Butte is 2-8 against Capital since October of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Butte Bulldogs will take on the Capital Bruins at 7:00 p.m. Butte is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.6 points per game this season.
Butte will head into Thursday's match out to bounce back: they came back down to earth on Thursday after soaring to a 35-point contest in their last game. They fell just short of Helena by a score of 13-10. Having soared to a lofty 55 points in the game before, the Bulldogs couldn't push the score so high this time.
Despite the loss, Butte got top-tier performance from Sam Sampson, who picked up 176 receiving yards and a touchdown. Sampson torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 99 yards.
Meanwhile, Capital had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 29.8 points) and they went ahead and made it seven on Thursday. They claimed a resounding 57-17 win over the Braves/Bravettes on the road. Considering the Bruins have won six matchups by more than 20 points this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Capital's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Cole Graham, who rushed for 101 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries, and Merek Mihelish, who threw for 207 yards and three touchdowns. That's the most rushing yards Graham has posted since back in October of 2023. Daniel Larson also helped out with an impressive 81 receiving yards.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Capital's defense and their seven sacks. In that department, Graham was the leader with four.
Butte's defeat dropped their record down to 3-5. As for Capital, their victory bumped their record up to 7-1.
Butte came up short against Capital in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 27-21. Can Butte avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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