After two games on the road, Cozad is heading back home. They will welcome the Minden Whippets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Cozad is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 37.2 points per game this season.
Cozad's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They claimed a resounding 41-0 victory over Holdrege on the road. The result was nothing new for the Haymakers, who have now won five games by 20 points or more so far this season.
Noah Shoemaker continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 186 yards and four touchdowns, while also rushing for 57 yards and a touchdown. Another player making a difference was Julien Davis, who rushed for 94 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Minden's offense. They were outmatched by Gothenburg at home and fell 32-0. The shutout was out of character for the Whippets seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in September.
Cozad's win bumped their record up to 6-2. As for Minden, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-5.
Cozad came up short against Minden in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 12-7. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Minden's Orrin Kuehn, who rushed for 157 yards, and also picked up 32 receiving yards. Now that Cozad knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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