Football Preview: Landon Bears vs. Dunbar Crimson Tide
The Landon Bears will challenge the Dunbar Crimson Tide at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Dunbar is hoping to do what John Carroll couldn't on Friday: put an end to Landon's winning streak (dating back to last season), which now stands at five games. Landon put the hurt on John Carroll with a sharp 34-14 win. With the Bears ahead 27-7 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Meanwhile, Dunbar was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Suitland 60-13 at home. Given the Crimson Tide's advantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked fourth in District of Columbia, while the Rams are ranked 81st in Maryland), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Brosnan Dukes had a dynamite game for Dunbar, throwing for 424 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 20.2 yards per attempt. With that strong performance, Dukes is now averaging an impressive 339 passing yards per game.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Dunbar was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 453 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Landon's victory bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Dunbar, they pushed their record up to 2-0 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season.
Landon didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Dunbar in their previous matchup back in September of 2019, but they still walked away with a 14-8 victory. Will Landon repeat their success, or does Dunbar have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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