Logan Chieftain Stadium with a 35-10 triumph over the Golden Gales.
 525: All-time wins by the Chieftains since 1912.
 377: Total points scored by the Chieftains, the third-most all-time in a single season.
 324: Angle’s passing yards against Pickerington North, a single-game record.
 286: Total pass attempts by Angle, a school record.
199: Number of games played by the Chieftains over the last 19 years under the direction of head coach Dale Amyx. Logan has won 120 of them, a winning percentage of .603.
213-58: Score by which the Chiefs outscored their six SEOAL opponents.
142: Season-best rushing yards by senior tailback Clay Morgan against Warren.
122: Team-high total tackles by junior linebacker Michael Snider.
119: Angle’s rushing yardage against Lancaster. He became the first Logan quarterback to run for triple figures since the early 1960s.
177: Total pass completions for Angle, a school record.
 150-10: Score by which the Chiefs outscored their six SEOAL opponents in the first half.
 106.7: One of three homes on the FM radio dial for WWTL, which did a terrific job in its first year broadcasting the Chiefs’ games on local radio. They broke in with the second-winningest season in the history of Logan football — not a bad start.
 73-0: Score by which the Chiefs outscored their six SEOAL opponents in the second quarter.
 61: Yards by Angle, aided by a 40-miles-per-hour wind, on a first-quarter punt against Louisville. Angle had four punts of 50 yards or more this season.
 52-38: Combined regular-season record (not counting games played against the Chiefs) of the 10 teams Logan defeated in the regular season, a .577 winning percentage.
 57: Pass receptions by junior wide receiver Mason Mays, a single-season record.
 45: The uniform number of the late Corey Kissling, a 2007 All-Ohio Division II linebacker for the Chiefs, which was taken out of varsity/reserve circulation this season. The Chiefs honored their fallen teammate — who passed away early this summer, less than two weeks after his graduation, as the result of a tragic accident in South Carolina — with “45” decals on their helmets. So did Marietta’s players when the Chiefs played the Tigers in week seven. Ironically, the Chieftains defeated Lancaster 35-10 in the first game played in Logan Chieftain Stadium... a total of 45 points.
 45: Total successful placement kicks by senior Ronnie Burcham (42 extra points and three field goals). He succeeded on 83.3 percent (50 PATs and four FGs) of his total placement attempts.
 30: Team-high solo tackles by linebacker Zach Adams.
 29: Consecutive SEOAL victories, second all-time to Ironton's streak of 34 from 1971 to 1976.
 29: Consecutive SEOAL victories under the direction of a quarterback with the last name of Angle. Patrick’s older brother Michael led the Purple & White to 23 straight wins from 2005 to 2007 before Patrick posted six more this fall.
 26: Patrick Angle’s completions against Pickerington North, a school single-game record.
 25: Total touchdown passes by Angle, a single-season record.
 24: All-time SEOAL football championships for the Chieftains.
 24: Logan touchdown plays of 20 yards or more.
 23: Team-high first-hits by Adams.
 22: Seconds the Chiefs trailed against Chillicothe, in their regular-season head-to-head finale for the league championship, after the Cavs took a 13-8 lead with 4:31 left in the third quarter. Angle and Mays hooked up on a 52-yard scoring play at the 4:09 mark to put the Chiefs ahead to stay — and the rest was history once Mays and the Logan defense came through (keep reading!) late in the stanza.
 21 of 24: Number of OHSAA computer-playoff regions the Chieftains would have won, including their former home in Division I Region 3, if they hadn’t been in DII Region 7. They would have won two DI regions and would have finished second in the other two. The only region they could have finished third in the entire state was, well, Division II Region 7. Drat!
 21: Consecutive games in which the Chiefs had scored at least 16 points until their 7-0 loss to Louisville.
17: Total tackles by Adams (three solo, 14 assists) against Ironton and Snider (one solo, 16 assists) against Chillicothe, both single-game season highs for the Purple & White.
 15: Total quarterback sacks for senior defensive end Jon Neff. I’ve used this observation many times, but I’m still 100 percent sure it’s true: he caused opposing quarterbacks nightmares. I think he would have chased Dublin Jerome’s Kevin Jackson into the nearby Hocking River if he had a chance… and you could always mention his name to Ironton’s Jon Schweickart or Louisville’s Neal Seaman.
 14: Team-leading tackles for loss by senior Cary Maclaughlin, an invaluable member of both the offensive and defensive lines. His selflessness in moving from fullback to the offensive line was a tribute to the kind of team leader and team player he was for the Chiefs.
 14: Most points allowed by the Chiefs (Pickerington North, Zanesville and Marietta) all season. 
 13: Touchdown receptions for Mays, tying the school single-season record.
 13: Team-high passes successfully broken up by 5-foot-10 cornerback Jaushua Huntsberger. Opposing offenses oftentimes tried to exploit Huntsberger’s size with taller receivers… nearly always to their disappointment.
 12:45 a.m.: Time when the week-two Logan-at-Pickerington North game finally came to an end following a three-hour weather delay. It was the first-known time in LHS football history that a game started on one day (Friday) and concluded on another (Saturday).
 12: SEOAL football championships under head coach Dale Amyx, nine more than any other coach in school history. Those 12 titles account for exactly half of Logan’s all-time grid crowns.
 11-0: Identical records shared by the Chieftains and Louisville Leopards going into their second-round playoff matchup in Zanesville.
 11: Total victories this season for the Chieftains, second all-time only to the 12 recorded by the great 2000 team.
 11: Members of Chieftain Nation (10 players and head coach Amyx) named to the AP All-Southeast District DII football team.
 10.1: Percentage of full offensive possessions on which Logan foes scored touchdowns this season. Opponents had the ball 129 full possessions and scored just 13 TDs.
 10: Receptions by Mays against Pickerington North, a single-game record.
 10: Number of times the Chieftains forced Louisville to punt last Friday night.
 10: Number of teams the Chieftains played this season who finished at or above. 500. Only Marietta and Warren finished under .500 overall, and they were both 4-6.
 10: Number of games (out of 12) the Chiefs played on synthetic turf this season.
 9: Number of SEOAL teams this season following the departure of Athens prior to the season.
8: Number of SEOAL teams there will be next season after Zanesville departs next spring.
 7: Post-season playoff appearances (1987, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008).
 7: Number of Chieftains who caught at least 10 passes. Knowing they had Angle and several outstanding receivers, the Chiefs made the switch from a power-running team to a spread-offense team, and the results were spectacular.
 6: Number of seasons (1934, 1964, 1977, 2000, 2001 and 2008) the Chieftains have went through a regular season undefeated.
 6: Logan touchdown plays of 50 yards or more.
6-0: The Chiefs' perfect record in home games at new Logan Chieftain Stadium.
 5:25: Total amount of time (out of 480 game minutes) the Chiefs trailed during the regular season.
 5: Consecutive SEOAL championships.
5: Yard line where Mays caught Chillicothe quarterback Caleb Knights late in the third quarter of the Chillicothe game. Knights broke loose for what looked to be a 72-yard touchdown run that would have put the Cavaliers ahead, but Mays turned on the afterburners to catch him from behind and prevent the TD — a play regarded by many as the Chieftains’ play of the season. Logan’s defense held Chillicothe out of the end zone with a terrific goal-line stand four plays later and went on to a 23-13 victory.
5: The Chiefs’ final ranking in the state Division II Associated Press football poll.
4: The Chiefs’ debut ranking in the AP poll, believed to be an all-time best for any Logan football team in any division.
4: Total first downs by offensive juggernaut Louisville, two of which were the result of Logan defensive penalties. The Leopards earned just two first downs of their own — and one of those was on their 74-yard touchdown play.
4-out-of-6: Number of Chieftain road games in which it rained.
3: Third-straight victory over Ironton since the Fighting Tigers re-joined the SEOAL. Logan was just 4-15 in previous games against Ironton.
 3: Teams against whom the Chiefs drew even in their all-time series since 1912. Logan is now 38-38-1 against Gallipolis, 9-9 against Zanesville and 5-5 against Chillicothe.
 3: Logan Chieftain juniors who have been named SEOAL Player of the Year: Scott Gasser (1977), Justin Frye (2006) and Patrick Angle (2008).
 3: All-time post-season victories for the Chieftains, including this season (read on!).
 3: First-time opponents this season for the Chiefs: Hamilton Township, Dublin Jerome and Louisville.
 3: Different players (Angle, Morgan and Zach McDaniel) who rushed for 100 yards in a game this season.
 2: Number of teams (playoff foes Dublin Jerome and Louisville) who managed to score in the second quarter all season against the Chiefs.
 2: Punt returns (McDaniel and Jordan Rutter) for touchdowns. McDaniel’s was a big 64-yard return of a free kick following a safety against Chillicothe.
 2: Interception returns (Adams and Morgan) for touchdowns.
 2: Touchdown receptions by Rutter in the first quarter to help break open the Ironton game, a 35-10 Chieftain victory. 
 1-out-of-16: Louisville’s third-down conversion ratio last Friday against the Chieftain defense. That lone conversion was the Leopards’ 74-yard scoring play (a side note: through the first four games of the season, Logan foes were a combined 6-of-44 converting on third down, just 13.6 percent).
 1: All-time Logan home playoff victories after the Chiefs broke through with a 23-7 triumph over Dublin Jerome in Logan Chieftain Stadium.
 1: Number one in the SEOAL. Again!
 1: Number of times Logan trailed at halftime. They were down 7-0 at the intermission against Louisville.
0: Number of times an opposing team held Louisville under 10 points this season until the Chieftains limited them to seven.
 0: Punts by the Chieftains against Jackson.
 0: Points scored by regular-season opponents in the second quarter.
 0: Number of times the Chiefs trailed after the opening quarter.
 
 

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