Two big early plays pave the way as Delaware downs Towson, stays unbeaten

The Delaware Stadium grandstands had been practically crammed with a sellout Mother and father’ Day viewers on Saturday afternoon.

However when Kyron Cumby ran throughout the road of scrimmage and Chandler Harvin caught a go within the first half down on Tubby Raymond Area, all the 2 Blue Hens noticed in entrance of them was open area and a transparent path to the top zone.

Being so alone isn’t accompanied by a lot noise. It was a pleasant distinction for them and the introduced gathering of 18,905.

GAME STATS: Delaware 24, Towson 10

These two second-quarter touchdowns had been the spark Delaware wanted to reject Towson’s early upset bid and carve their path to a 24-10 Colonial Athletic Affiliation soccer win.

Cumby took a hand-off up the center and instantly discovered daylight, sprinting 65 yards for a landing.

On the Blue Hens’ subsequent collection, Harvin snared a go from Nolan Henderson on the Towson sideline on the UD 37. The Tiger defender went for the interception, missed the ball and landed out of bounds as Hardin sped downfield, escorted solely by the din.

“I simply really feel just like the performs are gonna come,” Cumby stated. “We simply gotta make them.”

The massive performs had been simply what the Blue Hens had been craving after having two different collection stopped on downs on the Towson 34- and 21-yard traces within the first half and the Tigers kick a go-ahead subject objective.

“You actually have to only depend on the gamers to make performs,” stated Delaware coach Ryan Carty, including Towson’s protection made it tough to seek out openings. “And we did. We made sufficient as we speak and, hopefully, we are able to make extra and proceed to extend performs.”

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Delaware had minus-2 yards speeding earlier than Cumby’s breakaway scamper however completed with 166 on the bottom and 534 complete yards.

Cumby, who spent his first two faculty seasons at Illinois, completed with 100 yards on 15 carries.

Henderson prolonged his school-record streak to 17 straight completions early within the sport and completed 25-for-41 for 368 yards with two touchdowns.

Jourdan Townsend was his busiest goal, getting seven catches for 82 yards.

Delaware, ranked sixth nationally in FCS, improved to 3-0 within the CAA and 5-0 total.

“As the sport performed on,” Cumby stated, “we actually confirmed our dominance.”

The Blue Hens flip their consideration to subsequent week’s showdown in opposition to 18th-ranked William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. The Tribe (4-1, 1-1) rallied to prevail 27-10 at winless Stony Brook Saturday,

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Towson (2-3, 0-2) misplaced its third straight. In a rivalry by which seven of the final 9 video games had been determined by seven factors or much less, the Tigers had been lower than the duty this time although they initially took the lead on Keegan Vaughan’s 38-yard second-quarter subject objective. A Towson landing that collection was erased by a holding penalty.

Towson’s 4 second-half possessions ended on three punts and a Kedrick Whitehead interception because the Delaware protection, which has allowed the fewest factors and yards amongst CAA groups, continued its miserly methods. The Tigers managed simply 159 complete yards, 20 within the second half.

“They obtained slightly momentum on the finish of the primary half,” stated linebacker Johnny Buchanan, who led Delaware with 11 tackles. “So we actually made it a degree of emphasis to actually go on the market and play laborious and be stingy on protection and I believe we did job of that transferring ahead after halftime.”

The Tigers scored their solely landing when Robert Javier tore the soccer from Delaware broad receiver Josh Moran’s grasp for an interception and ran 98 yards with 2:59 left, thwarting an opportunity for Delaware to pad its lead.

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Delaware solidified its management when it moved 75 yards on 11 performs aided by an early go interference to attain on the primary possession of the second half. Henderson handed 4 yards to Khory Spruill out of the backfield for the landing.

A landing on Delaware’s subsequent collection was erased by a holding penalty and a sack pushed the Hens again farther. Andrew MacMillan’s 47-yard field-goal strive was broad proper.

Whitehead’s interception put Delaware in place later for Garrett Bennion’s 24-yard subject objective that made it 24-3. It was the Hens’ first profitable 3-pointer in 4 tries this 12 months and got here with 8:37 left, although Delaware actually lamented being unable to get six after having first-and-goal on the 4.

“If we need to proceed to be nice, we have got to maintain getting higher,” Carty stated when requested about Delaware’s missed alternatives. ” . . . We will not maintain leaving issues on the market.”

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