Yarns' Three Touchdowns Leads Football Past UAlbany on Homecoming

Saturday, October 26

Newark, DE

3 PM

University of Delaware

7-1 , 4-1

UAlbany

3-5 , 1-3

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UAlbany

Delaware

Photo by: Mikey Reeves

Yarns' Three Touchdowns Leads Football Past UAlbany on Homecoming

10/26/2024 5:36:00 PM | Football

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NEWARK, Del. – The University of Delaware football team scored on the first play of the game and led from start to finish for a 28-14 over UAlbany on Saturday afternoon in front of a Homecoming crowd of 17,847 fans at Delaware Stadium. With the win, the Blue Hens improve to 7-1 overall and 4-1 in the CAA, while the Great Danes fall to 3-5 overall and 1-3 in conference play.

HENS HIGHLIGHTS

Nick Minicucci started at quarterback and finished 18-of-27 passing for 173 yards and three touchdowns, tying a career high.
Marcus Yarns finished with 170 all-purpose yards as he ran for 127 yards on 13 carries and caught two passes for 43 yards. He finished with three total touchdowns with one on the ground and two receiving.
JoJo Bermudez caught six passes for 46 yards.
Gavin Moul led the defense with 10 tackles, his second game with at least 10 tackles.
Marje Mulumba had UD career-highs of eight tackles and 2.5 TFLs.
KT Seay had six tackles and his CAA-leading fourth interception of the season.
Delaware's defense allowed just seven points and 137 total yards in the second half and finished the game with 4.0 sacks, 8.0 TFLs and eight pass breakups.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Delaware started the scoring quickly as, after Bermudez returned the opening kickoff 31 yards, Yarns broke free on the first play from scrimmage for a 69-yard touchdown run.
After a three-and-out from the defense, Yarns took a shovel pass and scored from 15 yards out to cap a 10-play, 71-yard drive to make it a 14-0 game.
UAlbany cut into the deficit with a short scoring drive, but UD answered right back with a 12-play possession that ended with a 16-yard touchdown catch on fourth down by Ja'Carree Kelly.
Mysonne Pollard blocked a field goal, his second blocked kick of the season, as time expired to keep it a 21-7 lead at halftime.
The Great Danes used a 17-play drive to open the third quarter and cut the Hens' lead to 21-14.
The score remained the same until the fourth quarter when Minicucci found Yarns on a wheel route for a 30-yard touchdown pass to make it a two-score game again.
Seay intercepted a pass at the goal line to stop a UAlbany drive with 37 seconds remaining to seal the victory.

GAME NOTES

Nate Reed set the Delaware single-season record with his 38th touchback of the season to open the second half. He broke the previous record of 37 set by Jake Roth in 2018.
Yarns' 69-yard touchdown run was the longest rush play of the season for the Blue Hens. Yarns has UD's two-longest plays from scrimmage this season including his 86-yard touchdown reception at Monmouth.
Saturday was Yarns' ninth-career game with multiple touchdowns, and third this season. He has six games with at least one rushing and one receiving touchdown.
It was Yarns' first career game with multiple receiving touchdowns.
Kelly's touchdown in the second quarter was the first of his career.

UP NEXT
The Blue Hens will have a bye week before remaining home to take on Rhode Island on Saturday, November 9. Kickoff at Delaware Stadium is set for 1 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on FloFootball.

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