Football Game Preview: Parkdale Panthers vs. Oxon Hill Clippers + How To Watch

The Parkdale Panthers will head out to square off against the Oxon Hill Clippers at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Parkdale has given up an average of 31.2 points per game this season, but Saturday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.

It was a proper cat-fight when Parkdale took on Flowers on Saturday. The Panthers were beaten by the Jaguars 50-0. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Maryland football rankings (they are ranked 158th, while the Jaguars are ranked 14th).

Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter and that's exactly how it played out for Oxon Hill on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Bowie out of the water with a 49-6 final score. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Clippers had established a 29-point advantage.

Oxon Hill's win came from a few key players Parkdale will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Amir Elder, who threw for 317 yards and four touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes, and also rushed for 34 yards. Those four passing touchdowns gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Cody McMickens, who rushed for 117 yards and a pair of TDs on only 11 carries.

Oxon Hill was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 208 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.

Parkdale's loss dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Oxon Hill, their record now sits at 4-1.

Parkdale was taken down by Oxon Hill 44-0 when the teams last played back in September of 2019. Can the Panthers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.