Football Game Preview: Taft Toreadors vs. University Wildcats

By Team Reports Sep 27, 2024, 7:06am

Football Preview: Taft Toreadors vs. University Wildcats

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The Taft Toreadors will head out to square off against the University Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.

Taft will head into Friday's contest ready to turn things around: they lost a close one when they played on September 6th but unfortunately for them the loss they were handed two weeks ago was a bit more commanding. They were beaten by Oak Park 40-7. Having soared to a lofty 32 points in the game before, the Toreadors couldn't push the score so high this time.

Meanwhile, University came up short against Los Angeles on Friday and fell 28-16. The Wildcats have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Although University took the loss, they still got scores from D'Elliott Jones and Jay'Don Manuel.

University wouldn't let Los Angeles keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. University can thank Montae Hamblet and Avier Phillips-Coltrane for forcing both of them.

Taft's defeat was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-3. As for University, their loss dropped their record down to 2-2.

Taft took a serious blow against University in their previous meeting back in August of 2019, falling 34-7. Can Taft avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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