Blue Hens Dominate Lafayette En Route to 37-0 Win

Saturday, September 8

Delaware Stadium

3:30 PM

University of Delaware

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Lafayette

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Photo by: Paolo Tiamson

9/8/2018 7:53:00 PM | Football

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NEWARK, Del. – The only gloomy part of Saturday afternoon at Delaware Stadium was the weather as the University of Delaware football team rolled to an impressive 37-0 win over the Leopards of Lafayette College.

The Blue Hens posted their first shutout of the 2018 season while the offense rolled up over 400 total yards on the afternoon.

Redshirt junior Pat Kehoe continued his impressive start to the year, finishing 18-of-28 for 279 yards and three touchdowns. Two of his main targets were seniors Vinny Papale and Charles Scarff, who combined for eight catches for 125 yards and each had a TD catch.

Redshirt sophomore DeJoun Lee racked up 93 yards on 11 carries to lead a powerful running attack, that included 54 yards from senior Kani Kane, along with Kane and Khory Spruill finding the endzone.

Defensively, senior Troy Reeder led the way with eight tackle and forced fumble, while classmate Nasir Adderley picked up his first interception of the year. As a unit, the defense limited Lafayette to just 118 yards of total offense, including -18 rushing.

Delaware jumped on momentum from the start, scoring on its first drive of the day with a 10-yard TD pass from Kehoe to Scarff to cap an eight-play, 55 yard drive.

Six minutes later, Kehoe orchested another drive with a TD pass to freshman Bryce De Maille, his first career catch. It capitalized on a Lafayette turnover and pushed the lead to 14-0.

Lee would help ignite a long seven-play, 82-yard drive that would finish with a Kehoe to Papale 15-yard TD pass as the Blue Hens headed to the locker rooms with a 21-0 cushion.

That lead would increase to 28-0 when Kane ran one in from seven yards out to cap off a seven-play, 68-yard drive with seven minutes left in the third.

Delaware would add another touchdown and a safety in the game's final minutes to wrap up the dominating 37-0 victory.

Quotable

"I'm happy for our fans and supporters, our coaching staff and most importantly our student-athletes. They've really shown their true character here in coming back focused and responding with a great effort today. They were very purposefully in how they played today and we played close to a complete game out here today." – Head Coach Danny Rocco

Hen Tracks

Delaware posts first shutout win since a 17-0 victory over William & Mary on Oct. 14, 2017
Delaware posts first non-league shutout since 45-0 win over Delaware State on Sept. 17, 2011
Delaware allowed -18 yards rushing by Lafayette. This marked the 19th time in school history that Delaware allowed negative rushing yards in a game and this was the 8th lowest allowed overall all-time and lowest since allowing -37 to Jacksonville on Aug. 29, 2013
Lafayette's 118 total yards was lowest allowed by Delaware since holding Delaware State to 112 yards in a 45-0 win on Sept. 17, 2011
Delaware QB Pat Kehoe threw for 279 yards to become first Delaware quarterback to throw for over 200 yards in consecutive games since Trent Hurley vs. Colgate and James Madison in 2014
Kehoe's 279 passing yards were the most for a UD player since Hurley threw for 295 yards vs. James Madison in 2014
Delaware had 9 different players catch a pass, the most since 9 caught passes vs. Delaware State on Sept. 17, 2011
Delaware K Frank Raggo was 5 for 5 on PAT, extending his consecutive made streak to 69, breaking the UD record of 67 set by Sean Baner in 2010-13
Delaware extended its scoring streak to 230 straight games at Delaware Stadium (every home game since 1983 season)

Up Next
The Blue Hens wrap up their three-game homestand when the Big Red of Cornell University visit Delaware Stadium next Saturday. Game time is set for 3:30 p.m.