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| 11/08/24 - Home | 21-28 L |
| 11/11/23 - Away | 28-0 W |
| 10/01/22 - Home | 34-0 W |
| 10/01/21 - Away | 31-6 W |
| 11/20/20 - Away | 24-13 W |
| + 5 more games |
Dover has gone 8-2 against Caesar Rodney recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Senators will welcome the Riders at 7:00 p.m. Dover has now lost eight straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since August 30.
Dover is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Delaware's top teams: Smyrna, who was ranked sixth at the time (Dover was ranked 22nd). The Senators were outmatched by the Eagles and fell 46-7.
Meanwhile, Caesar Rodney was not the first on the board on Thursday, but they got there more often. Everything went their way against Cape Henlopen as they made off with a 35-14 win. The result was nothing new for the Riders, who have now won four matchups by 21 points or more so far this season.
Caesar Rodney's win came from a few key players Dover will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Jaxon Timmons, who rushed for 74 yards and one score on only nine carries. Khamei Bowe-Walker also deserves some recognition as he hauled in his first receiving touchdown of the season.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Caesar Rodney proved: they limited Cape Henlopen to a paltry 3.2 yards per carry. The Riders didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 7.1.
The victory made it two in a row for Caesar Rodney and bumps their season record up to 6-3. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 40.0 points over those games. As for Dover, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-8.
Dover came up short against Caesar Rodney in their previous meeting back in November of 2024, falling 28-21. Can the Senators avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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