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Strong Defense, Balanced Offense Gives Raymond Win No. 299 November 3, 2001
HARRISONBURG, VA -- There was a homecoming party at James Madison on Saturday, but Delaware spoiled the festivities early. Jumping out to a 14-point first quarter lead, the Fightin' Blue Hens never looked back in giving head coach Tubby Raymond his 299th career win, 28-3, over James Madison in an Atlantic 10 football contest. Raymond moved to within one win of becoming the ninth coach in NCAA football history to record 300 career wins. His Blue Hens will try to put him over the top next week at home when they host Richmond at 1 p.m. at Delaware Stadium. "We were enthusiastic today," said Raymond. "We had a lot of fun and are pleased to win. I thought he had a lot of momentum from the effort against William & Mary two weeks ago. We hope we can carry this on. Our defense was just super today. I couldn't be more pleased with their effort in what was, for all intent and purpose, a shuout." "When we come out and get a lead right away, our confidence comes right out," said Delaware linebacker Darrell Edmonds, who led the defensive effort with eight tackles. "We get that swagger and we are ready to play. "James Madison has some tendancies that we knew we could take advantage of," said Edmonds. "We just came out and reacted to it." The Delaware defense held James Madison to just 166 total yards on the day, while the offense controlled the other side of the ball with 36:30 in time of possession. The Blue Hens rolled up 191 yards Antawn Jenkins' rushing, led by 89 yards on 15 carries. Freshman quarterback Mike Connor continued his steady play in his second career start. Connor was 8 of 15 for 122 yards passing and carried 14 times for 28 yards. Jamin Elliott was Connor's favorite target. The senior had five catches for 93 yards to give him 2,939 career receiving yards, moving him into tenth on the Atlantic 10 all-time receiving list. Delaware (3-5, 3-4 Atlantic 10) waisted no time getting on the scoreboard, rolling up 135 yards of offense in the first quarter. The Blue Hens marched 72 yards in 10 plays on the opening possession. Butch Patrick capped off the drive when he raced 10 yards untouched on a misdirection handoff for the touchdown. Scott Collins' PAT gave the Blue Hens a 7-0 lead. Delaware got the ball back two plays later when Ron Cook intercepted a pass that was batted at the line of scrimmage by Mondeario Pinckney. Wood raced with the interception to the James Madison 5. The Blue Hen offense stalled, though, and Delaware settled for a Collins 27-yard field goal attempt. However, Collins pushed the attempt wide right. After the Delaware defense held James Madison to three plays and punt, Connor marched the Blue Hens right back down the field. He completed a pair of passes to Elliott for first downs, and then called his own number on a quarterback draw to race 16 yards to the James Madison 11. After two running plays produced little result, Connor scrambled on 3rd-and-10 down to the 2. Redshirt freshman Ben Cross then converted the fourth down with a dive to the 1. Two plays later, Butter Pressey went off-tackle for the one-yard score. The touchdown, capping a 63-yard drive, was the 33rd of Pressey's career. Collins tacked on the PAT to give the Blue Hens a 14-0 advantage. The Dukes got on the board in the second quarter. A face mask penalty on a Delaware punt gave James Madison the ball at midfield. After the drive stalled at the Delaware 21, however, the Dukes settled for a 38-yard field goal by Burke George. That is all James Madison would manage, though. Delaware's defense held the Dukes to just 90 yards of offense in the first half, more than half of that coming on James Madison's final possession of the half. With the first half clock ticking down, the Dukes drove from their own 14 to the Delaware 25. The drive was thwarted, however, when Mike Adams picked off a Matt LeZotte pass at the Delaware 18 with 12 seconds remaining in the half. Delaware took a 21-3 lead when Jenkins broke loose up the middle for a 16-yard score with 5:52 left in the third quarter. The 39-yard drive was set up by Vince Wilson's first of two interceptions on the day and the third of the game thrown by LeZotte. In all, the Blue Hen defense intercepted LeZotte six times on the afternoon, one shy of the Delaware school record. Wilson's second interception resulted in Delaware's final score. Wilson returned the ball to the James Madison 2. Two plays later, Cross scored from one yard out. The win was Delaware's eighth in 12 meetings with the Dukes, including six of the last seven. James Madison (1-7, 0-7) lost its seventh straight game after an opening day win over Elon. AGATE:
Box Score (Final)
Univ. of Delaware vs James Madison (11/3/01 at Harrisonburg, Va.)
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
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Univ. of Delaware... 14 0 7 7 - 28 Record: (3-5,3-4)
James Madison....... 0 3 0 0 - 3 Record: (1-7,0-7)
Scoring Summary:
1st 11:51 DEL - Butch Patrick 10 yd run (Scott Collins kick), 10 plays, 72 yards, TOP 3:09, DEL 7 - JMU 0
02:08 DEL - Butter Pressey 1 yd run (Scott Collins kick), 11 plays, 63 yards, TOP 5:10, DEL 14 - JMU 0
2nd 11:13 JMU - Burke George 38 yd field goal, 6 plays, 25 yards, TOP 0:51, DEL 14 - JMU 3
3rd 05:42 DEL - Antawn Jenkins 16 yd run (Scott Collins kick), 8 plays, 39 yards, TOP 3:49, DEL 21 - JMU 3
4th 00:29 DEL - Ben Cross 1 yd run (Scott Collins kick), 2 plays, 2 yards, TOP 0:38, DEL 28 - JMU 3
DEL JMU
FIRST DOWNS................... 19 12
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 60-191 24-65
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 122 101
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 15-8-0 36-13-6
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 75-313 60-166
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............ 3-21 2-10
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 1-22 4-95
Interception Returns-Yards.... 6-51 0-0
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 7-43.4 7-39.6
Fumbles-Lost.................. 2-1 1-0
Penalties-Yards............... 13-92 6-54
Possession Time............... 36:30 23:30
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 1-9 3-17
Individual StatisticsUniv. of Delaware
Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg
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Antawn Jenkins 15 93 4 89 1 16 5.9
Butch Patrick 10 51 0 51 1 10 5.1
Mike Connor 14 54 26 28 0 19 2.0
Brett Veach 2 10 0 10 0 5 5.0
Sean Bleiler 4 9 0 9 0 5 2.3
Ben Cross 4 3 0 3 1 1 0.8
Butter Pressey 10 11 9 2 1 5 0.2
Team 1 0 1 -1 0 0 -1.0
Totals... 60 231 40 191 4 19 3.2
Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sck
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Mike Connor 15-8-0 122 0 36 3
Totals... 15-8-0 122 0 36 3
Receiving No. Yds TD Long
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Jamin Elliott 5 93 0 36
Butter Pressey 1 13 0 13
Greg Penecale 1 9 0 9
Antawn Jenkins 1 7 0 7
Totals... 8 122 0 36
Punting No. Yds Avg Long
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Chris Steiner 7 304 43.4 53
Totals... 7 304 43.4 53
Punts Kickoffs Intercept
All Returns No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg
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Jamin Elliott 0 0 0 1 22 22 0 0 0
Brett Veach 3 21 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leon Clarke 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Mike Adams 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 8
Vince Wilson 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 31 28
S. Haugabrook 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Ron Cook 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 12
Totals... 3 21 12 1 22 22 6 51 28
Field goal attempts
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Scott Collins 1st 08:49 27 yds - Missed
James Madison
Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg
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Brannon Goins 10 30 5 25 0 19 2.5
Robert Carson 7 27 5 22 0 11 3.1
Chris Iorio 2 11 0 11 0 7 5.5
Matt LeZotte 4 13 9 4 0 6 1.0
Mike Connelly 1 3 0 3 0 3 3.0
Totals... 24 84 19 65 0 19 2.7
Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sck
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Matt LeZotte 35-13-6 101 0 17 1
Robert Carson 1-0-0 0 0 0 0
Totals... 36-13-6 101 0 17 1
Receiving No. Yds TD Long
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Mike Connelly 5 53 0 17
Alan Harrison 2 22 0 15
Brannon Goins 2 15 0 8
Tahir Hinds 1 5 0 5
Robert Carson 1 2 0 2
Andrew Belmear 1 2 0 2
Jason Thompson 1 2 0 2
Totals... 13 101 0 17
Punting No. Yds Avg Long
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Mike Glover 7 277 39.6 45
Totals... 7 277 39.6 45
Punts Kickoffs Intercept
All Returns No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg
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Robert Carson 2 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rondell Bradley 0 0 0 3 68 26 0 0 0
Cody Hall 0 0 0 1 27 27 0 0 0
Totals... 2 10 6 4 95 27 0 0 0
Field goal attempts
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Burke George 2nd 11:13 38 yds - Good
Defensive Statistics (Final)
Univ. of Delaware
## Player UT AT Total ForLoss FR-Yd Intc BrUp Blkd Sack/Yds
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35 Darrell Edmonds 3 5 8 . . . . . /
36 Dan Mulhern 3 4 7 1-9 . . . . 1.0/9
51 Nick Fazzie 2 4 6 . . . . . /
47 S. Haugabrook 4 . 4 . . 1 . . /
53 Mark Moore 2 1 3 . . . . . /
96 Mike Pinckney 2 1 3 . . . . . /
41 Vince Wilson 2 1 3 . . 2 . . /
24 Mike Adams 1 2 3 . . 1 1 . /
4 Ricardo Walker . 3 3 . . . . . /
50 Ron Cook 1 1 2 . . 1 . . /
59 Femi Ayi 1 1 2 1-2 . . 1 . /
16 Sean Bleiler 1 . 1 . . . . . /
97 Mond. Pinckney 1 . 1 . . . . . /
92 Chris Mooney 1 . 1 . . . . . /
42 F. Mieczkowski 1 . 1 . . . . . /
84 Brian Jennings 1 . 1 1-3 . . . . /
17 Dave Camburn . 1 1 . . . . . /
86 G.J. Crescione . 1 1 . . . . . /
39 Jameer Rasheed . 1 1 . . . . . /
23 Leon Clarke . . . . . 1 . . /
1 Dominic Santoli . . . . . . 1 . /
James Madison
## Player UT AT Total ForLoss FR-Yd Intc BrUp Blkd Sack/Yds
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48 Dennard Melton 7 6 13 2-10 . . . . 1.0/6
2 Derrick Lloyd 6 4 10 . . . . . /
7 Derick Pack 6 3 9 1-5 . . . . 1.0/5
42 Justin Ruffin 2 7 9 . . . . . /
89 Tim Smith 4 2 6 1-4 1-0 . . . /
97 Sid Evans 3 3 6 2-6 . . . . /
29 Rodney McCarter 4 1 5 1-1 . . . . /
21 Reggie Taylor 2 3 5 . . . . . /
51 Richard Hicks 3 1 4 1-6 . . . . 1.0/6
1 Andrew Owen 1 3 4 1-5 . . . . /
20 Rondell Bradley 1 3 4 . . . . . /
37 Chris Iorio 2 . 2 . . . . . /
46 Kwynn Walton 2 . 2 . . . . . /
72 William Perry . 2 2 . . . . . /
10 Robert Carson 1 . 1 . . . . . /
16 Matt LeZotte 1 . 1 . . . . . /
15 Quentin Collins 1 . 1 . . . . . /
12 Jason Thompson 1 . 1 . . . . . /
81 Andrew Belmear . 1 1 . . . . . /
18 Mike Connelly . 1 1 . . . . . /
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