The Hamburg Lions will square off against the Stuttgart Ricebirds at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hamburg is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 34.1 points per game this season.
Hamburg will head out to face Stuttgart after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. Hamburg had to suffer through a 70-39 loss at the hands of DeWitt. The Lions were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 41-17.
Hamburg might have lost, but man, Ni?Kel Lewis was a machine: he rushed for 261 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 13.1 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Lewis a new career-high in rushing yards.
Even though they lost, Hamburg was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 288 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Stuttgart, who bounced back after a loss on the road two weeks ago. They managed a 34-29 win over Star City on Friday.
Stuttgart's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-5. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 38.0 points per game. As for Hamburg, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-3.
Hamburg was dealt a bruising 51-21 loss at the hands of Stuttgart in their previous matchup back in November of 2020. Can Hamburg avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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