Football Preview: Friendship Christian Commanders vs. Middle Tennessee Christian Cougars
The Friendship Christian Commanders will stay at home for another week and welcome the Middle Tennessee Christian Cougars at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Friendship Christian's defense has only allowed ten points per game this season, so Middle Tennessee Christian's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Friendship Christian's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past RePublic 2-0. Given the Commanders' advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee football rankings (they are ranked 148th, while the are ranked 346th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Middle Tennessee Christian came up short against The Webb School on Friday and fell 34-21.
Despite the defeat, Middle Tennessee Christian got top-tier performance from Briggs Boyd, who rushed for 147 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 81 yards and two touchdowns on only five passes. Eric Bowling was Boyd's top target, picking up 55 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Even though they lost, Middle Tennessee Christian was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 270 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 182 rushing yards in three consecutive games.
Friendship Christian now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Middle Tennessee Christian, their loss ended a five-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 2-3.
Things could have been worse for Friendship Christian, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 28-13 loss to Middle Tennessee Christian when the teams last played back in November of 2023. Thankfully for Friendship Christian, Eli Wilson (who rushed for 191 yards and a touchdown while picking up 11.2 yards per carry) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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