The Temple Tigers will head out on the road to challenge the Model Blue Devils at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Temple is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 35.5 points per game this season.
Last Friday, Temple was fully in charge, breezing past Darlington 51-7. The result was nothing new for Temple, who have now won four matches by 21 points or more so far this season.
Temple found their leader in sophomore Serjoe Jones, who rushed for 98 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries. Cayson Mcanallen was in the mix as well, providing Temple with two touchdowns.
Jones was just one part of a punishing run game: Temple was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 287 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 200 rushing yards in seven consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Model came up short against Heard County on Friday and fell 38-26. While losing is never fun, the Blue Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 356th, while the Braves are ranked 170th).
Temple has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season. As for Model, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-6.
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