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Bryant v Delaware FB
17
Bryant BRY 0-1 , 0-0
48
Winner Delaware DEL 1-0 , 0-0
Bryant BRY
0-1 , 0-0
17
Final
48
Delaware DEL
1-0 , 0-0
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
BRY Bryant 3 7 0 7 17
DEL Delaware 14 20 7 7 48

Game Recap: Football |

Bryant falls to Delaware in season opener

NEWARK, DEL. – The Bryant University football team fell to the University of Delaware 48-17 in the season opener on the road.
   
     Jarrett Guest threw for 146 yards and a touchdown and Brennan Myer had 106 yards through the air. Marc Taglieri Jr. hauled in a score and posted 44 yards, while Markiel Cockrell ran in for a touchdown. 
     Chris Yates had a career-high of 12 tackles, while Cole Nilles posted seven tackles and two tackles for loss. Gary Cooper posted a career-high 78 yards on four catches.
Game Information
Delaware 48, Bryant 17
Records: Bryant (0-1, 0-0), Delaware (1-0, 0-0)
Location: Delaware Stadium (Newark, Del.)
Key Moment
  • The Blue Hens recorded 21 straight points after the Bulldogs hit a field goal in the first quarter.
How it Happened
  • The Bulldogs began their second drive of the game on the Bryant 34. They then drove 58 yards to set up a 25-yard Bryce Soli field goal for the game's first points. The drive was catapulted by Fabrice Mukendi, who gained 24 yards, and Gary Cooper, who caught a 20-yard pass (3-0).
  • The Blue Hens responded with a nine-play touchdown drive and scored on a pass to the running back (7-3).
  • On the next Bryant drive, the Blue Hens intercepted it and returned the ball to the one-yard line. Delaware punched it in on the next play for the score (14-3).
  • The Blue Hens began the second quarter on the Bulldog side of the field, leading to a three-yard dump pass to the running back (21-3).
  • The Black and Gold responded with an 18-yard screen pass to Mukendi, and a 31-yard deep ball to Cooper. A Taglieri TD capped off the drive with a play-action pass (21-10).
  • The Blue Hens would produce two more touchdown drives to end the half, tallying a 34-10 deficit for the Bulldogs.
  • Both teams went three and out to start the second half, and then Delaware produced a 12-play drive, resulting in a passing TD (41-10).
  • The Blue Hens scored their 48th point on a 25-yard rush up the middle in the fourth quarter (48-10).
  • With four minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, Myer completed a 35-yard pass to Taglieri and then threw a 40-yard pass to Keegan Wilburn on the run, who was tackled on the one-yard line. Cockrell then punched the ball in for a touchdown (48-17).
Stats
  • Guest tallied 146 yards and one touchdown through the air.
  • Cooper caught four passes for 78 yards.
  • Taglieri hauled in a score and caught three balls for 33 yards.
  • Cockrell posted a touchdown.
  • Wilburn registered 40 yards on two catches.
  • Yates recorded 12 tackles.
  • Nilles posted seven tackles and TFLs in his Bulldog debut.
  • Olatunde Mkparu and Sean Hunt had seven tackles each.
  • Myer tallied 106 passing yards.
  • Mukendi had 40 yards on the ground.
  • Soli connected on his first career field goal.
Game Notes
  • Mukendi reached 700 rushing yards in his career.
  • Guest threw his fifth 100+ yard passing game in his collegiate career.
  • Yates posted a career-high 12 tackles.
  • Cooper registered a career-high 78 yards.
Next Up
  • The Bulldogs will host Franklin Pierce on September 7th for their home opener.
 
 
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