Football Recap: Miller Buccaneers vs. Ray Texans
Miller never let their opponents score on Thursday. They blew past the Ray Texans 54-0. Considering the Buccaneers have won eight games by more than 26 points this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Miller got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Broderick Taylor out in front who rushed for 147 yards and three touchdowns on only eight carries. Taylor's longest rush was for an impressive 66 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. The team also got some help courtesy of Trevor Long, who threw for 263 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.5 yards per attempt.
Miller wouldn't let Ray keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. Miller can thank Lamarcus Cullum and Steven Richardson for forcing all of them. Cullum has been hot recently, having also posted eight or more total tackles the last four times he's played. Miller got some further help from Delson Cavaness: he picked up 0.5 sacks and made 14 total tackles (7.0 for loss).
Miller was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 205 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 150 rushing yards in five consecutive matches.
Miller has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.0 points per game. As for Ray, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-8.
Miller and Ray are set to take part in some playoff action in their next matches. Miller will be playing at home against Tivy at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Tivy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 41.1 points per game this season. As for Ray, they will take on Alamo Heights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Alamo Heights will roll in looking for their 11th straight win, something Ray surely won't give up without a fight.
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