The last time Glacier played Sentinel, the two teams combined for more than 100 points and the Wolfpack compiled nearly 700 yards of offense under the bright lights of Washington-Grizzly Stadium in Missoula.

It was one of a handful of shootouts the Wolfpack got into last season, and what the team has tried to eliminate in 2014, in rallying for a 6-0 start and the state’s top ranking. Glacier held Butte, the state’s top passing offense, to less than 300 yards and 29 points earlier this season, marks only stretched by two late touchdown drives against the Wolfpack’s second-string defense.

It’s a focus that has led Glacier to be second in total defense and third in scoring defense this season. It’s also a focus this week as the Wolfpack takes on Sentinel (2-4) and the state’s third-ranked offense.

“Last year they were able to move the ball well against us,” Glacier coach Grady Bennett said.

“We want to try to limit what they do and try to get stops. Force them to try to watch our offense as much as possible and not get into one of those shootouts.”

Sentinel quarterback Kade Paffhausen is third in the state in passing and total offense this season, just behind Glacier’s Brady McChesney and Butte’s Dylan Cook.

Sentinel’s Alec Steele is sixth in the state in receptions per game and is averaging nearly 12 yards per catch. The Spartans average nearly 114 yards rushing per game behind running backs Ryan Ramos and Jackson King.

“Paffhausen’s a very good quarterback, he’s got a lot of good weapons to throw to,” Bennett said.

While Sentinel looks similar to Butte on offense, its attack is different, tending to attempt to stretch the field vertically more than the Bulldogs while depending less on rushing yards from the quarterback.

The Spartans are third in total offense and have dialed up the points this season despite their losing record. Sentinel has been snake-bitten in close games, losing three of its games by a combined eight points.

“We’ve been really strong against the run for a few years,” Bennett said. “But some teams have been able to throw the ball around on us a little bit. That’s been a little bit tougher for us.

“That Butte game was big for our defense, to play better against the pass and really limit a good passing team like that,” Bennett said.

“The goal’s the same this week. It’s a little bit different offense ... it’ll be a different challenge, but hopefully our defense learned a lot.”

Part of Glacier’s dominance this season has been its ability to put pressure on opposing teams, not just through defense, but with an explosive offense. The Wolfpack’s scoring machine has put the onus on its opponents to keep up, something that can be near impossible to do at times.

Last week, against then-No. 5 Missoula Big Sky, Glacier scored on nearly every drive of the first half to build a huge lead and break the Eagles out of their plodding offense.

“We knew if we could be explosive with our offense and score a lot of points early it would change their gameplan,” Bennett said.

“We want our offense to continue to score points and put pressure on the other team to keep up.”

The game starts a 7 p.m. at Legends Stadium.