There's no place like home for Fairfield, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Pretty Prairie Bulldogs a 46-0 shutout on Friday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Falcons considering their 12-point performance the game before.
Connor Fowler was his usual excellent self, rushing for 159 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries, while also throwing for 57 yards and a touchdown. His longest rush was for an impressive 51 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Fairfield's defense stepped up as well, laying out Emmett Harbaugh. three times. In fact, those sacks all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Gavin Foster. He also forced afumble, which is notable because Fairfield is 2-1 when he posts at least one forced fumble, but 1-2 otherwise.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Fairfield was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 277 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Pretty Prairie only rushed for 93.
The win got Fairfield back to even at 3-3. As for Pretty Prairie, they dropped their record down to 0-6 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road.
It'll be Battle of the Birds when Falcons challenges Norwich at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Fairfield is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 32 points per game this season. As for Pretty Prairie, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Central Christian at 7:00 p.m. Central Christian will roll in looking for their sixth straight victory, something Pretty Prairie surely won't give up without a fight.
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