Warren Central/Ben Davis Rivalry Reaches 100th Meeting

[BDGiant93]

Warren and Ben Davis meet for the 100th time on Friday night. The Warriors lead the series 58-38-3. BD has won four of the last five, and the one they lost was the goofy 57-56 one on the Westside in 2021.

Any favorite moments in this series? 

Also, I did some rough math, and I figured that Mike Kirschner has either been a player or coach in 40 of the games to date.

Some guy who sounds a lot like me talked to him about the rivalry.

[WarrenGrad12]

1 hour ago, BDGiant93 said:

Warren and Ben Davis meet for the 100th time on Friday night. The Warriors lead the series 58-38-3. BD has won four of the last five, and the one they lost was the goofy 57-56 one on the Westside in 2021.

Any favorite moments in this series? 

Also, I did some rough math, and I figured that Mike Kirschner has either been a player or coach in 40 of the games to date.

Some guy who sounds a lot like me talked to him about the rivalry.

Immediate ones that stand out from the Warren side:

-Finally getting over the hump in the 2003 regional. 

-The 2006 1v2 massacre (Darren Evans is still running)

-2009 was a very underrated and fun game, OT at Lucas Oil if my memory is right

-2010 meeting which I believe was the last time BD was shutout

So many awesome matchups over the years with great and painful memories for both sides. 

[BDGiant93]

I think the first-ever Ben Davis football game I attended was in 1990 when I was a sophomore. Ben Davis lost to Warren, 16-14. Since then, I've seen a lot of Warren/BD football. Among my favorites...

2000-Ben Davis 65, Warren Central 30 "Fast Break Football" as the Giants scored the first 35 only to have Warren score the next 30. The Giants closed it out and won 65-30.

2001-Ben Davis 56, Warren Central 21-Forever known as the "James Banks play" around here. Banks, who was punting for the Giants, sees a snap sail over his head. He goes back and picks the ball up at the 10ish yard line and then snakes his way through the Warren special teams. With the help of a Jon Polston block, he returns the ball for a touchdown. It's still probably the most scintillating play I've ever seen on a football field...period.

2002-Ben Davis 35, Warren Central 28 (OT)-The Giants stuff Warren on 4th down and defeat the Warriors in the Regional. One of the worst weather games I've ever seen. It was also the last game on Warren's grass field. It was basically grass soup. If I recall correctly, we had all different forms of precipitation that game. Rain, snow, sleet, graupel, etc. 

2003-Warren 27, Ben Davis 26-Ben Davis misses an opportunity the next year in the Regional to hop on a fumble late, and Warren returns the favor in the '03 Regional coming back from a 26-14 4th quarter deficit.

2006-Warren 76, Ben Davis 7-Probably should have been 76-0 if not for Tandon Doss. The Giants jumped for a false start on their first three plays of the game. It was a harbinger of things to come. This game was like watching a continuous 2 1/2 hour car crash. Warren scored first. Ben Davis drove down and missed a field goal from 40ish yards. After that, it was 49-0 or something at the half. Tutsie ran up the score. But, it probably would have been that bad anyway. The Giants couldn't stop Evans or anyone else that night.

2008-Ben Davis 45, Warren 23-Satisfying upset victory for the Giants in the Regional. It broke a 9-game losing streak to the Warriors. 

2009-Warren 23, Ben Davis 17 (OT)-Under the open roof at Lucas Oil, Warren wins in OT.

2010-Warren 36, Ben Davis 0-After the Giants had a slew of injuries in their previous game including to two of their QBs, I mentioned it here on the GID and got a stern talking to by Kevin Vanderbush after the Giants got shutout by Warren. I haven't mentioned a peep about injuries since.

2012-Ben Davis 6, Warren 3-In a brutal, physical, nasty game, the Giants hit two fourth-quarter field goals by Sterling Stedham. He kicked the game-winner with six seconds to go from 50 yards. The game had been played over two days due to weather.

2014-Ben Davis 40, Warren 36-One of the best football games you'll ever want to see. The 2014 Giants slugged it out with Warren and prevailed on a late TD.

2017-Ben Davis 36, Warren 29-Reese Taylor took control on the Giants final drive to run out the clock between the veteran Giants 2017 squad and the up and coming Warren squad that would go undefeated and win it all the next year.

2019-Ben Davis 27, Warren 24 (2OT)-The Giants get by Warren in double OT. Warren had it won in regulation on a FG block at the final play, but the Warriors celebrated too early and came on the field during a live ball. The resulting penalty gave the Giants a second chance at the FG on which Zack Fox converted. The Giants won in double OT.

2021-Warren 57, Ben Davis 56-This game was crazy, certifiably crazy. A rash of defensive injuries for both squads meant that neither could stop the other. Still the Giants built two substantial leads in the second half and blew them both. Mike Kirschner wins on his first trip back to the Westside.

 

 

 

[temptation]

I’ve seen dozens of contests between these two rivals but last night may be the sloppiest game I’ve witnessed.  
 

I am sure the long delay didn’t help but I’d venture to say there were over 200 yards in penalties and tons of head scratching decisions as neither team seemed to want to grasp victory from the jaws of defeat.

Both will need to have more discipline and will need tremendous growth at the QB position to make any type of tournament run.

Edited September 21, 2024 by temptation

[Footballking16]

55 minutes ago, temptation said:

I’ve seen dozens of contests between these two rivals but last night may be the sloppiest game I’ve witnessed.  
 

I am sure the long delay didn’t help but I’d venture to say there were over 200 yards in penalties and tons of head scratching decisions as neither team seemed to want to grasp victory from the jaws of defeat.

Both will need to have more discipline and will need tremendous growth at the QB position to make any type of tournament run.

Came here to say the same thing. 

[BDGiant93]

4 hours ago, temptation said:

I’ve seen dozens of contests between these two rivals but last night may be the sloppiest game I’ve witnessed.  
 

I am sure the long delay didn’t help but I’d venture to say there were over 200 yards in penalties and tons of head scratching decisions as neither team seemed to want to grasp victory from the jaws of defeat.

Both will need to have more discipline and will need tremendous growth at the QB position to make any type of tournament run.

Yeah, Giants let one get away. Had every opportunity. Not much else to say.

[Footballking16]

6 minutes ago, BDGiant93 said:

Yeah, Giants let one get away. Had every opportunity. Not much else to say.

The INT thrown in the first overtime when all Ben Davis needed was a FG was so unnecessary. 

[BDGiant93]

6 hours ago, Footballking16 said:

The INT thrown in the first overtime when all Ben Davis needed was a FG was so unnecessary. 

That was the "not much else to say" part. LOL

[WarrenGrad12]

On 9/21/2024 at 10:43 AM, BDGiant93 said:

Yeah, Giants let one get away. Had every opportunity. Not much else to say.

I do wonder if the end of regulation had any bearing in how they called the first OT. A similar spot and they missed a FG and only went backwards. 
 

not saying passing wasn’t the wrong call  but I get it. By running it 3x, you at least give yourself a shot to win it.