Football Game Preview: Comfort Bobcats/Deer vs. Lexington Eagles

Comfort is 0-3 against Lexington since October of 2016 but things could change on Friday. The Bobcats/Deer will head out on the road to challenge the Eagles at 7:00 p.m. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 1,010 yards in their previous games.

Comfort took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They enjoyed a cozy 57-43 win over Thrall. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Bobcats/Deer considering their six-point performance the matchup before.

Gabriel Gonzalez

Rushing Touchdowns (Career)

10/24/25 vs Thrall	2
09/12/25 @ Ingram Moore	1
08/29/25 vs Brackett	1
09/27/24 @ Llano	1

Gabriel Gonzalez had a dynamite game, rushing for 194 yards and a pair of TDs on only 14 carries. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in rushing touchdowns (two). Carter Pape also helped out as he racked up 159 rushing yards.

They were just one part of a punishing run game: Comfort was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 540 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 199 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.

Meanwhile, Lexington didn't have quite enough to beat Blanco on Friday and fell 35-33. The loss was the Eagles' first of the season.

Comfort will need to focus on slowing down Kase Evans, one of several Lexington players who made an impact when they last played. He threw for 441 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.5 yards per attempt, and also punched in one score on the ground. Evans is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in each of the last five games he's played. 105 of Evans' passing yards were hauled in by Lincoln Bryan.

Having lost for the first time this season, Lexington fell to 6-1-1. As for Comfort, with the victory, they broke their three-game losing streak and moved their record to 5-3.

Comfort was dealt a bruising 62-0 loss at the hands of Lexington in their previous matchup back in November of 2024. Can the Bobcats/Deer avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.