Football Returns Home to Host Penn Saturday

NEWARK, Del. – The University of Delaware football team will return home to host University of Pennsylvania, in a nonconference game on Sept. 21, 2024. Kickoff is set for 6:00 p.m. and will be broadcast on FloFootball.

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ABOUT THE HENS

Delaware is 2-0 on the season after defeating Bryant, 48-17, and North Carolina A&T, 42-13.
Ryan O'Connor leads Delaware's offense with five passing touchdowns, 573 yards, and a 64.2 completion percentage. He has also ran for a touchdown.
Four Delaware running backs have scored touchdowns this season - Marcus Yarns, Jo'Nathan Silver, and Quincy Watson have two each and Saeed St. Fleur has one. Yarns also has a receiving touchdown.
Phil Lutz leads the Delaware receiving corps with a pair of touchdowns and 117 yards. He also leads the country with 29.3 yards per reception as he has four catches for 117 yards in two games.
Dillon Trainer's 13 tackles is tops on the team.
Delaware's defense has recovered three fumbles and recorded two interceptions through the first two games.
UD is 10-for-10 on touchdowns in the red zone.
The Blue Hens defense has allowed just one touchdown this season.

ABOUT THE QUAKERS

Saturday will be Penn's season opener as the Quakers look to build on a 6-4 record from a season ago.
In 2023, Penn averaged 26.2 ppg on offense and was eighth in FCS with 286.1 passing ypg.
Aidan Sayin returns at quarterback after completing 64.7 percent of his passes last season for 2,805 yards and 16 touchdowns.
Malachi Hosley led the rushing attack with 723 yards and seven touchdowns out of the backfield. Overall, he accounted for 969 all-purpose yards and eight scores. Jared Richardson was atop the receiving corps with 67 catches for 788 receiving yards and eight touchdowns.
The Quakers' defense was 11th nationally in both total defense and rush defense in 2023, allowing just 102.5 ypg on the ground and 304.0 ypg of total offense.
Jack Fairman returns to lead the defense after recording a team-high 73 tackles last season to go along with 6.5 TFLs and 1.5 sacks.

SERIES HISTORY

This will be the seventh all-time matchup between the two programs with each team having wins in the series. It is the first meeting since the 2019 season when the Blue Hens came away with a tough 28-27 victory at Delaware Stadium.
After three lopsided shutouts by Penn during the 1919-21 seasons, the Blue Hens have won each of the last three meetings to even the series, including the last two at Delaware Stadium.
Nolan Henderson passed for 260 yards and three touchdowns in the 2019 win, connecting on scoring passes to Thyrick Pitts, Gene Coleman II, and Bryce De Maile, as UD overcame a 21-7 second-half deficit. Penn scored late in the fourth quarter to make it a one-point game, but Delaware came up with a stop on the 2-point conversion to preserve the win.

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Players Mentioned

Phil Lutz

Ryan O'Connor

Jo Silver

Saeed St. Fleur

Dillon Trainer

Quincy Watson

Marcus Yarns

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