Football Game Preview: Tatnall Hornets vs. DuPont Tigers

By Team Reports Oct 19, 2023, 6:20am

Preview: Tatnall Hornets vs. DuPont Tigers

The Tatnall Hornets will be playing at home against the DuPont Tigers at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Tatnall has five straight victories, DuPont has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Last Saturday, Tatnall took their match on the road with ease, bagging a 55-7 victory over Tower Hill. The result was nothing new for Tatnall, who have now won five matchups by 22 points or more so far this season.

Rahshan Lamons continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 165 yards and five touchdowns on only 15 carries, while also throwing for 75 yards and a touchdown while completing 75% of his passes. Lamons is on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Micah Stamper, who rushed for 76 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries.

Meanwhile, DuPont had to suffer through a rough 43-8 loss at the hands of McKean. That's two games in a row now that DuPont has lost by exactly 35 points.

Tatnall's win was their third straight on the road, which bumped their overall record up to 5-1. They've been dominating across those matchups too: they took their wins by an average of 46 points. As for DuPont, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6.