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Delaware 14, New Hampshire 10 November 6, 1999 DURHAM, NH -- The University of Delaware rallied from a 10-0 deficit for the second straight week to defeat University of New Hampshire, 14-10, Saturday afternoon in Atlantic 10 Football action at Cowell Stadium. The Blue Hens, ranked No. 25 in the Sports Network Poll, moved to 6-3 overall and 4-2 in Atlantic 10 with its second straight win. New Hampshire fell to 3-6, 1-5 with its third straight loss. The win was Delaware's 11th in a row when visiting New England dating back to 1994 and was the fourth straight over the Wildcats. Delaware's defense, which had allowed 26 or more points each of the last four games, held the scoring New Hampshire offense, which was averaging 30.1 points per game, scoreless in the second half and to 409 total yards, including just 150 in the second half. "Kudos to the defense," said Delaware head coach Tubby Raymond, whose team clinched its 31st winning season in 34 years and kept its post-season playoff chances alive. "I never dreamed we'd shut them down like we did. There was so much for our defense to digest and adjust to this week with the type of offense they have but we played very well in the second half. We have a lot of players out (with injuries) on defense but our young kids did well. This was a big ball game." New Hampshire won the battle for field early on with the Hens starting five of their first six possessions inside their own 15. The Wildcats, however, could only translate that into three points courtesy of a 19-yard field goal by Shawn MacLean with 4:52 left in the first quarter. New Hampshire took a 10-0 lead with 4:03 left in the second quarter on a 10-yard touchdown pass from Ryan Day to Jermaine Washington capping a six-play, 50-yard drive. The Blue Hens took advantage of New Hampshire's only turnover of the day to get on the board just before halftime. After Tyrone Bowden recorded his fourth interception of the season to give Delaware the ball at the New Hampshire 35, Delaware senior quarterback Brian Ginn marched the Hens down the field. Ginn, who improved to 14-2 all-time at Delaware as a starter, scrambled 19 yards of the first play of the drive to the Wildcat 16. Two plays later, Ginn found Craig Cummings over the middle for 11 yards to set up first-and-goal at the 5. Cummings and Ginn teamed up again two plays later for a two-yard touchdown toss. Delaware took the lead for good on its second possession of the second half. After a UNH punt gave Delaware the ball at midfield, Delaware marched 50 yards in 13 plays to take the lead. Backup halfback Derrick Downs capped the drive with a two-yard touchdown run around the right side to give Delaware a 14-10 lead. New Hampshire threatened twice late in the fourth quarter, but a sack by Femi Ayi on a fourth and five from the Delaware 14-yard line and an incomplete pass at the Blue Hen 34-yard line turned the ball over on downs on both possessions. "Our defense was fired up today, a lot like we were earlier this season," said Ayi, a redshirt freshman defensive end and the team's only New Hampshire native (Nashua). "We had that feeling that we could stop them. We've lost some players (to injuries) and we know some of us young guys had to pick it up. I was way to nervous today (playing before so many family and friends) early in the game but I came out in the second half and just told myself not to let it bother me." AGATE DELAWARE..............0....7....7....0....- 14 NEW HAMPSHIRE....3....7....0....0....- 10 SCORING First quarter UNH - FG MacLean 19, 4:52 left Second quarter UNH - Washington 10 pass from Day (MacLean kick), 4:03 UD - Cummings 5 pass from Ginn (Sizemore kick), 0:26 Third quarter UD - Downs 2 run (Sizemore kick), 5:39 TEAM STATISTICS................UNH..........UD First downs......................................21..........18 Rushes-Yards............................42-180....48-156 Passes......................................37-20-1...27-14-0 Passing Yards................................229..........141 Total Yards...................................409..........297 Fumbles-lost..................................0-0..........2-1 Penalties-Yards............................8-68........6-55 Sacks by-yards............................5-29.........1-7 Time of Possession....................29:23.......30:37 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING - DELAWARE: Pressey 8-71, O'Neal 7-30, Ricco 9-22, Cummings 7-21, Downs 4-12, Ginn 13-36. NEW HAMPSHIRE: Curran 13-51, Day 13-48, Powell 2-20, Lewis 3-15, Peterson 1-12, Baptiste 2-11, Kreider 4-9, Apple 1-8, Washington 1-7. PASSING - DELAWARE: Ginn 27-14-0-141; NEW HAMPSHIRE: Day 36-19-1-215, Apple 1-1-0-14. RECEIVING - DELAWARE: Elliott 5-67, Cummings 4-49, O'Neal 2-2, Medley 1-14, Ricco 1-7, Downs 1-2. NEW HAMPSHIRE: Washington 10-106, Curran 3-19, Mallete 2-52, Lewis 2-3, DePalma 1-20, Peterson 1-15, Day 1-14. - DDD -