Football Preview: Douglass Eagles vs. Dunbar Poets
Douglass is on a 11-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Dunbar is on a nine-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Douglass Eagles will welcome the Dunbar Poets at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Douglass is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. Everything went their way against Liberty as Douglass made off with a 36-13 victory.
Douglass was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 347 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 254 rushing yards in ten consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Dunbar put their dominant defense on display in the team's fifth consecutive shutout on Saturday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Fallston 36-0. Given the Poets' advantage in MaxPreps' Maryland football rankings (they are ranked 31st, while the Cougars are ranked 89th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Dunbar's win bumped their record up to 12-0. As for Douglass, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 12-0.
Douglass strolled past Dunbar in their previous matchup back in November of 2018 by a score of 20-6. Will Douglass repeat their success, or does Dunbar have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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