Football Game Preview: San Marcos Academy Bears vs. Lutheran Mustangs

San Marcos Academy has gone a perfect 3-0 against Lutheran recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Bears will take on the Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with six consecutive losses for San Marcos Academy and three for Lutheran.

San Marcos Academy is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Faith Academy on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. The Bears took a blow against the Flames, falling 61-16. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 187th, while the Flames are ranked 21st).

Although San Marcos Academy took the loss, they still got scores from Garrison Millender and David Followell.

Meanwhile, Lutheran was just a hair shy of victory on Friday and fell 31-30 to Bracken Christian. While the Mustangs had to settle for second, they closed the game well in the third quarter, where they outscored the Warriors 16-6.

San Marcos Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 1-7. As for Lutheran, their loss dropped their record down to 5-3.

Everything came up roses for San Marcos Academy against Lutheran in their previous meeting back in November of 2024, as the team secured a 64-18 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Bears since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.