Lisbon’s offensive linemen don’t crave attention, but they certainly deserve it.

LISBON FALLS – It’s either a dead-on Lou Holtz impersonation, or Lisbon High School football coach Dick Mynahan truly is surprised.

Surprised that his Greyhounds are undefeated and scrapping for a second straight Class C championship Saturday against Foxcroft Academy.

Taken aback that Dan Willis, a first-year starter at running back who put his fingerprints on last year’s Gold Ball by virtue of his defensive excellence, has rushed for 1,200 yards and 15 touchdowns.

Stunned that Lisbon is able to crank out nine-minute, 17-play drives against teams that were supposed to pound away at the Greyhounds in that fashion, not the other away around.

If there’s overdue credit to be given for keeping the boss on his toes, look no further than the offensive line.

Led by seniors Mark Stambach, Devan Knight and Jared Williams and embellished by the emergence of fellow upperclassmen Steve McKay and Scott Wing and junior Steve Michaud, the Lisbon front five (plus one) ensured that a new-look offense didn’t miss a beat this season.

Which, of course, has afforded the group all the attention offensive linemen typically get: Zero.

“I don’t care,” said McKay, who stands 5-foot-9 and weighs only 170 pounds. “They can talk about everyone else all they want. It doesn’t matter to us.”

As was the case at just about every other position on the field, Lisbon’s O-line didn’t coax a chorus of wows from pre-season polls and media previews.

The Greyhounds’ line was a patchwork group last season, at times, due to injury and ineligibility. Then the mainstay, 6-foot-5, 280-pound Elijah Trefts, played his final game in last year’s 12-7 championship victory over Foxcroft.

Nobody in the current group occupies that kind of space. Stambach is the closest thing to a block of granite at 6-0, 225. Michaud and Wing are next at a lean 190 pounds apiece, and the numbers quickly drop down the ladder to Williams at 180, McKay at 170 and Knight at 155.

Being dwarfed didn’t stop Lisbon from knocking back Livermore Falls in last Saturday’s Western Class C championship, setting Willis and backfield mates Ryan Giusto and Jesse Moan free for four or five yards a pop.

Lisbon churned out a drive that took up most of the third quarter. Junior quarterback Mike Unterkoefler applied the exclamation point with a quarterback sneak on the opening play of the fourth period, nailing down a 23-6 victory.

“When you’re not big, you just have to get lower,” Mynahan said. “You have to get the shoulder pad and helmet in the right place. This line, every one of them, they may not be able to move the man in front of them, but at least they’re in the right position to do it. And with Dan having the kind of vision he has back there, if they give him a seam, he’s gone.”

In addition to abetting Willis’ breakthrough season, the offensive line has given first-year starter Unterkoefler oodles of time in the pocket. He has picked apart Campbell Conference defense to the tune of eight touchdowns.

What Lisbon lacks in size, it covers with continuity and camaraderie.

“We’ve been friends most of our lives,” Stambach said of the group.

“I think at least four of us have been going to the same school since we were little,” said Knight, who concentrated mostly on defense in junior high until emerging as a two-way player in high school.

Although they haven’t followed the lead of the Denver Broncos’ line and taken a vow of silence, these Greyhounds won’t be confused with affirmation hounds. The television cameras scanning Wednesday’s practice on the artificial turf field at North Yarmouth Academy were there to get a word with Willis, Moan and some of Lisbon’s more recognized names.

None of their blockers were complaining.

“Some of them never even say a word to me,” Mynahan said.

McKay, who saw most of his playing time on special teams prior to this season, hinted that the introversion is a fraternal thing.

“You just work hard. You have to be driven,” McKay said of being a lineman. “It’s all up to you.”

The relative silence is broken when anyone mentions this weekend’s ultimate goal, though.

“Those seniors last year worked hard to get the Gold Ball. That was their championship and their season,” Knight said. “Now that we’re seniors, we want ours.”

And if they get it, it shouldn’t surprise anybody.