Like Forrest Gump famously said, football games are like a box of chocolates. You never know which one you're gonna get.

After suffering through an 0-3 start to the season, the Bowie Bulldogs varsity football team has rebounded with a 3-1 record, claiming the Eleanor Roosevelt Raiders as their latest victims. Bowie defeated Roosevelt, 19-8, Monday during the Raiders' rain-delayed homecoming that was just as much a surprise to the players as it was their fans.

"It was sweet. My boys came to play," said first-year Bowie coach Lionel Macklin. "I told them before the game, it's unfortunate that we're...