Football Game Preview: Coahoma Bulldogs vs. Canadian Wildcats

Coahoma is 0-3 against Canadian since November of 2019 but things could change on Friday. The Bulldogs will square off against the Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

Coahoma is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Alpine 75-20. The final result isn't all that surprising considering the Bulldogs' considerable advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 282nd, while the Bucks are ranked 1070th).

Austin Joslin

Passing Yards (Career)

11/14/25 vs Alpine	220
09/12/25 vs Kermit	178
09/26/25 vs Wink	171
09/19/25 @ Albany	167
10/09/25 vs Grape Creek	112

Austin Joslin and Aiden Rodriguez were among the main playmakers for Coahoma as the former threw for 220 yards and five TDs on only 13 passes and the latter rushed for 136 yards and a pair of scores on only seven carries. Those 220 passing yards gave Joslin a new career-high. Landon Wells was in the mix as well, providing Coahoma with three touchdowns.

They were just one part of a punishing run game: Coahoma was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 333 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their rushing yard total in three consecutive games.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Canadian). They breezed past Muleshoe to the tune of 72-14 on Thursday. The Wildcats have beaten the Mules the last four times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Mules has come to flipping the script.

Canadian found their leader in sophomore Weston Mitchell, who threw for 347 yards and six TDs while completing 92.9% of his passes, and also rushed for 34 yards and one score. Thanks to that big game, Mitchell is now up to 35 passing touchdowns on the season. Slayden Dickinson did his part for the team as well, scoring a TD off of 151 receiving yards.

Coahoma's record now sits at 9-2. As for Canadian, their record is now 10-1.

Coahoma was dealt a bruising 63-35 defeat at the hands of Canadian when the teams last played back in November of 2024. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Bulldogs were down 49-21.