Football Game Preview: Roseau Rams vs. Crookston Pirates

By Team Reports Sep 27, 2024, 7:32am

Football Preview: Roseau Rams vs. Crookston Pirates

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Roseau and Crookston are an even 3-3 against one another since October of 2017, but not for long. The Roseau Rams will be playing at home against the Crookston Pirates at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for Roseau and 13 for Crookston dating back to last season.

Crookston is facing Roseau at the wrong time: Roseau suffered their first home loss of the season last Thursday and they're likely out for redemption. They took a 21-14 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Panthers.

Meanwhile, Crookston was beaten by Pelican Rapids 59-12 last Friday. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota football rankings (they are ranked 245th, while the Vikings are ranked 88th).

Roseau's loss dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Crookston, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.

Roseau strolled past Crookston when the teams last played back in September of 2023 by a score of 36-19. Does Roseau have another victory up their sleeve, or will Crookston turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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