The Owls come off a tough loss in the 2024 Jackson Bowl, being dominated on both sides of the ball to one of the best teams in Class 2A in Brownstown Central.

Seymour can look to move past that defeat, hosting Jennings County in a Hoosier Hills Conference matchup on Friday night at Bulleit Stadium.

The team produced just three total yards of offense in Brownstown last week and will look to get back in the win column. Owls head coach Tyson Moore knows another challenge presents itself in Week 7.

“We just cannot have the level of play that we had last Friday,” Moore said. It was an ugly game, and we didn’t play well from the start. Fumbling the opening kickoff and then things just went downhill from there. I thought our level of performance was the worst it had been all year,” Moore said. “When things were getting tough, instead of trying to focus on trying to make improvements and trying to get back on track, we were making excuses.”

But that game is over and now it is another week. Moore spoke about letting go and moving forward through this season.

“For us, we can’t let what happened last week carry over into this week and we have to find a way to use that and make some changes and get going in the right direction,” Moore said. “We have got that opportunity on Friday night. We must refocus and turn our attention to Jennings County. If we keep thinking about things from last week, it will carry over.”

The Panthers (0-6) are coming off a 41-14 loss to Bedford North Lawrence and have been outscored 275-52 during the 2024 season. Last year, Seymour defeated Jennings 56-32 in a high-scoring affair.

Jennings County has a new head coach in Jason Burton, who’s brought in a new system on both sides of the ball.

“They’re a young team and have a lot of new starters,” Moore said. “They play hard and have a new scheme offensively and defensively. The coaches are trying to get that implemented and change the culture there. As an offense and a defense, we’re looking at weakness areas we feel we can attack.”

Regardless of the opponent, execution is all that matters.

“It doesn’t matter how good, bad, or ugly our opponent is, you have to be able to go out there and execute,” Coach Moore said. “It doesn’t matter who you’re playing if you can’t execute, you give them a chance to beat you if you can’t do those things.”

The homestretch of the regular season is here as Seymour hosts the Panthers Friday, before traveling to New Albany next week to wrap up Hoosier Hills Conference play.

After that is the final home and regular season game for the Owls, who will host Bloomington South (4-2).

Senior wide receiver Jaylan Johnson leads the team with 23 receptions and 351 receiving yards. Senior running back Nicholas Wheeler and quarterback Mikey Wright lead the team in rushing touchdowns with five scores each.

Jennings County’s leading rusher is #0 Brandan Mccory who has 55 carries for 216 rushing yards. Their leading receiver is Samuel Hernandez who is #11 and has 14 receptions for 127 yards.

The Seymour defense has 45 tackles for loss, including sixteen from Mason Nugent and seven from Curtis Burke. Johnson leads the team in interceptions with 4, while Mitchell Mellencamp leads in passes defended with 5.