Two dominant backs in Jaylen Harper and Vudrico Roberson are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Sam Houston Texans are taking a road trip to take on the Haltom Buffalos at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Sam Houston is no doubt hoping to put an end to an eight-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Sam Houston is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Martin on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Sam Houston was outmatched by Martin on the road and fell 67-13. While losing is never fun, the Texans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 605th, while the Warriors are ranked 248th).
Although Sam Houston took the loss, they still got scores from Jokory Melbourne and Jayvien Holman.
Even though they lost, Sam Houston was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 225 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Haltom narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past South Grand Prairie 23-21.
Keenan Jackson was his usual excellent self, rushing for 187 yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Roberson, who rushed for 159 yards.
Haltom has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-4 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 29.4 points per game. As for Sam Houston, their loss dropped their record down to 2-7.
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