Mifflinburg Football 2003 Season

Mark Reitz's 2003 team went 4-6. The coaching-records line is 2-4 in the division and 3-6 in the league. The schedule also lists wins over East Juniata 61-6, Danville 28-12, and Central Columbia 15-7, and losses to Warrior Run 7-0, Montoursville 17-15, and Milton 22-14. Dates on that schedule are blank. The Mifflinburg Telegraph dates four of the games.

The Telegraph of Sept. 11 covers the Friday night Little Brown Jug game and places it at Wildcat Stadium. Lewisburg won 14-8. The team schedule lists that game at Lewisburg. Mifflinburg had two first downs in the first half and was still looking for its first win. Brad Catherman carried 32 times for 168 yards, 40 of them before halftime. On an 11-play, 67-yard drive in the second half he carried eight times, scored from the 4, and ran in the conversion to make it 14-8. Derek Long started at quarterback. Jeff Ruhl moved to wide receiver and caught the only completion, for 3 yards.

The Telegraph of Oct. 2 says Selinsgrove beat Mifflinburg 54-6 the previous Saturday, before the homecoming crowning. The Telegraph of Oct. 16 covers the Friday night game with Shikellamy. Shikellamy beat Mifflinburg 18-16, and the paper had the Wildcats at 3-4. Catherman rushed for 243 yards and two touchdowns and went past 1,000 yards for the season, to 1,136. Mifflinburg led 13-12 at the half after an Andrew Shambach interception. Cosie Spigelmeyer scored from the 4 with 4:56 left.

The Telegraph of Nov. 6 covers the Friday night finale against Jersey Shore. Mifflinburg beat Jersey Shore 25-6 and finished 4-6. Catherman rushed for 172 yards on 31 carries and scored twice. He ended the year with 1,498 yards. Mifflinburg drove to the 1 and did not score. On the next play Kane Moore ran 84 yards for Jersey Shore. The extra point was blocked, and Shore led 6-0. Jeff Ruhl threw a 25-yard touchdown pass with 3:50 left in the second quarter, and the game was tied at the half. In the third quarter Shambach returned a punt 58 yards, Catherman scored from 14, and Kyle Wetzel's kick made it 13-6. Steven Pursley ran 43 yards for a score in the fourth quarter, and Catherman scored from 15.