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It’s the Midwest Mennonites vs. the Munich Third Reich in the WMLMF championship game. Here’s the breakdown for the teams….

Offense

QB’s: The Mennonites’ Billy Bob Weisser finished 4th in the league with 1319 yards during the regular season. He had the 2nd lowest number of interceptions with 5, but was tied for last in the league with only 6 touchdowns.

The Reich’s Wilhelm Klink was the leagues leading passer with 1518 yards, finished 5th in interceptions with 9 and 4th for touchdowns with 10. His 96.1 passer rating was just a notch below Weisser’s 98.3

Advantage: Toss up

RB’s: Luthar Lamp and Speedy Ezekiel finished 10th and 13th with 512 and 459 respectively for the ‘Nites. Lamp ran for 6 touchdowns, Ezekiel 9. Ezekiel was 4th in the league with 380 receiving yards and a pair of touchdowns, Lamp was 15th with 265 yards and 3 touchdowns.

Munich’s Sven Wagner and Richard Meier finished 12th and 14th in the league with 472 and 413 yards. Wagner had 7 rushing touchdowns, Meier 8. Meier led the league in receiving with 570 yards and 3 touchdowns, while Wagner was 29th with 207 yards and 4 touchdowns.

Advantage: Meier’s receiving gives Munich the edge

WR’s: Steven Stucky and Mudder Smucker are the wide outs for the Mennonites. Together, the combined for 356 yards and a TD. The Reich has Willie Wolf, the leagues leading wide receiver with 505 yards and a pair of TD’s On the other side of the line is Peter Becker and Dieter Zimmerman who combined for 257 yards.

Advantage: Third Reich


TE’s: The Mennonites Steve Austin was 7th in the league with 336 yards receiving and 2 touchdowns. The Reich’s Gunther Huber was 58th with just 28 yards and no scores

Advantage: Mennonites


Offensive Line: The Mennonites are big and strong. They don’t give up very many sacks, but they have been sporadic at times in rush blocking

The Reich protect Klink well, but have trouble against strong defensive lines.

Advantage: Mennonites


Defense
Line: The Mennonites are anchored by Louis Lapp and Sam Smucker, who had 30 and 23 ½ tackles each. Collectively, they gave up 1489 rushing yards while recording 3 sacks.

The Third Reich are led by Joseph Herrmann and Fredrich Heimell who recorded 28 and 23 ½ tackles. Altogether, the Reich had 8 sacks and surrendered 1400 yards.

Advantage: Third Reich


Linebackers: The Amish feature Henry McCracken and Mad Dog Matthias. The Reich counter with Wolfgang Hockstetter and Manfred Mann.

Advantage: Third Reich


Secondary: Bud Weisser led the Mennonites with 4 interceptions from his strong safety position. Altogether, the team had 8 on the year. They gave up 1118 passing yards on the year.

Dirk Lange and Dieter Schmidt each had a pair of interceptions, as a team the Reich had 10 for the year. Their 1112 passing yards surrendered was 3rd best in the league

Advantage: Third Reich


Special Teams: Speedy Ezekiel was 4th in the league with 446 yards for a 31.9 average and 2 touchdowns. Luthar Lamp was 9th with 354 yards, averaging 32.2 yards and a score.

Sven Wagner led the Reich with 320 yards and a 32.0 average. Richard Meier had 275 yards for a 27.5 average and one touchdown

Advantage: Mennonites

Prediction: This game will come down to who protects the QB best, and who makes the least mistakes. The Third Reich will make a game of it, but the Bible Thumper and co. win by a field goal, Mennonites 24-Third Reich 21