Football Game Preview: Rahway Indians vs. Cranford Cougars

Indians

Points

09/26/25 @ North Hunterdon	33
09/20/25 vs Somerville	7
09/11/25 vs Perth Amboy	43
09/05/25 @ Scotch Plains-Fanwood	35
08/29/25 vs Willingboro	33

The Rahway Indians will head out on the road to challenge the Cranford Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Rahway is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 30.2 points per game this season.

Rahway will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up seven points last Saturday, then bounced right back against North Hunterdon on Friday. The Indians claimed a resounding 33-0 win over the Lions. The Indians have beaten the Lions the last three times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Lions has come to flipping the script.

Andrew Avent continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 219 yards and a pair of scores on only 11 carries. His longest rush was for an incredible 71 yards.

They were just one part of a punishing run game: Rahway was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 424 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.

Rahway's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB seven times. The heavy lifting was done by Avent and Jaylen Eastman, who racked up 5.5 sacks between them.

Meanwhile, Cranford was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Friday as they fell 24-19 to Summit. While the Cougars had to settle for second, they closed the game well in the third quarter, where they outscored the Hilltoppers 13-7.

Rahway now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Cranford, their defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 2-3.

Rahway and Cranford were neck-and-neck in their previous meeting back in October of 2024, but Rahway came up empty-handed after a 14-13 loss. Can the Indians avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.