Marquette has gone 8-2 against Escanaba recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Marquette Redmen will look to defend their home field against the Escanaba Eskymos at 6:30 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Marquette's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Sault Area 49-0 on the road. The Redmen might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by 30 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Escanaba). They blew past Grayling, posting a 62-21 victory at home. Given the Eskymos' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan football rankings (they are ranked 142nd, while the Vikings are ranked 293rd), the result on Saturday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Marquette's win bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Escanaba, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
Marquette strolled past Escanaba in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 by a score of 38-20. Does Marquette have another victory up their sleeve, or will Escanaba turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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