Tampa Bay Tech 4-1 at Plant City 4-1

On paper, Plant City is defending the end zone better than Tampa Bay Tech. The Raiders have allowed just 68 points on the season, which is 26 fewer points than The Titan defense has allowed this season. On the opposite side of the spectrum, Tampa Bay Tech has posted 74 more points than Plant City this season. 54 of those points came last Friday in a 54-24 win over Steinbrenner.

The only common opponent to date is Durant. Tampa Bay Tech defeated the Cougars game 2 of the season 31-10. Plant City defeated the Cougars game 3 14-13.

Each team has had an impressive victory this season. Plant City jumped all over Bloomingdale, winning 40-0, one week after Bloomingdale tussled with Plant and lost 50-40. Tampa Bay Tech defeated, then the #3 ranked team, Plant.

In the last 3 games, Plant City has 8 turnovers on offense. Did not affect them too much in their win versus Bloomingdale. But, was surely a factor in their slim win over Durant and overtime loss to East Bay.

Since Tampa Bay Tech lost their first game of the season to Newsome, they are 4-0 averaging 33 points per game. Both teams are very balanced on offense.

Tampa Bay Tech offensive averages per game
Pass – 246 yards
Rush – 229 Yards
Total Offense – 474 yards

Plant City offensive averages per game
Pass – 133 yards
Rush – 147 Yards
Total Offense – 280 yards

As you can see, TBT has a higher offensive output than Plant City: Rushing for 82 yards more per game, 113 passing yards each game and 194 total yards of offense overall each game. Plant City balances the scale on defense. The Raiders have 8 interceptions as a team, 29 tackles for loss and 22 big sacks. The Raiders are getting to the QB around 4 times each game, 12 times in the Bloomingdale game.

Tampa Bay Tech is not too shabby on defense. The Titans are averaging 3 sacks per game, have 7 interceptions on the season, 10 caused fumbles and 9 recovered fumbles.