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Huskies hold Delaware to lowest offensive output in school-history Sept. 29, 2001
BOSTON -- L.J. McKanas rushed 36 times for 161 yards and the University of Delaware suffered its worst offensive output in school history as Northeastern University defeated the 24th-ranked Blue Hens for the first time ever, 20-7, in an Atlantic 10 football contest Saturday at Parsons Field. The Blue Hens (1-3, 1-2) were limited to just 56 yards of total offense and zero yards rushing. The previous school mark for lowest offensive total was 76 yards against Bucknell in a season-ending 21-14 loss back on Nov. 21, 1964. The lowest total by a Tubby Raymond team prior to Saturday was 85 yards against Grambling in a 17-8 NCAA Playoff loss in Atlantic City's Convention Hall back on Dec. 1, 1973. That was the only other time a Raymond-coached team was held under 100 yards in total offense. Antawn Jenkins rushed for a team-high 36 yards on 14 carries. Beyond that, Delaware's next highest rushers were Butch Patrick and Butter Pressey with one yard each. Entering the game, Northeastern's defense had allowed an average of 425 yards (ranked No. 104 in NCAA I-AA) and 38.5 points in its first three games. Northeastern had never held Delaware under 24 points. Last year, Delaware thumped the Huskies, 42-0, rolling up 519 yards of offense, including 372 rushing, at Delaware Stadium. Delaware's defense did its best to keep the game close. The Blue Hens held Northeastern to 256 total yards, with Sidney Haugabrook picking off two passes for the second straight week. However, it was not enough to make up for the offense's struggles. Northeastern was just 3 for 17 on third down, but Delaware was just 1 for 16 and had five turnovers. "We're beyond disappointment," said Raymond. "I couldn't imagine that we could play this poorly. Northeastern was outstanding in every facet of the game, and we couldn't do anything at all. We have to start all over and get back to fundamentals." Northeastern took a 6-0 lead in the first quarter when Sam Postlethwait was hit and fumbled and Art Smith picked it up and raced 53 yards for a touchdown. Nate Mallaugh's PAT kick was blocked. Delaware came back to take a 7-6 lead with 9:23 left in the first half on Pressey's one-yard touchdown run and Scott Collins' PAT. After a scoreless third quarter, the Huskies, who had lost all eight previous meetings with Delaware, took the lead for good when McKanas raced 30 yards for a touchdown on the second play of the fourth quarter. Northeastern (1-2, 1-2) converted the two-point conversion to take a 14-7 lead. That score snapped a 118-minute scoreless streak for the Delaware defense. On Delaware's first play of the next possession, Postlethwait was intercepted by T.J. Hill. Hill returned the ball back to the Delaware 22. The Blue Hen defense held and got the ball back on downs. However, Delaware's offense failed to get a first down once again and fumbled the snap on the punt, giving the Huskies the ball at the Delaware 7. One play later, McKanas scored from seven yards out to give Northeastern a 20-7 lead with 12:01 to play. The PAT kick failed. Delaware had several chances after that, twice getting the ball at midfield. However, the Blue Hens failed to pick up a first down in the entire second half. On 14 of its posessions, the Blue Hens ran three plays or less, including each of the last four after McKanas' second touchdown of the day. Chris Steinert's 11 punts tied the second-most in UD history. Steinert was one of the lone bright spots for the Blue Hens, averaging 45.9 yards on his punts. The Blue Hens, who had won 13 straight in New England prior to Saturday, head back to New England next Saturday to face New Hampshire at 12 noon.
AGATE:
DELAWARE..................0...7...0...0...-
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SCORING First quarter Second quarter Fourth quarter Attendance: 3,389 Team Statistics
DEL NU
FIRST DOWNS................... 6 12
Rushing..................... 3 8
Passing..................... 1 4
Penalty..................... 2 0
Rushing Attempts.............. 42 40
Yards Gained Rushing.......... 79 177
Yards Lost Rushing............ 79 32
NET YARDS RUSHING............. 0 145
NET YARDS PASSING............. 56 111
Passes Attempted............ 19 30
Passes Completed............ 6 14
Had Intercepted............. 2 2
TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYS......... 61 70
TOTAL NET YARDS............... 56 256
Average Gain Per Play....... 0.9 3.7
Fumbles: Number-Lost.......... 4-3 3-2
Penalties: Number-Yards....... 4-25 10-85
Number of Punts-Yards......... 11-505 10-324
Average Per Punt............ 45.9 32.4
Punt Returns: Number-Yards.... 5-21 5-31
Kickoff Returns: Number-Yards. 3-45 1-16
Interceptions: Number-Yards... 2-57 2-29
Fumble Returns: Number-Yards.. 0-0 1-53
Miscellaneous Yards........... 0 -2
Possession Time............... 28:42 31:18
Third-Down Conversions........ 1 of 16 3 of 17
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 1 of 2 0 of 1
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 0-0 6-23
Individual Statistics
Univ. of Delaware
Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg
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Antawn Jenkins 14 37 1 36 0 7 2.6
Butter Pressey 5 8 7 1 1 7 0.2
Butch Patrick 4 7 6 1 0 6 0.3
Ben Cross 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Rob Violante 3 0 10 -10 0 0 -3.3
S. Postlethwait 14 27 40 -13 0 16 -0.9
Chris Steiner 1 0 15 -15 0 0 -15.0
Totals... 42 79 79 0 1 16 0.0
Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sck
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S. Postlethwait 19-6-2 56 0 30 4
Rob Violante 0-0-0 0 0 0 2
Totals... 19-6-2 56 0 30 6
Receiving No. Yds TD Long
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Brett Veach 2 35 0 30
Butter Pressey 2 14 0 7
Antawn Jenkins 1 7 0 7
Jamin Elliott 1 0 0 0
Totals... 6 56 0 30
Punting No. Yds Avg Long
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Chris Steiner 11 505 45.9 55
Totals... 11 505 45.9 55
Punts Kickoffs Intercept
All Returns No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg
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Brett Veach 5 21 16 2 36 19 0 0 0
Jamin Elliott 0 0 0 1 9 9 0 0 0
S. Haugabrook 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 57 38
Totals... 5 21 16 3 45 19 2 57 38
Field goal attempts
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Scott Collins 2nd 00:00 31 yds - Blocked
Northeastern
Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg
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L.J. McKanas 36 169 8 161 2 30 4.5
Logan Galli 3 8 4 4 0 7 1.3
Team 1 0 20 -20 0 0 -20.0
Totals... 40 177 32 145 2 30 3.6
Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sck
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Logan Galli 29-14-2 111 0 20 0
Michael Mack 1-0-0 0 0 0 0
Totals... 30-14-2 111 0 20 0
Receiving No. Yds TD Long
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L.J. McKanas 5 16 0 9
Michael Mack 3 21 0 11
Kito Delgado 2 24 0 12
Tyler Grogan 2 21 0 13
Sean Connor 1 20 0 20
Andy Alsup 1 9 0 9
Totals... 14 111 0 20
Punting No. Yds Avg Long
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Tyler Grogan 10 324 32.4 44
Totals... 10 324 32.4 44
Punts Kickoffs Intercept
All Returns No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg
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T.J. Hill 0 0 0 1 16 16 2 29 26
Excell Walker 5 31 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals... 5 31 12 1 16 16 2 29 26
Field goal attempts
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Defensive Statistics
Univ. of Delaware
## Player UT AT Total ForLoss FR-Yd Intc BrUp Blkd Sack/Yds
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35 Darrell Edmonds 9 . 9 . 1-0 . . . /
36 Dan Mulhern 6 1 7 3-5 1-0 . . . /
47 S. Haugabrook 6 . 6 . . 2 1 . /
58 Mondoe Davis 5 1 6 2-4 . . . . /
17 Dave Camburn 4 1 5 . . . . . /
96 Mike Pinckney 4 . 4 . . . . . /
41 Vince Wilson 2 2 4 . . . . . /
24 Mike Adams 2 2 4 . . . . . /
4 Ricardo Walker 2 2 4 . . . . . /
23 Leon Clarke 3 . 3 . . . . . /
50 Ron Cook 2 . 2 . . . . . /
51 Nick Fazzie 1 1 2 . . . . . /
97 Mond. Pinckney 1 . 1 . . . . . /
75 Trent Chandler 1 . 1 . . . . . /
59 Femi Ayi 1 . 1 . . . . . /
68 Joe Minucci . 1 1 . . . . . /
53 Mark Moore . 1 1 . . . . . /
Northeastern
## Player UT AT Total ForLoss FR-Yd Intc BrUp Blkd Sack/Yds
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51 Liam Ezekiel 8 3 11 2-5 . . 2 . /
25 Adam Walter 7 2 9 3-10 . . 1 . /
48 Steve Anzalone 6 . 6 2-8 . . . . 2.0/8
23 Art Smith 3 1 4 2-4 1-53 . . . /
5 Charles Cameron 3 . 3 1-3 . . 2 . /
92 Scott Quimby 2 1 3 2-7 . . . . 2.5/7
45 Josh Plosker 2 1 3 1-1 . . . . /
19 Robbiel Moore 1 2 3 1-4 . . . . 0.5/4
74 David Williams 2 . 2 . . . . . /
11 Kurt Abrams 2 . 2 1-5 . . . . /
7 Tyler Grogan 1 . 1 . . . . . /
34 Sean Connor 1 . 1 . . . . . /
97 Mike Bigbee 1 . 1 . . . . . /
95 Ian Nielsen 1 . 1 . . . . . /
80 Jared Philcox 1 . 1 . . . . . /
47 James Abosi 1 . 1 . 1-0 . . . /
42 Anthony Nolen 1 . 1 1-8 . . . . 1.0/8
24 Rocco Rinaldi 1 . 1 . . . . . /
26 Joe Okrah 1 . 1 . . . . . /
18 Q. Mitchell . 1 1 . . . . . /
12 T.J. Hill . 1 1 . . 2 2 1 /
38 Gavin Potter . . . . 1-0 . . . /
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