Burton is 1-7 against Balboa since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Burton Pumas will face off against the Balboa Buccaneers at 2:00 p.m.
Burton's offense might be in the hot seat on Saturday considering what happened against Lincoln on Saturday. They were dealt an 84-0 defeat at the hands of the Mustangs. The Pumas just can't catch a break and have now endured five losses in a row.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Balboa). They took their contest on Saturday with ease, bagging a 51-0 win over Galileo. The victory was nothing new for the Buccaneers as they're now sitting on four straight.
Burton's defeat dropped their record down to 1-6. As for Balboa, the win got them back to even at 4-4.
Burton was taken down by Balboa 57-0 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Balboa's Rylen Thien-Jones, who threw for 154 yards and four touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes. Now that Burton knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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