I have repeated my standards on Zero Week contests numerous times on this site, but I feel it’s worth repeating once again what I count as a game and what I do not. For a contest to be counted as a game, and therefore be counted in the season records, it has to meet three criteria:
1. Four 12-minute quarters (planned) with normal timing and gameplay rules.
2. Officials are used.
3. Score is kept.
Even so, the criteria I use will occasionally be misinterpreted, and a game that should not be listed sneaks through. Looking back at some past Zero Week contests, I see that a couple of my listings did not meet the criteria for a game. Therefore, I am removing them from the listings and records of each team. In each case, these were games that I thought had followed the rules outlined above, but after a thorough examination of Zero Week games from the past several years, two games I have listed came up short of meeting all three criteria:
Douglas’ 42-0 victory over Star Valley on Aug. 29, 2009. This game did not have kick returns, as the ball was simply placed at a predetermined spot after each score. (Removal of this game will affect Douglas’ current win streak; the streak will be counted from 30 going forward.)
Natrona’s 35-0 victory over Laramie on Aug. 25, 2007. This game did not have punting, as the ball was moved a set distance down the field after a failed third down.
These two games have been removed from the records of the respective teams.
I also corrected the score for Wind River’s 30-6 victory over Basin on Oct. 22, 1976. (I had listed 30-0.) Thanks to Terry Davis for the catch!
The updates have been made on all the relevant pages.
–patrick