Football Preview: Stansbury Stallions vs. Tooele Buffaloes
Stansbury is 9-1 against Tooele since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Stansbury Stallions will square off against the Tooele Buffaloes at 7:00 p.m. Stansbury's defense has only allowed 14.1 points per game this season, so Tooele's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Last Thursday, everything went Stansbury's way against Murray as Stansbury made off with a 36-15 win. The Stallions might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by 21 points or more this season.
Stansbury can attribute much of their success to Coleman Dearden, who rushed for 86 yards and a touchdown, and Tyson Ferry, who rushed for 108 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Dearden a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Stansbury was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 299 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Murray only rushed for 46.
Meanwhile, a victory for Tooele just wasn't in the cards on Thursday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They took a blow against Park City, falling 49-10. The Buffaloes haven't had much luck with the Miners recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Tooele might have lost, but man, Vaughn Gritzmacher was a machine: he rushed for 107 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries. Gritzmacher also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, forcing a fumble, making two total tackles, and defending a pass.
The win made it two in a row for Stansbury and bumps their season record up to 6-3. As for Tooele, they now have a losing record at 4-5.
Wednesday's contest might be decided in the on the ground. Stansbury has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 202.4 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Tooele struggles in that department as they've been averaging 293. It's looking like Wednesday's matchup might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Stansbury strolled past Tooele in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 by a score of 41-27. The rematch might be a little tougher for Stansbury since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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