http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...in-pennsylvania-high-school-football-shootout
Usually, when a sports fan sees a 107-90 scoreline, he or she assumes it's from a basketball game. Well, on Friday night in Pennsylvania, Meadville High School's football team (yes, football) defeated DuBois High School by that same scoreline, per Tom Reisenweber of the Erie Times-News, in a game that can be described only as putting up video game numbers.
To put things into perspective, the highest-scoring game in NFL history was a 1966 affair in which the Washington Redskins defeated the New York Giants 72-41 for a combined 113 points, per NFL.com. This game had 84 more points than that.The Meadville Bulldogs were led by running back Journey Brown, who ran for 720 yards and 10 touchdowns, per ESPN Stats & Info. Those numbers are more unfathomable than the ones a fan might attain on an Xbox when playing Madden on the easiest skill level.NBC's Brandon Arroyo took a look at Brown's stats at halftime, which were already fantastic:Brown's 720-yard journey reportedly broke the former Pennsylvania state record by over 200 yards, according to Andy Close of the Times Observer.
It was a close affair for much of the evening despite the unbelievable numbers, with Meadville up 56-51 at halftime and 85-82 at the end of the third quarter.
The two teams had a little way to go to surpass a record set on the collegiate level by Georgia Tech in 1916 when it blew out Cumberland222-0, but in modern-day football, with modern-day parity, a scoreline of this proportion is worthy of a double take, a jaw drop and a lot of head-scratching.
Maybe the defenses should get some extra work in over the next week to ensure they don't give up 90 or more points again in their following games.
Usually, when a sports fan sees a 107-90 scoreline, he or she assumes it's from a basketball game. Well, on Friday night in Pennsylvania, Meadville High School's football team (yes, football) defeated DuBois High School by that same scoreline, per Tom Reisenweber of the Erie Times-News, in a game that can be described only as putting up video game numbers.
To put things into perspective, the highest-scoring game in NFL history was a 1966 affair in which the Washington Redskins defeated the New York Giants 72-41 for a combined 113 points, per NFL.com. This game had 84 more points than that.The Meadville Bulldogs were led by running back Journey Brown, who ran for 720 yards and 10 touchdowns, per ESPN Stats & Info. Those numbers are more unfathomable than the ones a fan might attain on an Xbox when playing Madden on the easiest skill level.NBC's Brandon Arroyo took a look at Brown's stats at halftime, which were already fantastic:Brown's 720-yard journey reportedly broke the former Pennsylvania state record by over 200 yards, according to Andy Close of the Times Observer.
It was a close affair for much of the evening despite the unbelievable numbers, with Meadville up 56-51 at halftime and 85-82 at the end of the third quarter.
The two teams had a little way to go to surpass a record set on the collegiate level by Georgia Tech in 1916 when it blew out Cumberland222-0, but in modern-day football, with modern-day parity, a scoreline of this proportion is worthy of a double take, a jaw drop and a lot of head-scratching.
Maybe the defenses should get some extra work in over the next week to ensure they don't give up 90 or more points again in their following games.
