Football Game Preview: Seymour Eagles vs. Sullivan East Patriots

By Team Reports Oct 15, 2024, 3:06am

Football Preview: Seymour Eagles vs. Sullivan East Patriots

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Seymour has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will venture away from home to challenge the Sullivan East Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.

It was a Battle of the Birds when Seymour duked it out withFulton on Friday. Seymour was outmatched by Fulton at home and fell 35-7. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked 264th, while the Falcons are ranked 116th).

The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Ryan Gibson and Albert Johnson. Johnson had a great game and rushed for 150 yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, Gibson was balling out in the loss, rushing for 157 yards and a touchdown.

Meanwhile, Sullivan East was not able to break out of their rough patch last Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They were beaten by Greeneville 73-8. The Patriots were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 59-0.

Seymour dropped their record down to 0-7 with the defeat, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Sullivan East, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.

Seymour beat Sullivan East 28-21 in their previous meeting back in September of 2022. Will Seymour repeat their success, or does Sullivan East have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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