University of Delaware Athletics
University of Delaware
2-1
North Dakota State
3-0
#18 Blue Hens Suffer First Setback of 2019 to #1 North Dakota State
9/14/2019 4:30:00 PM | Football
NEWARK, Del. – A strong second half by the University of Delaware football team wasn't enough this week against the #1 ranked North Dakota State Bison, winners of seven of the last eight FCS National Championships. After a fast start, the Bison got it going en route to a 47-22 victory at Delaware Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
The Blue Hens held North Dakota State to a three-and-out to open the game and special teams made an impact early, blocking the Bison punt and having it go through the end zone for a safety. Redshirt sophomore Luke Frederick did the honors to set the tone.
A turnover on the ensuing Delaware possession gave the Bison prime field position to jump out in front and never look back.
Delaware-product redshirt freshman Will Knight was productive on the afternoon, going over the century mark on the ground for the first time in his career with eight carries for 115 yards, including a 59-yard outburst that would eventually set up junior Gene Coleman's first career touchdown reception and redshirt sophomore Nolan Henderson's first career touchdown pass.
The drive was Delaware's best of the day, going 91 yards in eight plays in just under three minutes to start the fourth quarter.
As they have in their first two games, the Blue Hens used both Henderson and redshirt senior Pat Kehoe at quarterback. Henderson took the majority of the second-half snaps and threw for 125 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
After a North Dakota State touchdown, Henderson found Knight out of the back field for 16 yards before firing a strike down field to a diving redshirt junior Chichi Amachi in the end zone who got a knee down in play for the 44-yard touchdown pitch and catch.
Sophomore Kedrick Whitehead and redshirt freshman Noah Plack each made a career-high 10 stops and both were active in the pass and run game and sophomore Drew Nickles matched his career high with six tackles.
Senior Jake Roth connected on both his field goal attempts from 36 and 23 yards and put the Blue Hens within five after his first quarter connection.
Delaware stays home and will look to bounce back next weekend against Ivy League foe Penn at Delaware Stadium at 1 p.m.
Team Stats
NDSU 0, DELAWARE 2
DELAWARE - TEAM 24 yd safety
NDSU 7, DELAWARE 2
NDSU - Kobe Johnson 1 yd run (Griffin Crosa kick), 4 plays, 35 yards, TOP 1:36
NDSU 10, DELAWARE 2
NDSU - Griffin Crosa 46 yd field goal 5 plays, 26 yards, TOP 2:09
NDSU 10, DELAWARE 5
DELAWARE - Jake Roth 36 yd field goal 8 plays, 14 yards, TOP 3:19
NDSU 17, DELAWARE 5
NDSU - Adam Cofield 24 yd pass from Trey Lance (Griffin Crosa kick) 8 plays, 75 yards, TOP 3:06
NDSU 20, DELAWARE 5
NDSU - Griffin Crosa 23 yd field goal 9 plays, 42 yards, TOP 4:12
NDSU 27, DELAWARE 5
NDSU - Ben Ellefson 5 yd pass from Trey Lance (Griffin Crosa kick) 7 plays, 80 yards, TOP 2:36
NDSU 33, DELAWARE 5
NDSU - Noah Gindorff 4 yd pass from Trey Lance (Garret Wegner passfailed) 9 plays, 50 yards, TOP 4:53
NDSU 33, DELAWARE 8
DELAWARE - Jake Roth 23 yd field goal 11 plays, 84 yards, TOP 4:35
NDSU 33, DELAWARE 16
DELAWARE - Gene Coleman II 7 yd pass from Nolan Henderson (Chichi Amachi pass) 8 plays, 91 yards, TOP 2:50
NDSU 40, DELAWARE 16
NDSU - Adam Cofield 10 yd run (Griffin Crosa kick), 5 plays, 75 yards, TOP 2:21
NDSU 40, DELAWARE 22
DELAWARE - Chichi Amachi 44 yd pass from Nolan Henderson (Gene Coleman II rushfailed) 7 plays, 80 yards, TOP 3:35
NDSU 47, DELAWARE 22
NDSU - Saybein Clark 20 yd run (Griffin Crosa kick), 9 plays, 75 yards, TOP 4:14
