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Brandon 40, Blake 0

Gregg Becnel/The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 13, 2007

THE DIFFERENCE: Running backs Samir Baker and Marquel Gilmore combined for 295 yards and five touchdowns to lead the visiting Eagles to a victory at Big Jim Williams Stadium.

GAME NOTES: Gilmore finished with nine carries for 151 yards, including an 80-yard TD run on the game's first play. He also scored from 13 yards in the second quarter. … Baker rushed 17 times for 144 yards and three TDs (15, 30, 2). … Brandon (5-2), which has recorded back-to-back shutouts, extended its winning streak to four games. … Dating to last season, the Yellow Jackets have lost eight consecutive games and 13 of their past 14. … Blake (0-7) hasn't scored more than eight points in a game this season and has been shut out three times. … Yellow Jackets RB Willie Hopps rushed 17 times for 85 yards. After breaking off a 65-yard run on his first carry, Hopps was held to 20 yards on his next 16 rushes.

STAT OF THE GAME: Brandon outgained Blake 237-83 in the first half and went into intermission up 27-0.
QUOTE OF THE GAME: "This win was real important to keep our winning streak going. Now we can go into our bye week feeling good and then get back into district play the following week [against Bloomingdale]." - Baker

Brandon	20	7	6	7	-	40
Blake	0	0	0	0	-	0

Br-Gilmore 80 run (Keefe kick)
Br-Baker 15 run (Keefe kick)
Br-Baker 30 run (kick blocked)
Br-Gilmore 13 run (Keefe kick)
Br-Baker 2 run (kick no good)
Br-Hutcherson 9 pass from Burr (Keefe kick)

TEAM STATISTICS	Bran.	Blake
First downs	15	7
Rushing	28-308	33-127
Passing	9-19-100	1-6-9
Total yards	408	136
Interceptions by	1	0
Sacks by	0	0
Fumbles-lost	2-0	5-1
Penalties-yards	8-85	7-53

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