Football Game Preview: Crandall Pirates vs. Corsicana Tigers

By Team Reports Sep 26, 2025, 10:28am

Football Preview: Crandall Pirates vs. Corsicana Tigers

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The Crandall Pirates will face off against the Corsicana Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Crandall is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.

Crandall is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. Everything went their way against Poteet last Thursday as they made off with a 56-33 victory. With Crandall ahead 42-20 at the half, the game was all but over already.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Crandall to victory, but perhaps none more so than Luke Vanlandingham, who rushed for 83 yards and one touchdown on only nine carries, and also threw for 164 yards and a pair of TDs while completing 71.4% of his passes. Darrik Ward Jr. was another key rusher, rushing for 150 yards and a pair of scores on only 12 carries.

Fans were treated to a battle of the Tigers on Friday. Corsicana was dealt a 56-12 loss at the hands of Terrell. While losing is never fun, Corsicana can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 628th, while Terrell is ranked 125th).

Crandall's win bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Corsicana, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-2.

Crandall took their victory against Corsicana in their previous matchup back in September of 2024 by a conclusive 45-20 score. Do the Pirates have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Tigers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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