Big Battle on deck next Saturday, October 5th, as the Hoban Knights (4-1) travel to Bedford to face the Benedictine Bengals (5-0) for a 1:00 pm NCL showdown.
The Knights and Bengals have tangled on the gridiron 22 times with Benedictine owning a 14-8 advantage overall in the series. Benedictine won the initial meeting in 1985 (32-7) with Hoban notching its first mark in the win column in 1988 (34-0). The teams did not meet in the regular season from 1997-2010, but twice during that stretch the Bengals ended the Knights' season, dealing Hoban playoff defeats in 2002 (23-20) and 2004 (42-28). Benedictine is the last NCL foe to defeat Hoban on the football field, having beaten the Knights 35-14 to close out the 2015 regular season. Hoban has won the last three meetings, most recently winning 42-13 in 2018 at Dowed Field in Akron.
Hoping this is a great game and that the two squads continue to play despite the folding of the NCL after this season.
The Knights and Bengals have tangled on the gridiron 22 times with Benedictine owning a 14-8 advantage overall in the series. Benedictine won the initial meeting in 1985 (32-7) with Hoban notching its first mark in the win column in 1988 (34-0). The teams did not meet in the regular season from 1997-2010, but twice during that stretch the Bengals ended the Knights' season, dealing Hoban playoff defeats in 2002 (23-20) and 2004 (42-28). Benedictine is the last NCL foe to defeat Hoban on the football field, having beaten the Knights 35-14 to close out the 2015 regular season. Hoban has won the last three meetings, most recently winning 42-13 in 2018 at Dowed Field in Akron.
Hoping this is a great game and that the two squads continue to play despite the folding of the NCL after this season.
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