Football Game Preview: Rochester Leaves Home

By Team Reports Sep 10, 2024, 9:50am

Football Preview: Rochester Rams vs. Neshannock Lancers

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The Rochester Rams are on the road again on Friday to play the Neshannock Lancers at 7:00 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.

Rochester's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Western Beaver on Saturday. They were beaten by the Golden Beavers 38-0. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 402nd, while the Golden Beavers are ranked 182nd).

Meanwhile, Neshannock came up short against Ellwood City on Friday and fell 28-21. The loss was the Lancers' first of the season.

Rochester's defeat dropped their record down to 0-2-1. As for Neshannock, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 2-1.

Rochester came up short against Neshannock when the teams last played back in October of 2015, falling 26-20. Thankfully for Rochester, Frank Antuono (who rushed for 181 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.6 yards per carry, and also threw for 113 yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.

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