It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Houston can now relate to. They took a 27-14 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Southland Rebels on Tuesday. The result was an unpleasant reminder to the Hurricanes of the 21-14 loss they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in August.
Houston's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Morgan Rohweder, who rushed for 37 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 118 yards on 12 of 23 attempts. The dominant performance gave Rohweder a new career-high in rushing yards. Maddox Rodriguez was another key rusher, gaining 175 total yards.
Even though they lost, Houston was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 246 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 183 rushing yards in nine consecutive matches.
Houston now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Southland, their victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-6.
Houston does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Southland, they will challenge LeRoy-Ostrander/Lyle/Pacelli at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. LeRoy-Ostrander/Lyle/Pacelli knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 31 points or more in their past eight matchups -- so hopefully Southland likes a good challenge.
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