Marquette Catholic is 1-7 against Mater Dei since September of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Marquette Catholic Explorers will welcome the Mater Dei Knights at 1:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Marquette Catholic is headed into Saturday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 11th straight game dating back to last season on Thursday. They were beaten by Althoff Catholic 49-0. While losing is never fun, the Explorers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 472nd, while the Crusaders are ranked 38th).
Meanwhile, Mater Dei came up short against Macomb on Friday and fell 29-20.
Marquette Catholic's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Mater Dei, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Marquette Catholic took a serious blow against Mater Dei when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 57-28. Thankfully for Marquette Catholic, Trenton Zeeb (who threw for 104 yards and four touchdowns, and also rushed for 67 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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