Delaware Blue Hens

5thin Conference USA · 1-0

YES!

Delaware Blue Hens beat the Merrimack Warriors

0-2 7 – 42

1-0

Final · Thu, Sep 3

Game Details

Delaware Stadium (Newark) · 17,268 fans · ESPN+

Highlights

Nick Minicucci leads Delaware to 42-7 romp over FCS member Merrimack in season opener

Nick Minicucci passed for 330 yards and two touchdowns and also ran for a score to help Delaware cruise to a 42-7 victory over FCS member Merrimack on Thursday night in the Fightin' Blue Hens season opener.

Recap via ESPN

0:22 End Zone! Viron Ellison Jr. scores 11-yard touchdown

0:25 Nick Minicucci scores 12-yard touchdown

0:25 Nick Minicucci throws 12-yard touchdown pass to Sean Wilson

0:30 Kaderris Roberts runs for 1-yard rushing touchdown

Clips play on ESPN

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
MRMK	0	0	7	0	7
DEL	7	14	14	7	42

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Game Leaders

Merrimack Warriors

CM Cole Meehan · 10/25, 121 YDSPassing Yards
GM Galamama Mulbah · 7 CAR, 41 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
ML Matthias Latham · 3 REC, 36 YDSReceiving Yards
KC Kendall Carter · 0.5Sacks
JW Jacob Wilson · 10Tackles

Delaware Blue Hens

Nick Minicucci · 20/36, 330 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INTPassing Yards
Nakeem Powell · 5 CAR, 35 YDSRushing Yards
Kaderris Roberts · 2 REC, 80 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Blake Matthews · 1Sacks
Noah Jefferson · 8Tackles

2026 FCS Independents Standings

Team
Merrimack
Chicago State

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 14:48

TD N. Minicucci pass to N. Tyree for 8 yds, for a TD (T. Smack KICK)7–42

Q3 0:58

TD Galamama Mulbah 7 Yd Run (Guytano Bartolomeo Kick)7–35

Q3 9:11

TD Kaderris Roberts 75 Yd pass from Viron Ellison Jr. (Tucker Smack Kick)0–35

Q3 10:35

TD Kaderris Roberts 1 Yd Run (Tucker Smack Kick)0–28

Q2 0:16

TD Sean Wilson 12 Yd pass from Nick Minicucci (Tucker Smack Kick)0–21

Q2 3:55

TD Nick Minicucci 12 Yd Run (Tucker Smack Kick)0–14

Q1 7:35

TD V. Ellison Jr. run for 11 yds, for a TD (T. Smack KICK)0–7

Team Stats

Merrimack WarriorsDelaware Blue Hens

Offense

244 Total Yards 547

196 Passing Yards 435

48 Rushing Yards 112

13 First Downs 27

Efficiency

4-16 3rd Down 6-13

1-3 4th Down 1-1

21/45 Completions 24/44

Turnovers & Clock

2 Turnovers 1

7-55 Penalties 4-45

32:01 Possession 27:59

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	INT	QBR
Cole Meehan	10/25	121	4.8	0	--
AJ Hairston Jr	11/20	75	3.8	1	--
Team	21/45	196	4.4	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Galamama Mulbah	7	41	5.9	1	18
Matthias Latham	6	17	2.8	0	9
Cooper Lehman	1	2	2.0	0	2
Cole Meehan	2	0	0.0	0	1
Team	1	-1	-1.0	0	1
DeMarcus McElroy	4	-3	-0.8	0	3
AJ Hairston Jr	4	-8	-2.0	0	6
Team	25	48	1.9	1	18

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Matthias Latham	3	36	12.0	18
Kenyon Massey	5	34	6.8	11
Ethan Crite	2	29	14.5	24
Cooper Lehman	3	23	7.7	12
Stephon Patrick	1	21	21.0	21
Andrew Korkosz	1	13	13.0	13
Jalen McDonald	3	12	4.0	5
Dennis Morgan	1	11	11.0	11
Galamama Mulbah	1	10	10.0	10
Austin Palmer	1	7	7.0	7
Team	21	196	9.3	24

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
DeMarcus McElroy	1	1	0
Team	1	1	0

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Jacob Wilson	10	4	0	0	0	0
Danny Simms	6	2	0	0	0	0
Dwayne Green Jr	6	1	0	0.5	0	1
Micah Green	6	0	0	0.5	0	0
Bertin Placide	4	2	0	0	1	0
Shaheed Armstrong	4	1	0	0	0	0
Juice Ricks	3	0	0	0	0	1
Corday Bethel	3	0	0	0	0	0
Crawford Cantave	2	2	0	0	0	0
Rajahn Cooper	2	1	0	0	0	1
Markeith Hogan	2	1	0	0	0	0
Garret Jackson	2	1	0	0	0	0
Jerrium Berry Jr	2	1	0	0	1	0
Will Claude	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kendall Carter	2	0	0.5	0.5	0	0
Justin Wallace	2	0	0	0	0	0
Trent Taylor	2	0	0.5	0.5	0	1
Kamden Wyatt	1	1	0	0	1	1
Ayden Bowe	1	1	0	0	0	0
Xavier Maple	1	1	0	0	1	0
Bryce Ricks	1	0	0	0	0	0
Trent Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0
Logan Graham	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bryce Wilson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kasir Hicks	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team	67	19	1	2	5	5

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Bertin Placide	1	0	0
Team	1	0	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Galamama Mulbah	4	84	21.0	25
Kenyon Massey	1	17	17.0	17
Team	5	101	20.2	25

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Guytano Bartolomeo	0/1	0.0	0	1/1	1
Team	0/1	0.0	0	1/1	1

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Mike Ryan	7	310	44.3	0	1	54
Team	7	310	44.3	0	1	54

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Nick Minicucci	20/36	330	9.2	2	1	65.9
Viron Ellison Jr.	1/1	75	75.0	1	0	--
Braden Streeter	3/7	30	4.3	0	0	14.7
Team	24/44	435	9.9	3	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Nakeem Powell	5	35	7.0	0	21
Jo Silver	6	19	3.2	0	13
Viron Ellison Jr.	3	17	5.7	1	11
Kaderris Roberts	5	13	2.6	1	6
Nick Minicucci	5	13	2.6	1	12
Jared Porter	1	7	7.0	0	7
Braden Streeter	1	6	6.0	0	6
Greg Spiller	1	6	6.0	0	6
Team	2	-4	-2.0	0	4
Team	29	112	3.9	3	21

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Kaderris Roberts	2	80	40.0	1	75
Sean Wilson	6	73	12.2	1	21
Da'Wain Lofton	3	64	21.3	0	44
Bryson Graves	3	59	19.7	0	37
Donovan Lewis	3	46	15.3	0	31
Matthew McKinley-Daniels	1	33	33.0	0	33
Tae'Sean Robinson	2	32	16.0	0	24
Elijah Sessoms	1	18	18.0	0	18
Jackson Whitacre	1	18	18.0	0	18
Nick Tyree	2	12	6.0	1	8
Team	24	435	18.1	3	75

Fumbles

Player	FUM	REC
Team	1	0
Tae'Sean Robinson	1	0
Blake Matthews	0	1
Team	2	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Noah Jefferson	8	3	0	0	2	0
Gavin Moul	6	1	0	0.5	1	1
Blake Matthews	6	0	1	1	0	2
Kevin Moore	5	3	0	1	1	0
Kahlil Ali	4	3	0	0	0	0
Colin Gallagher	4	2	0.5	0.5	0	0
Jalen Bell	3	2	0	0	0	1
Dorian Rutledge	3	1	0	0	0	0
Jawarren Corbin	3	1	0	0	0	0
AJ Graham	3	1	0	0	0	0
KT Seay	2	2	0	0	1	0
Noah Matthews	2	0	0.5	0.5	0	0
George Mullins	2	0	0	0	0	0
Brandon Gorham	2	0	0.5	1	0	1
Christian Corbin	2	0	0.5	0.5	0	0
Kshawn Cox Jr.	1	1	0	0	0	0
Nate Ray	1	1	0	0	0	1
Sam Siafa	1	0	0	0	0	0
Trace Scott III	1	0	0	0	1	0
Kaeden Singleton	1	0	0	0	1	0
James Steel	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jamarion Kolagbodi	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nasir Eatmon	1	0	0	0	0	0
Julius Puryear	1	0	0	0	0	0
Demarco Daniels	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dominick Brogna	0	0	0	0	0	1
Dillon Griffith	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dannell Jester Jr.	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team	65	21	3	5	9	7

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
George Mullins	1	0	0
Team	1	0	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Bryson Graves	1	17	17.0	17
Nick Tyree	1	17	17.0	17
Team	2	34	17.0	17

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Bryson Graves	2	33	16.5	27
Tae'Sean Robinson	1	-20	-20.0	0
Team	3	13	4.3	27

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Tucker Smack	0/2	0.0	0	6/6	6
Team	0/2	0.0	0	6/6	6

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Josh Cupitt	4	168	42.0	0	2	49
Team	4	168	42.0	0	2	49

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