Delaware Blue Hens

4-3

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Delaware Blue Hens beat the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

1-6 28 – 31

4-3

Final · Wed, Oct 22

Game Details

Delaware Stadium (Newark) · 14,102 fans · ESPN2

Highlights

Nick Minicucci throws for 276 yards, 4 touchdowns and Delaware holds off Middle Tennessee 31-28

Nick Minicucci threw for 276 yards and four touchdowns, with Sean Wilson and Kyre Duplessis each scoring twice, and Delaware held off Middle Tennessee 31-28 on Wednesday night.

Recap via ESPN

0:21 Jekail Middlebrook runs for 4-yard rushing touchdown

0:23 Nate Reed makes 49-yard field goal

0:23 Picked! KT Seay hauls in the interception

0:21 Nick Minicucci connects 22-for yard TD pass

Clips play on ESPN

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
MTSU	14	0	7	7	28
DEL	7	17	7	0	31

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Game Leaders

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

Nicholas Vattiato · 31/48, 281 YDS, 3 TD, 1 INTPassing Yards
Jekail Middlebrook · 11 CAR, 68 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Hunter Tipton · 5 REC, 56 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Anthony Bynum · 1Sacks
Shakai Woods · 9Tackles

Delaware Blue Hens

Nick Minicucci · 27/42, 276 YDS, 4 TDPassing Yards
Jo Silver · 14 CAR, 51 YDSRushing Yards
Kyre Duplessis · 7 REC, 65 YDS, 2 TDReceiving Yards
MM Marje Mulumba · 1Sacks
Gavin Moul · 10Tackles

2026 Conference USA Standings

Team
Liberty
Jacksonville State
New Mexico State
Florida International
Kennesaw State
Missouri State
Sam Houston
Delaware
Middle Tennessee
Western Kentucky

Scoring

Q4 1:03

TD AJ Jones 6 Yd pass from Nicholas Vattiato (Jacob Hathaway Kick)28–31

Q3 1:39

TD Kyre Duplessis 9 Yd pass from Nick Minicucci (Nate Reed Kick)21–31

Q3 5:11

TD Hunter Tipton 11 Yd pass from Nicholas Vattiato (Jacob Hathaway Kick)21–24

Q2 0:38

TD Kyre Duplessis 4 Yd pass from Nick Minicucci (Nate Reed Kick)14–24

Q2 6:25

FG Nate Reed 49 Yd Field Goal 14–17

Q2 11:39

TD Sean Wilson 10 Yd pass from Nick Minicucci (Nate Reed Kick)14–14

Q1 1:58

TD Jekail Middlebrook 4 Yd Run (Jacob Hathaway Kick)14–7

Q1 2:59

TD Nahzae Cox 5 Yd pass from Nicholas Vattiato (Jacob Hathaway Kick)7–7

Q1 8:28

TD Sean Wilson 22 Yd pass from Nick Minicucci (Nate Reed Kick)0–7

Team Stats

Middle Tennessee Blue RaidersDelaware Blue Hens

Offense

384 Total Yards 360

281 Passing Yards 281

103 Rushing Yards 79

24 First Downs 27

Efficiency

6-14 3rd Down 9-17

1-1 4th Down 1-1

31/50 Completions 28/44

Turnovers & Clock

2 Turnovers 2

9-80 Penalties 4-25

27:05 Possession 32:55

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Nicholas Vattiato	31/48	281	5.9	3	1	39.9
Team	0/2	0	0.0	0	0	--
Team	31/50	281	5.6	3	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Jekail Middlebrook	11	68	6.2	1	27
DJ Taylor	5	30	6.0	0	13
Nicholas Vattiato	6	5	0.8	0	7
Team	22	103	4.7	1	27

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Hunter Tipton	5	56	11.2	1	17
Jekail Middlebrook	5	53	10.6	0	21
Nahzae Cox	3	37	12.3	1	28
Cam'ron Lacy	5	35	7.0	0	13
AJ Jones	5	34	6.8	1	11
Myles Butler	4	31	7.8	0	12
DJ Taylor	2	22	11.0	0	19
Amorion Walker	2	13	6.5	0	7
Team	31	281	9.1	3	28

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Nicholas Vattiato	1	1	0
Abdul Muhammad	0	0	1
Team	1	1	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Anthony Bynum	9	1	1	1.5	1	3
Shakai Woods	9	0	0	0.5	0	1
Parker Hughes	8	2	0	0.5	0	0
Christofer Noble	7	5	0	0	0	0
Muaaz Byard	7	1	0	0	0	1
De'Arre McDonald	6	5	0	0	0	0
Alex Mitchell	6	1	0	0	0	0
Damonte Smith	5	3	0	1.5	0	1
Brendon Harris	5	2	0	0.5	0	0
Reggie Johnson	4	1	0	0	0	1
Jackson Lowe	3	3	0	0	0	0
Abdul Muhammad	3	3	0	0	1	0
Kalen Woods	3	1	0	0	0	0
Devan Carlisle	2	2	0	0	0	0
Brandon Buckner	2	0	0	0.5	0	0
Camari Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0
Zeion Simpson-Smith	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team	80	30	1	5	2	8

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Muaaz Byard	1	4	0
Team	1	4	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
DJ Taylor	2	35	17.5	19	0
Team	2	35	17.5	19	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Jekail Middlebrook	1	26	26.0	26	0
Team	1	26	26.0	26	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Jacob Hathaway	0/0	0.0	0	4/4	4
Team	0/0	0.0	0	4/4	4

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Ashton Logan	7	314	44.9	2	2	59
Team	7	314	44.9	2	2	59

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Nick Minicucci	27/42	276	6.6	4	0	62.2
Braden Streeter	1/2	5	2.5	0	1	2.4
Team	28/44	281	6.4	4	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Jo Silver	14	51	3.6	17
Viron Ellison Jr.	11	30	2.7	6
Nick Tyree	1	4	4.0	4
Greg Spiller	2	-1	-0.5	0
Nick Minicucci	5	-2	-0.4	8
Team	3	-3	-1.0	0
Team	36	79	2.2	17

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Kyre Duplessis	7	65	9.3	2	25
Donovan Lewis	4	62	15.5	0	22
Sean Wilson	5	56	11.2	2	22
Jo Silver	2	27	13.5	0	15
Max Patterson	1	24	24.0	0	24
Ja'Carree Kelly	5	23	4.6	0	8
Jake Thaw	2	13	6.5	0	7
Elijah Sessoms	2	11	5.5	0	6
Team	28	281	10.0	4	25

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Viron Ellison Jr.	1	1	0
Keyshawn Hunter	0	0	1
Team	1	1	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Gavin Moul	10	5	0	0	1	1
KT Seay	9	4	0	0	0	0
Mysonne Pollard	9	2	0	0	0	0
Blake Matthews	8	1	0	0	2	1
Kshawn Cox Jr.	7	3	0	0	0	0
Kahlil Ali	7	1	0	0	1	0
Marje Mulumba	6	4	1	1	0	0
Nate Evans	4	2	0	0	2	0
Jamarion Kolagbodi	3	2	0	0	1	0
Colin Gallagher	2	2	0	0	0	0
Keyshawn Hunter	2	1	0	0	0	0
Hasson Manning Jr	1	1	0	1	0	0
Nick Minicucci	1	1	0	0	0	0
Noah Jefferson	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jack Hall	1	0	0	0	0	1
Trace Scott III	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Karika	0	0	0	0	0	1
Noah Matthews	0	0	0	0	0	1
James Yelbert Jr.	0	0	0	0	0	3
Team	72	30	1	2	7	8

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
KT Seay	1	2	0
Team	1	2	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Nate Reed	1/1	100.0	49	4/4	7
Team	1/1	100.0	49	4/4	7

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Brenden Lach	5	185	37.0	0	3	55
Team	5	185	37.0	0	3	55

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