University of Delaware Athletics
Saturday, September 16
Newark, Del.
6 PM
University of Delaware
vs
Saint Francis (Pa.)
Photo by: Mikey Reeves
Football Ready to Open Home Slate Against Saint Francis
9/14/2023 3:30:00 PM | Football
NEWARK, Del. – After two straight weekends on the road to begin the season, the University of Delaware football team will play its home opener on Saturday evening when it welcomes Saint Francis to Delaware Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on FloSports.
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ABOUT THE HENS
- Delaware is coming off a 63-7 loss at Penn State, ranked No. 7 in the FBS, last Saturday.
- Playing in front of 108,575 fans at Penn State's Beaver Stadium, the Blue & Gold trailed by just one score after the first quarter following Marcus Yarns' 66-yard touchdown run.
- Yarns has rushed for 193 yards and three touchdowns over the first two games.
- Ryan O'Connor has completed 27 passes for 367 yards and a touchdown.
- Ten different Blue Hens have caught a pass this season, with four receivers having caught five passes. Chandler Harvin leads the way with 100 receiving yards and Kym Wimberly has 81 yards and a touchdown.
- Jackson Taylor leads the defense with 17 tackles, including a 10-tackle performance at Penn State. Tyron Herring has 14 tackles and one of UD's three interceptions while also forcing a fumble.
ABOUT THE RED FLASH
- Saint Francis enters Saturday's game with an 0-2 record after road losses at Western Michigan (35-17) and Robert Morris (31-21).
- The Red Flash went 9-3 in 2022 with a perfect 7-0 mark in the NEC to win the conference and advance to the FCS Championship.
- Through two games this season, Saint Francis is averaging 19.0 ppg and 268 yards of total offense. Cole Doyle is 33-for-50 on the season, passing for 417 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for another.
- QuaSean Holmes has rushed for two scores while Casey McKinney and Dawson Snyder have 183 and 121 receiving yards, respectively, with a touchdown each.
- The defense is allowing 33.0 ppg and 459.0 ypg. Opponents are averaging 221.0 rushing yards and 238.0 passing yards per game.
- Saturday will be the third meeting all-time, and in the past three seasons, between the two teams.
- It will be the third-straight year that the Red Flash make the trip the Newark and the second time in three years (2021) that they are Delaware's first opponent at home.
- UD defeated Saint Francis in the 2021 home opener 21-10 before winning 56-17 in the first round of last year's playoffs. The Blue Hens scored the most points in program history in an FCS playoff game and it was the second-largest margin of victory behind only the 2003 national championship game (40-0).
- Last season, Nolan Henderson accounted for five total touchdowns as he finished 16-of-23 passing for 266 yards and four touchdowns while also rushing for another score. Kyron Cumby rushed 10 times for 111 yards while Chandler Harvin caught four passes for 128 yards and three touchdowns, becoming just seventh Blue Hen all-time with three touchdown catches in a game.
- The Delaware offense finished with 586 total yards of offense with 283 rushing yards and 303 passing yards. UD's defense held Saint Francis to just 258 yards of total offense
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