Roosevelt and Dunbar are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2017, but not for long. The Roosevelt Roughriders will head out to challenge the Dunbar Crimson Tide at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Roosevelt is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of District of Columbia's top teams: Jackson-Reed, who was ranked 15th in their home state at the time (Roosevelt was ranked eighth). Roosevelt's defense stepped up to hand Jackson-Reed a 35-0 shutout on Saturday.
Roosevelt's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was David Anderson, who threw for 175 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 passes. Jamal Gilmore was Anderson's top target, picking up 106 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Dunbar had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 31 points) and they went ahead and made it three two weeks ago. They took their contest at home with ease, bagging a 34-0 victory over the Knights.
Roosevelt's win was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-1. As for Dunbar, their record is now an identical 6-1.
Roosevelt was dealt a bruising 49-6 defeat at the hands of Dunbar in their previous meeting back in November of 2023. Can Roosevelt avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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