The Cowboys won, 47-0.
It's been a great weekend - anytime the Cowboys win and Laurel and Billings Central both lose, life is good. In case anyone is wondering, the last time such an occurrence happened on same weekend was 2005 (Week 7, when BC lost, 21-9 to the Cowboys and Laurel was defeated, 19-13, by Hardin).
Here's another little known fact regarding Billings Central: Prior to Friday's 24-23 loss to Butte Central, only three teams had defeated the Rams since 2005 - Miles City, Dillon, and Frenchtown.
Here's the list of the Rams' losses over the last 10 seasons:
2005 - MC 21, BC 9
2005 - Frenchtown 33, BC 14 (state quarterfinals)
2006 - Dillon 26, BC 21
2006 - Frenchtown 21, BC 19 (state semifinals)
2008 - MC 20, BC 7 (state championship)
2009 - Frenchtown 28, BC 6 (state championship)
2010 - MC 8, BC 0 (state championship)
2011 - Dillon 40, BC 17
2011 - Dillon 44, BC 10 (state championship)
2013 - Dillon 31, BC 14
2013 - Dillon 25, BC 13 (state championship)
Before Friday, the only teams to beat Billings Central in the regular season over the last 10 years are Dillon (2006, 2011, 2013) and Miles City (2005).
The Gazette reported that the Maroons' victory over the Rams was their first since 1998. This is incorrect. Butte Central defeated Billings Central, 49-12 in 1999. The Bishop's Bowl took a four-season hiatus from 2000-03. Billings Central won each meeting between the teams from 2004-13.
[This message has been edited by Brian A. Reed (9/13/2014)]