The Houston Hurricanes will head out to face off against the Southland Rebels at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Houston is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 38.2 points per game this season.
Houston is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Minnesota's top teams: Kingsland, who was ranked seventh in their home state at the time (Houston was ranked 12th). Houston fell 38-28 to Kingsland on Wednesday. The Hurricanes have struggled against the Knights recently, as their game on Wednesday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Maddox Rodriguez and Zach Reiland. Reiland had a great game and gained 411 total yards and six touchdowns. Meanwhile, Rodriguez was balling out in the loss, rushing for 127 yards and a touchdown, while also picking up 30 receiving yards.
Even if they lost, Houston's defensive line still kept up the pressure with four sacks. In that department, Logan Kinstler was the leader with two. He also set a new season high mark in total tackles with ten.
Even though they lost, Houston was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 202 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 183 rushing yards in eight consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Southland). They breezed by Grand Meadow on the road to the tune of 48-6 on Wednesday. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Rebels with their most commanding win of the season.
The defeat snapped Houston's winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 4-4 record. As for Southland, they moved to 4-6 with that win, which also ended their three-game losing streak.
Houston came up short against Southland in their previous meeting back in August, falling 21-14. Can Houston avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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