Football Preview: Temple Wildcats vs. Killeen Kangaroos
Temple has gone 5-0 against Killeen recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Temple Wildcats will square off against the Killeen Kangaroos at 7:30 p.m. Temple knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past three matchups -- so hopefully Killeen likes a good challenge.
It was a proper cat-fight when Temple faced off against Midway on Friday. Temple fell just short of Midway by a score of 36-33. The Wildcats' loss signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Cavalli Nealy, who rushed for 82 yards and two touchdowns. The team also got some help courtesy of Champ Mayo, who threw for 208 yards and two touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes.
Meanwhile, Killeen was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They lost to Shoemaker on the road by a 41-26 margin. While losing is never fun, the Kangaroos can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 548th, while the Wolves are ranked 215th).
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in D'Angelo Ingrim and Tyrieke Wade. Wade had a great game and threw for 315 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.7 yards per attempt. Meanwhile, Ingrim was balling out in the loss, throwing for 274 yards and two touchdowns, while also rushing for 36 yards.
Temple's loss dropped their record down to 4-2. As for Killeen, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-7.
The upcoming match will be a clash of competing strengths. Temple has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 163.2 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Killeen has preferred to attack from the air: they average 322.4 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
Everything came up roses for Temple against Killeen in their previous matchup back in October of 2021, as the team secured a 44-6 victory. Will Temple repeat their success, or does Killeen have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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