Football Preview: Buffalo Bison vs. New Diana Eagles
The Buffalo Bison will venture away from home to face off against the New Diana Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Buffalo has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with five straight losses, while New Diana will come in with seven straight wins.
Buffalo will head into Friday's matchup ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Winona on Friday, but the two-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the 30-point defeat they were dealt last Friday. Buffalo fell just short of Winona by a score of 46-44. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (42), the Bison still had to take the loss.
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 New Diana on Friday. Everything went their way against Troup as New Diana made off with a 35-11 victory. Fans of the Eagles have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Dejuan Johnson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 140 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries, while also throwing for 98 yards and a touchdown. He 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 dating back to last season. Jaiydyn Johnson was in the mix too, providing New Diana with two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, New Diana was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 262 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 262 rushing yards in seven consecutive contests.
Buffalo's loss dropped their record down to 1-6. As for New Diana, their win was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-0.
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