Killeen hasn't had much luck against Temple recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Killeen Kangaroos will welcome the Temple Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. Killeen is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 35.6 points per game this season.
Killeen is headed into Friday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their seventh straight game on Thursday. They took a hard 41-26 fall against Shoemaker. While losing is never fun, the Kangaroos can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 548th, while the Wolves are ranked 215th).
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in D'Angelo Ingrim and Tyrieke Wade. Wade had a great game and threw for 315 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.7 yards per attempt. Meanwhile, Ingrim was balling out in the loss, throwing for 274 yards and two touchdowns, while also rushing for 36 yards.
Meanwhile, Temple unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of Midway by a score of 36-33. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Wildcats have suffered since September 29, 2023.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Cavalli Nealy, who rushed for 82 yards and two touchdowns. Another passer making a difference was Champ Mayo, who threw for 208 yards and two touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes.
Killeen's loss dropped their record down to 0-7. As for Temple, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-2.
The upcoming game will be a clash of competing strengths. Killeen has relied on air attacks this season and has averaged 322.4 passing yards per game. Temple, on the other hand, has relied on a stout run game: they average 163.2 rushing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
Killeen was taken down by Temple 44-6 in their previous meeting back in October of 2021. Can Killeen avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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