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Melrose Dove Creek

Buffaloes

Bulldogs

The Dove Creek (CO) varsity football team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Melrose (NM) by a score of 42-26.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Melrose	8	8	18	8	42
Dove Creek	6	12	8	0	26

Final score provided by J. Fury.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Melrose (23-24)

Melrose has not entered stats for this game.

Dove Creek (23-24)

Dove Creek

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	8	22	28	.364	3.5	0	0	16	44.9
2	Colten Fury (Sr)	8	22	28	.364	3.5	0	0	16	44.9

Dove Creek

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	32	140	4.4	48	3
2	Colten Fury (Sr)	13	99	7.6	48	1
5	Gage Buffington (Sr)	13	26	2.0	6	1
32	Taber Dejane (Sr)	5	12	2.4	6	1
33	Nicholas Aragon (So)	1	3	3.0	3	0

Dove Creek

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng
	Team Totals	8	28	3.5	16
5	Gage Buffington (Sr)	2	9	4.5	16
32	Taber Dejane (Sr)	4	12	3.0	11
77	Sheldon Gardner (Jr)	2	7	3.5	4

Dove Creek

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	Total
	Team Totals	140	28	210	29	407
2	Colten Fury (Sr)	99				99
5	Gage Buffington (Sr)	26	9	72		107
8	Cody Alexander (Sr)				29	29
32	Taber Dejane (Sr)	12	12	120		144
33	Nicholas Aragon (So)	3				3
77	Sheldon Gardner (Jr)		7			7

Dove Creek

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	140	28	28	168
2	Colten Fury (Sr)	99	28		127
5	Gage Buffington (Sr)	26		9	35
32	Taber Dejane (Sr)	12		12	24
33	Nicholas Aragon (So)	3			3
77	Sheldon Gardner (Jr)			7	7

Dove Creek

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Solo	Asst	Tot Tckls
	Team Totals	28	41	69
2	Colten Fury (Sr)	3	3	6
5	Gage Buffington (Sr)	2	6	8
8	Cody Alexander (Sr)	5	1	6
8	Trevan Ivie (So)	1	2	3
21	Aiden Chadd (Sr)	1	4	5
32	Taber Dejane (Sr)	7	5	12
33	Nicholas Aragon (So)	5	6	11
55	Liam Hassell (Jr)	2	4	6
77	Sheldon Gardner (Jr)	1	6	7
79	Mike Coffey (Sr)	1	4	5

Dove Creek

Sacks

#	Athlete Name	Sacks	Ydl	Hurs
	Team Totals	1.0
77	Sheldon Gardner (Jr)	1.0

Dove Creek

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	Fmb Rec	FR Yds	Blk Pnts
	Team Totals	1	0	1
33	Nicholas Aragon (So)	1	0
77	Sheldon Gardner (Jr)			1

Dove Creek

Kickoffs

#	Athlete Name	KO	Yds	Avg	Lng	TB
	Team Totals	5	133	26.6	40	0
77	Sheldon Gardner (Jr)	5	133	26.6	40	0

Dove Creek

Punts

#	Athlete Name	P	Yds	Avg	Lng	In 20
	Team Totals	2	64	32.0	44	0
5	Gage Buffington (Sr)	2	64	32.0	44	0

Dove Creek

Kickoff and Punt Returns

#	Athlete Name	KO Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	P Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	KR Yds
	Team Totals	7	210	30.0	90	1	29	29.0	29	239
5	Gage Buffington (Sr)	3	72	24.0	43					72
8	Cody Alexander (Sr)					1	29	29.0	29	29
32	Taber Dejane (Sr)	3	120	40.0	90					120

Dove Creek

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Conv	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	3	18	2	20
2	Colten Fury (Sr)	1	6	0	6
5	Gage Buffington (Sr)	1	6	2	8
32	Taber Dejane (Sr)	1	6	0	6

Dove Creek

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD Rec	TD FR	TD KOR	Total
	Team Totals	3	0	0	1	3
2	Colten Fury (Sr)	1				1
5	Gage Buffington (Sr)	1	0			1
32	Taber Dejane (Sr)	1	0		1	1

Dove Creek

Conversions

#	Athlete Name	C Rush	C Rec	Total
	Team Totals	1	0	1
5	Gage Buffington (Sr)	1	0	1

Dove Creek's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Game Story

Colorado High School Football - Dove Creek succumbs to Melrose

September 7, 2023: Dove Creek, CO 81324

The Melrose Buffaloes thwarted the host Dove Creek Bulldogs football team by a count of 42-26 in Thursday's non-league outing.

With the win, Melrose upgrades its record to 3-1 on the season. The Buffaloes travel to Lordsburg (Lordsburg, NM) to encounter the Mavericks in a non-league outing on Friday, September 15. The Mavericks go into the outing with a record of 1-2. Lordsburg lost 56-6 in their recent non-league outing against Legacy Academy (Albuquerque, NM)

With the loss, Dove Creek moves to 2-1 on the season. The Bulldogs host Hayden (Hayden, CO) to encounter the Tigers in a non-league outing on Friday, September 15. The Tigers go into the outing with a record of 2-0. Hayden won 46-0 in their recent non-league outing against Wiley (Wiley, CO)

Melrose @ Dove Creek Football Game Info

Thu., Sep. 7, 2023 @ 6p

The Dove Creek (CO) varsity football team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Melrose (NM) by a score of 42-26.

Rankings & Records

Melrose (23-24)

National	NM	Class
154	1	1

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	PF	PA
12-1	4-0	6-0	6-1	.923	1.000	656	104

Dove Creek (23-24)

National	CO	Class
264	10	8

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	PF	PA
8-3	3-1	4-2	4-1	.727	.750	460	284

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Melrose	24.0	11.3	6.0	4.7	50.5
Dove Creek	10.4	19.2	7.2	4.2	41.8

Team Stat Comparison

Melrose		Dove Creek
-	Rushing Yards Per Game	291.5
-	Passing Yards Per Game	92.5
-	Receiving Yards Per Game	92.5
-	Total Yards Per Game	383.9
-	Tackles Per Game	60.8
-	Sacks Per Game	4.3
-	Points Per Game	41.5

Team Leaders

Melrose		Dove Creek	National Avg.
-	Rushing Yards Per Game	#5 Gage Buffington99.2	20.6
-	Passing Yards Per Game	#2 Colten Fury92.5	50.5
-	Receiving Yards Per Game	#32 Taber Dejane34.7	17.5
-	Total Yards Per Game	#2 Colten Fury166.8	36.9
-	Tackles Per Game	#21 Aiden Chadd8.0	2.7
-	Sacks Per Game	#33 Nicholas Aragon1.0	0.2
-	Points Per Game	#32 Taber Dejane14.7	2.1

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Melrose	0-1		Dove Creek	0-1

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
8/25/23	Melrose	Mancos	(L) 58-28		10/6/23	Mancos	Dove Creek	(L) 58-14

Record Breakdown

Melrose (23-24)		Dove Creek (23-24)
12-1	Overall	8-3
4-0	League	3-1
5-1	Non-League	4-1
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
0-1	Common Opponent	0-1
6-0	Home	4-2
6-1	Away	4-1
0-0	Neutral	0-0
3-0	Playoff	1-1
11-0	In-State	7-2
1-1	Out-of-State	1-1