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Blue Hens Break All Sorts of Records
with 84-0 Triumph over West Chester

Sept. 23, 2000

 

NEWARK, DE -- Delaware's high-octane attack moved to another level Saturday night as the No. 7 Blue Hens rocked Division II West Chester, 84-0, in front of a crowd of 21,152 at Delaware Stadium.

The 84 points were the most scored by a Delaware team in the modern era. The Blue Hens scored 93 points versus William & Mary in a game in 1915. It was also the third straight home shutout for Delaware dating back to last season.

Mike Adams

The 4-0 start by Delaware is its best since 1995. West Chester, which allowed the most points in school history, dropped to 0-4.

The Blue Hens, who only ran three plays resulting in negative yardage all night long, jumped up on their first possession. Fullback James O'Neal broke up the middle 16 yards for the first score of the night. Scott Collins' PAT made it a 7-0 Delaware lead.

The Blue Hens scored again on their next possession when senior quarterback Matt Nagy (5 of 9 for 176 yards passing) hit Brett Veach for a 39-yard scoring strike and the first of two touchdowns on the night.

Just 93 seconds later, Mike Furline recorded one of six Blue Hen interceptions and raced 47 yards for a touchdown to make it 21-0.

Less than three minutes after that, Bashawn Dixon recorded his second blocked punt of the season. The ball scooted away from diving Delaware players, through the endzone for a safety and a 23-0 Blue Hen advantage.

Delaware tacked on 20 more points in the second quarter for its largest halftime margin in school history. A 33-yard touchdown run by Butter Pressey, a nine-yard pass from Nagy to Veach and an Antawn Jenkins four-yard scoring scamper gave the Blue Hens a 43-0 lead at intermission.

Butter Pressey
Delaware extended the lead to 71-0 through three quarters. A Pressey to Nagy 68-yard scoring pass just 1:34 signaled the end to both of their nights and a 50-0 lead. Pressey finiished with eight carries for 94 yards rushing and the one catch for 68 yards receiving.

Reserve running backs Butch Patrick and Corey Howard scored their first career rushing touchdowns and Patrick added another to close out the quarter.

The play that ended the game best summed up the night for the Golden Rams. After calling time out with four seconds left at the Delaware 9, their deepest penetration all night, West Chester quarterback John Stauffer threw an interception and Mike Adams raced 97 yards down the left sideline as time expired for the final touchdown.

It was that kind of night for the Golden Rams, who have scored just six points in four games and have now allowed 139 unanswered points the last three weeks. West Chester is now 0-4 for the first time since 1978.

Delaware hosts Northeastern in an Atlantic 10 match-up next Saturday at 1 p.m. West Chester travels to Bloomsburg for a PSAC match-up next Saturday night.

 

West Chester.....0......0.....0......0......0
Delaware.........23....20....28....13....84

 

1st Quarter
DEL - O'Neal 16 run (Collins kick), 11:32 remaining
DEL - Veach 39 pass from Nagy (kick failed), 7:04
DEL - Furline 47 interception return (O'Nea rush), 5:31l
DEL - Punt block out of end zone, 2:32

2nd Quarter
DEL - Pressey 33 run (Collins kick), 14:02
DEL - Veach 9 pass from Nagy (kick failed), 8:51
DEL - Jenkins 4 run (Collins kick), 3:42

3rd Quarter
DEL - Pressey 68 pass from Nagy (Collins kick), 13:26
DEL - Patrick 1 run (Collins kick), 8:32
DEL - Howard 2 run (Collins kick), 3:19
DEL - Patrick 21 run (Collins kick), 1:32

4th Quarter
DEL - Mieczkowski 2 run (Collins kick), 1:30
DEL - Adams 97 intercepection return, 0:00

Attendance: 21,152

 

TEAM STATISTICS..............WCU................DEL
First downs.......................................14........................23
Rushes-yards................................32-95..................57-443
Passing yards..................................115.......................181
Passes.......................................27-14-6..................13-7-0
Total yards.....................................210.......................624
Fumbles-lost...................................3-2........................3-0
Penalties-yards..............................3-20...................14-105
Punts-Average............................7-24.7......................3-37
Return yards.....................................0.........................38
Possession Time..........................27:09.....................32:51
Third down conversions................3-13......................8-12

 

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS:

RUSHING: West Chester: Muchler 6-31, DeFilipo 10-29, Eckmeyer 3-22, Wynder 9-10, Statler 1-6, Reed 2-3, Stauffer 1-(-6). Delaware: Pressey 8-94, Postlethwait 2-84, O'Neal 11-74, Patrick 9-49, Jenkins 7-34, Irvin 4-32, Cummings 4-28, Howard 3-14, Bennett 1-12, Mieczkowski 5-11, McSpadden 3-11.

PASSING: West Chester: Wynder 13-23-91-4, Stauffer 1-4-24-2; Delaware: Nagy 5-9-0-176, Postlethwait 2-2-0-5, Violante 0-1-0-0, Kowalski 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING: West Chester: Shaffer 6-46, Bradley 2-19, Muchler 2-8, Koch 1-18, Chambers 1-11, Terry 1-9, Reed 1-4. Delaware: Veach 2-48, Pressey 1-68, Elliott 1-32, O'Neal 1-28, Medley 1-5, Patrick 1-0.

 

 

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