Mexico is 1-9 against Hannibal since September of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Mexico Bulldogs will be staying on the road to face off against the Hannibal Pirates. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Mexico is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They walked away with a 21-14 victory over Kirksville.
The critical scores for Mexico came from Hunter Cuno, Drew Demint, and Korbyn Dorsey.
Mexico was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 235 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Kirksville only rushed for 94.
Mexico wouldn't let Kirksville keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Mexico can thank Charlie Fisher and Leighton Hilderman for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, Hannibal had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 28 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 50-14 win over the Indians. Considering the Pirates have won six matchups by more than 35 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Hannibal has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 36.7 points. As for Mexico, the victory got them back to even at 5-5.
Mexico took a serious blow against Hannibal when the teams last played back in September, falling 40-0. Can Mexico avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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