After each having a week off, the Temple Tigers and the Pepperell Dragons will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Pepperell took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Temple, who comes in off a win.
Two weeks ago, Temple earned a 34-21 victory over South Atlanta.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Cj Gray and he. Gray rushed for 177 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.7 yards per carry while he rushed for 177 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.7 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Serjoe Jones a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Temple was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 366 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Pepperell was not able to break out of their rough patch last Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They took a blow against Cedartown, falling 44-0. While losing is never fun, the Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia football rankings (they are ranked 349th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 54th).
Temple's win bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Pepperell, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4.
Temple came up short against Pepperell when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 19-14. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Pepperell's Sam Ross, who rushed for 109 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries, and also threw for 129 yards on ten of 16 attempts. Now that Temple knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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