Football Recap: Birmingham Skates Past Cleveland with Ease + How To Watch

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Previous Games

10/10/25 - Away	49-21 W
10/18/24 - Home	34-7 W
10/20/23 - Away	43-6 W
10/28/22 - Home	38-0 W
10/12/18 - Away	40-8 W
+ 3 more games

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Birmingham). They breezed past the Cleveland Cavaliers to the tune of 49-21 on Friday. The victory continues a trend for the Patriots in their matchups with the Cavaliers: they've now won eight in a row.

Kevin Hawkins produced another solid effort throwing for 175 yards and two touchdowns on only 16 passes, while also rushing for 37 yards and one score. His passing game has become a key predictor of Birmingham's success: the team is undefeated when his passer rating is 100 or higher, but only 0-3 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Jimmy Renteria, who picked up 53 receiving yards and one TD.

Despite the defeat, Cleveland had strong showings from Joseph Hurtado, who rushed for 53 yards and one score, and Julio Avalos, who rushed for 72 yards and one touchdown.

Birmingham now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Cleveland, they dropped their record down to 2-5 with the loss, which was their third straight at home.

We've got plenty of inter-league action coming up soon. Birmingham will square off against rival Taft at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. That contest will pit two of the most dominant signal callers against one another: Hawkins and Nathan Swinson. Meanwhile, Cleveland is set to take on their familiar foe El Camino Real at 7:15 p.m. on Friday.