The Creighton Bulldogs will venture away from home to face off against the Ainsworth Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Creighton comes in on four and Ainsworth on three.
Creighton is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They put the hurt on Neligh-Oakdale with a sharp 72-46 victory on Friday. The Bulldogs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matchups by 26 points or more this season.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Taylor Nilson and Corbin Hoefer. Nilson had a great game and threw for 315 yards and six touchdowns while completing 71.9% of his passes. Meanwhile, Hoefer was balling out in the loss, picking up 60 receiving yards and two touchdowns, while also rushing for 87 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
Creighton didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jorgan Condon and Ethan Kuhl. Kuhl also set a new season high mark in receiving yards with 130.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Creighton was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 255 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Neligh-Oakdale only rushed for 159.
Meanwhile, Ainsworth won against St. Mary's last Friday with 70 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Friday. Ainsworth breezed by North Central on the road to the tune of 70-30. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska football rankings (they are ranked 42nd, while the Knights are ranked 134th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
It was another big night for Morgan Kinney, who rushed for 88 yards and four touchdowns on only eight carries, and also picked up 51 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Creighton pushed their record up to 5-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Ainsworth, the victory got them back to even at 3-3.
Everything came up roses for Creighton against Ainsworth when the teams last played back in October of 2019, as the squad secured a 68-20 win. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Ainsworth's Caleb Allen, who rushed for 129 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 125 yards and two touchdowns. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Creighton to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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