Azure Hens with 12-1st downs and only 200 yds offense take down Tribe 24-3

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Delaware 24, William & Mary 3
Box Score

Delaware's defense held William & Mary to 228 total yards and took advantage of a pair of Tribe turnovers in a 24-3 win. The Blue Hens (5-4, 3-3 CAA) limited W&M to 105 rushing yards and didn't allow any points over the final 53 minutes of the game. The Tribe (6-3, 4-2 CAA) capped a 68-yard game-opening drive with an Ethan Chang field goal to go up 3-0. Delaware forced and recovered a fumble at the W&M 12-yard line late in the first quarter and Dejoun Lee scored from there two plays later to take a 7-3 lead. After stopping the Tribe on fourth down on the next drive, UD's Zach Gwynn hit James Collins with a 25-yard TD pass to make it 14-3. The Blue Hens added a 48-yard Ryan Coe field goal in the third quarter and then put the game away on an 8-yard TD pass from Gwynn to Jourdan Townsend with 13:58 remaining. Johnny Buchanan had 12 tackles and an interception that set up the final score to lead the Blue Hens' defense while Liam Trainer added 12 stops and 2.0 TFL's. Gwynn finished 17-of-21 passing for 157 yards, with Collins making six grabs for 73 yards. W&M's defense kept Delaware to just 201 total yards. Nate Lynn made a team-high seven tackles.

 

[KE Spider]

The Hens are very beatable without starting QB. Back up QB Gwynn, redshirt Junior, is growing with each start, but nevertheless believe Spiders have the better O and D. This is a team we should defeat. No give me, but play usual defense without turnovers on O like our odds.

 

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Remember:

2 current starters UD flipped from UR to Hens when Danny boy left for New-Ark

David Kroll - Football - University of Delaware Athletics

David Kroll (72) Offensive Lineman - AT DELAWARE Fifth-year member of the Blue Hens 2021 SEASON All-CAA First Te...

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Thyrick Pitts - Football - University of Delaware Athletics

Thyrick Pitts (1) Wide Receiver - 2022 SEASON All-CAA Third Team Appeared and started in all 13 games Finished with 57 catches for 631 yards, and...

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Towson HC Rob Ambrose has younger brother Jared Ambrose who is OC and QB coach for Hens

Jared Ambrose - Football Coach - University of Delaware Athletics

Jared Ambrose begins his third season as offensive coordinator and his second stint on the University of Delaware football staff in 2021. In just his se...

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Redirect Notice

 

[Mo 2.0]

32, was any holistic and mustache'd analysis of the Tribe game's physicality available on the interwebs anywhere?

 

[72Spider]

Wow, the empty seats. Quite the vision!

 

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DEL - Offense

#	Player	Pos.
55	Gingrich, Brock	C
52	Brown, Stevon	LG
72	Kroll, David	LT
12	Gwynn, Zach	QB
33	Lee, Dejoun	RB
71	Shupp, Patrick	RG
64	Trent, Ben	RT
9	Brose, Braden	TE
8	Haverstrom, Austin	WR
15	Collins, James	WR
17	Townsend, Jourdan	WR

DEL - Defense

#	Player	Pos.
7A	Darien, Dae'Lun	BAND
1G	Hill, Nijuel	DB
2C	Henley, Justis	DB
91	Hemmingway, Artis	DL
92	Walsh, Tommy	DL
95	Burton II, Frank	DL
42	Pawlowski, Andrew	KAT
1C	Trainer, Liam	MLB
1A	Whitehead, Kedrick	S
29	Plack, Noah	S
3B	Buchanan, Johnny	WLB

 

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[KE Spider]

Geez. Entertaining, but who would believe from these highlights that the Tribe were schooled 24-3.

Expected to highlight the positive for your team, but can't totally ignore reality.

 

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Tribe made 3 particular bonehead decisions(plays)-that’s how they lost.


1.WM fumbles on their own 12.

W&M	1st	W&M15	1	PUNT	W&M12	1	FUMB	0-(-3)	0:00
DEL	1st	W&M12	1	FUMB	W&M00	1	TD	2-12	0:39

2.WM goes for it on 4th and 1 on their own 34 and doesn’t make it.

W&M	1st	W&M25	1	KO	W&M34	1	DOWNS	4-9	2:16
DEL	1st	W&M34	1	DOWNS	W&M00	2	TD	6-34	3:0

3.WM throws INT and UD starts at WM 36 yd line.

W&M	3rd	W&M33	3	PUNT	DEL30	3	INT	9-37	4:27
DEL	3rd	W&M36	3	INT	W&M00	4	TD	4-36	2:08

All the game stats favored WM.

 

[KE Spider]

London specials. Fantastic motivator. Sub par X and O coach.

 

[DTSpider]

Have to admit that feels like something we’d do. Self inflected sounds and then put out a highlight video.

 

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Familiar names on Hen sidelines:

Rojas:

Manny Rojas - Football Coach - University of Delaware Athletics

Manny Rojas returned to Newark in the spring of 2020 as Delaware's defensive coordinator. Rojas, who brings more than a decade of coaching experience, p...

bluehens.com

Belin:

Levern Belin - Football Coach - University of Delaware Athletics

Levern Belin, who has worked closely alongside new University of Delaware football head coach Danny Rocco during stops at the University of Virginia, Libe...

bluehens.com

Polin:

Bill Polin - Football Coach - University of Delaware Athletics

Bill Polin, a veteran of 20 seasons as a collegiate coach, including the last nine at the University of Richmond, was named University of Delaware tight en...

bluehens.com

Legg:

Dave Legg - Football Coach - University of Delaware Athletics

Dave Legg, who spent 12 seasons at the University of Richmond, including five with current Blue Hen head coach Danny Rocco, begins his second season on the D...

bluehens.com

 

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CAA Football Special Teams Player of the Week
Tyler Pastula, So., P, Delaware (Easton, Pa./Easton)

Pastula earns his second straight honor after averaging 47.8 yards on five punts as Delaware beat No. 20 William & Mary, 24-3. The sophomore had two punts over 50 yards and dropped one inside the 20-yard line that was fumbled and led to UD’s first touchdown. Pastula leads the CAA with a 42.8 punting average this season.

 

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32, was any holistic and mustache'd analysis of the Tribe game's physicality available on the interwebs anywhere?

Here’s Danny boy and his monotonic delivery

https://static.caasports.com/custompages/2021%20CAAFB%20Press%20Box/Teleconferences/Week%2011/Rocco_Wk11.mp3

 

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FCS: Week 11 Games With Playoff Implications​

Delaware at Richmond

Why: Delaware’s shot at the playoffs isn’t 100 percent dead yet. If the Blue Hens beat Richmond on the road and No. 8 Villanova at home, they finish with seven wins and a big resume-booster vs. Nova, which the committee may like and give them an at-large bid.

 

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Nip in the air at Brickhouse 11/13:

58F kickoff(feel like 55)
Winds 14 WNW
51F end of game(feel like 48)
Sunset 5:02pm

 

[DTSpider]

Hate to say it but seems like a game that is going to come down to fielding punts cleanly. Don’t expect either offense to do a ton so just don’t turn it over.

in a game decided by special teams, I think we have a Legg up 😂