Football Recap: Poly Falls Short of Aberdeen in the Playoffs

Engineers

Previous 5 Games

11/08/25 vs Aberdeen	25-28
11/01/25 @ City College	41-36
10/24/25 @ Patterson	40-0
10/16/25 vs Douglass	57-0
10/10/25 @ Mergenthaler Vo-Tech	0-44

Poly and Aberdeen squared off in some playoff action on Saturday, but Poly had to settle for second. They fell just short of the Eagles by a score of 28-25. The Engineers' loss signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.

Cameron Durbin produced another solid performance rushing for 182 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.1 yards per carry, and also picking up 38 receiving yards and one TD for Aberdeen. Durbin's rushing production has been exceptional as that marked his seventh straight game with at least 111 rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Collin Rogers, who rushed for 80 yards.

Poly's defeat dropped their record down to 5-4. As for Aberdeen, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season.

Poly does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Aberdeen, they will square off against Edgewood at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The Eagles will need to watch out since the Rams have now posted at least 31 points in their last three contests.