Both knew they got plenty of carries and yards Friday night against Killeen Shoemaker in their season and career finale, but the numbers did end up bordering on the ridiculous - in a very good way for the Wildcats.
Both players had career-high totals in carries and yards, with Seastrunk running 31 times for 305 yards and three touchdowns and Davis racking up 202 yards and two scores on 41 rushes behind a dominant performance by their offensive line to lead Temple to a 44-32 win over the winless-but-scrappy Grey Wolves at Leo Buckley Stadium.
"I didn't think I had that many. It feels like I barely got 20 carries," said a smiling Davis, the 248-pound fullback whose previous high in carries this year was 26 in a win at Bryan. "It must have been good conditioning at practice. Right now it feels great. Our offensive line, they were just getting nasty."
Seastrunk, the speedy blue-chip recruit who entered the night averaging 16.2 carries per game, exceeded his previous season high by nine carries, and his 305 yards surpassed his 291 at Killeen Ellison in 2008.
The combined 507 yards of Seastrunk - who also caught a TD pass - and Davis plus 48 from Marquette Wilson paced Temple's 81-carry, 547-yard ground attack as the Wildcats finished the year 4-6 overall and 3-4 in District 12-5A.
"I don't think we knew that (Temple would rush for so many yards), but we did what we thought we had to do to win tonight and win the last one for our seniors," said Temple coach Bryce Monsen, whose squad's home loss to Belton last week eliminated from the Wildcats from contention for a third consecutive playoff berth. "It's a great way to end it."
"We're not going to the playoffs, but we grew as a team and as friends," said Seastrunk, who finished the season with 1,174 rushing yards and 15 total touchdowns to extend his Temple career records to 4,217 yards and 52 TDs. "I'm just thankful we grew as a team."
Sophomore quarterback Jammie Blount passed for 278 yards and two touchdowns for Shoemaker, a 2008 playoff qualifier whose injury-plagued season ended at 0-10 overall and 0-7 in 12-5A.
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