Football Game Preview: King Vikings vs. Morristown-Beard Crimson

The King Vikings will venture away from home to take on the Morristown-Beard Crimson at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. King is looking for their season's first victory.

King is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They and Hopkins were almost perfectly matched up on Saturday, but the Vikings suffered a 19-18 defeat.

Meanwhile, Morristown-Beard lost 28-7 to St. Luke's on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Crimson can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 282nd in New Jersey, while the Storm are ranked 112th in Connecticut).

King's loss dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Morristown-Beard, they suffered their first road defeat, dropping their record down to 4-2.

King and Morristown-Beard were neck-and-neck in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, but King came up empty-handed after a 27-26 loss. Can the Vikings avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.