The Burkburnett Bulldogs will take on the Jacksboro Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Burkburnett is out to stop a five-game streak of losses at home dating back to last season.
Burkburnett is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They were outmatched by Holliday on the road and fell 56-18. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 874th, while the Eagles are ranked 365th).
The losing side was boosted by Brody Boyd, who threw for 139 yards and three touchdowns while completing 77.3% of his passes.
Meanwhile, Jacksboro's undefeated season came to an end after three games on Friday. They fell just short of Jim Ned by a score of 42-40. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (32), the Tigers still had to take the loss.
Jacksboro might have lost, but man, Luke Sams was a machine: he rushed for 174 yards and five touchdowns on only 14 carries. Sams' longest rush was for an impressive 64 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Cannon Valenzuela also helped out with an impressive 130 receiving yards.
Burkburnett's loss dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Jacksboro, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 3-1.
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