2003 FOOTBALL
PLAYOFFS
The Nebraska Football
Playoffs began on October 30 for Classes C1, C2, D1, and D2, 32 teams
qualified for the playoffs in C1, C2, D1, and D2. Classes A and B,
qualified 16 teams each , had its first-round games on November 5. Playoff
rounds continued with the quarterfinals in all classes on November 10, and
semifinals on November 15. Championship finals for all classes were held at
Memorial Stadium in Lincoln for the eighth consecutive year. Classes D1 and D2
played their championship finals on November 20, while C2 and A played November
21. Finals in Classes C1 and B were November 22.
2003 Football
Results
CLASS
A
First
Round
Omaha Creighton Prep 29,
Lincoln Southwest 7
Papillion-La Vista 55,
Bellevue West 7
Millard West 31, Columbus
14
Millard South 28, Lincoln
Southeast 14
North Platte 31, Omaha North
28
Bellevue East 34, Lincoln
East 7
Omaha Westside 17, Omaha
Burke 0
Millard North 49, Norfolk
0
Quarterfinals
Omaha Creighton Prep 21,
Papillion-La Vista 19
Millard South 20, Millard
West 17
North Platte 20, Bellevue
East 16
Millard North 30, Omaha
Westside 0
Semifinals
Omaha Creighton Prep 10,
Millard South 7
Millard North 21, North
Platte 7
Championship
Final
Millard North (13-0) 38,
Omaha Creighton Prep (12-1) 7
Championship Coach: Fred
Petito
CLASS
B
First
Round
Gretna 40, Lincoln Pius X
7
Omaha Skutt Catholic 30,
Elkhorn 7
Waverly 34, Nebraska City
0
Omaha Roncalli Catholic 34,
Ralston 21
McCook 42, Grand Island
Northwest 14
York 40, Chadron
17
Ogallala 21, Crete
14
Gering 36, Holdrege
14
Quarterfinals
Gretna 36, Omaha Skutt
Catholic 0
Omaha Roncalli Catholic 27,
Waverly 13
McCook 9, York
0
Ogallala 20, Gering
17
Semifinals
Omaha Roncalli Catholic 34,
Gretna 20
McCook 28, Ogallala
7
Championship
Final
McCook (13-0) 21, Omaha
Roncalli Catholic (12-1) 0
Championship Coach: Jeff
Gross
CLASS
C1
First
Round
Bishop Neumann 13, Wahoo
0
Lincoln Lutheran 16,
Syracuse 6
Auburn 40, Mt. Michael
Benedictine 14
Boys Town 16,
Wilber-Clatonia 0
Pierce 35, Battle Creek
7
Aquinas 41, West Point
6
Arlington 12, North Bend
7
Norfolk Catholic 47, Logan
View 19
Hastings St. Cecilia 40,
Centura 0
Adams Central 30, St. Paul
14
Boone Central 35, Grand
Island Central Catholic 6
Fillmore Central 27,
Fairbury 0
Valentine 37, Gothenburg
7
Gordon 28, Ord
25
Kearney Catholic 42, Broken
Bow 14
Chase County 41, Bridgeport
0
Second
Round
Bishop Neumann 40, Lincoln
Lutheran 6
Auburn 47, Boys Town
21
Pierce 27, Aquinas
7
Norfolk Catholic 48,
Arlington 0
Hastings St. Cecilia 23,
Adams Central 12
Fillmore Central 20, Boone
Central 0
Valentine 35, Gordon
6
Chase County 31, Kearney
Catholic 3
Quarterfinals
Bishop Neumann 33, Auburn
14
Norfolk Catholic 10, Pierce
7
Hastings St. Cecilia 28,
Fillmore Central 7
Chase County 12, Valentine
7
Semifinals
Bishop Neumann 20, Norfolk
Catholic 17
Chase County 14, Hastings
St. Cecilia 10
Championship
Final
Bishop Neumann (13-0) 8,
Chase County (11-2) 7
Championship Coach: Tim
Turman
CLASS
C2
First
Round
West Point Central Catholic
14, Weeping Water 0
Elmwood-Murdock 31,
Oakland-Craig 8
Archbishop Bergan 18,
Bennington 7
Malcolm 20, Scribner-Snyder
7
Stanton 33, Randolph
21
Creighton 57, Wisner-Pilger
0
Hartington Cedar Catholic
42, Neligh-Oakdale 0
Crofton 24, Pender
21
Sandy Creek 54,
Doniphan-Trumbull 28
East Butler 35, Sutton
33
Cross County 19, Fullerton
12
Lawrence-Nelson 35, Thayer
Central 14
Cambridge 38, Sutherland
0
Bertrand 21, Gibbon
20
Garden County 40, Hemingford
3
North Platte St. Patrick's
51, Grant 8
Second
Round
West Point Central Catholic
20, Elmwood-Murdock 15
Archbishop Bergan 38,
Malcolm 12
Stanton 19, Creighton
6
Crofton 20, Hartington Cedar
Catholic 14
Sandy Creek 26, East Butler
14
Lawrence-Nelson 23, Cross
County 6
Cambridge 38, Bertrand
0
North Platte St. Patrick’s
27, Garden County 6
Quarterfinals
West Point Central Catholic
25, Archbishop Bergan 15
Crofton 26, Stanton
12
Lawrence-Nelson 21, Sandy
Creek 14 OT
Cambridge 28, North Platte
St. Patrick’s 0
Semifinals
Crofton 31, West Point
Central Catholic 8
Cambridge 16,
Lawrence-Nelson 13
Championship
Final
Cambridge (13-0) 22, Crofton
(12-1) 14
Championship Coach: Dan
Keyser
CLASS
D1
First
Round
Nebraska Christian 25,
Exeter/Milligan 6
Friend 66, Lourdes Central
Catholic 20
Harvard 56, Diller-Odell
20
Falls City Sacred Heart 56,
Meridian 8
Howells 54, Leigh
0
Humphrey St. Francis 41,
Shelby 6
Bloomfield 44, Lutheran High
Northeast 25
Cedar Bluffs 41,
Spencer-Naper 20
Overton 50, Elwood
0
Greeley/Wolbach 55, Amherst
20
Silver Lake 26,
Wilcox-Hildreth 0
Arapahoe 50, Blue Hill
48
Eustis-Farnam 59, South
Platte 14
Republican Valley 40,
Rushville 8
Anselmo-Merna 34, Arnold
16
Crawford 26,
Wauneta-Palisade 14
Second
Round
Friend 36, Nebraska
Christian 20
Falls City Sacred Heart 32,
Harvard 18
Howells 36, Humphrey St.
Francis 0
Cedar Bluffs 46, Bloomfield
8
Overton 35, Greeley/Wolbach
28
Arapahoe 20, Silver Lake
19
Eustis-Farnam 49, Republican
Valley 26
Anselmo-Merna 32, Crawford
16
Quarterfinals
Falls City Sacred Heart 22,
Friend 8
Howells 46, Cedar Bluffs
0
Overton 35, Arapahoe
0
Eustis-Farnam 43,
Anselmo-Merna 8
Semifinals
Howells 44, Falls City
Sacred Heart 8
Overton 21, Eustis-Farnam
6
Championship
Final
Howells (13-0) 36, Overton
(11-2) 15
Championship Coach: Mike
Speirs
CLASS
D2
First
Round
Bruning-Davenport 58,
Hampton 8
Nemaha Valley 40, Lewiston
22
Prague 40, Shickley
12
Lindsay Holy Family 54,
Sterling 8
Pope John 56, Wausa
16
Clearwater 37, Newcastle
0
Allen 22, Dodge
8
Wynot 42, Orchard
6
North Loup-Scotia 50,
Chambers 6
Butte 44, Ewing
39
Sargent 33, Loomis
6
Kenesaw 52, Stapleton
6
Mullen 53, Culbertson
8
Wheatland 28, Hayes Center
6
Wallace 36, Minatare
30
Lodgepole 62, Banner County
58
Second
Round
Bruning-Davenport 46, Nemaha
Valley 0
Lindsay Holy Family 70,
Prague 25
Pope John 46, Clearwater
12
Allen 43, Wynot
30
North Loup-Scotia 32, Butte
28
Kenesaw 35, Sargent 34
OT
Mullen 69, Wheatland
20
Lodgepole 28, Wallace
20
Quarterfinals
Lindsay Holy Family 40,
Bruning-Davenport 20
Pope John 57, Allen
8
Kenesaw 44, North
Loup-Scotia 14
Mullen 76, Lodgepole
28
Semifinals
Linsday Holy Family 30, Pope
John 22
Mullen 69, Lodgepole
33
Championship
Final
Mullen (13-0) 30, Lindsay
Holy Family (12-1) 12
Championship Coach: Mike Brown