College Football
BOXSCORE
Delaware 35, Delaware State 17
When: 7:00 PM   ET ,  Thursday, August 28, 2025
Where: Delaware Stadium, Newark, Delaware
Attendance: 17895
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Delaware State 0 3 7 7 17
Delaware 0 14 7 14 35
SCORING
Scoring Summary
2nd Quarter - 6:46
Delaware State   FG  Delaware 0 - Delaware State 3
Patrick Fisher-Butler 40 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 3:44
Delaware   TD  Delaware 7 - Delaware State 3
Nick Minicucci 8 yd. run (Nate Reed kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:33
Delaware   TD  Delaware 14 - Delaware State 3
Kyre Duplessis 4 yd. pass from Nick Minicucci (Nate Reed kick)
3rd Quarter - 10:29
Delaware State   TD  Delaware 14 - Delaware State 10
Kaiden Bennett 23 yd. run (Patrick Fisher-Butler kick)
3rd Quarter - 7:15
Delaware   TD  Delaware 21 - Delaware State 10
Ja'Carree Kelly 9 yd. pass from Nick Minicucci (Nate Reed kick)
4th Quarter - 10:44
Delaware   TD  Delaware 28 - Delaware State 10
Kahlil Ali 45 yd. interception return (Nate Reed kick)
4th Quarter - 8:10
Delaware State   TD  Delaware 28 - Delaware State 17
Marquis Gillis 39 yd. pass from Kaiden Bennett (Patrick Fisher-Butler kick)
4th Quarter - 6:15
Delaware   TD  Delaware 35 - Delaware State 17
Jake Thaw 50 yd. pass from Nick Minicucci (Nate Reed kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Delaware State Delaware
W‑L 0 - 1 - 0 1 - 0 - 0
Conference 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0
Team Stats
  Delaware State Delaware
Score 17 35
1st Downs 21 26
3rd Down Efficiency 6-for-14
43%
8-for-13
62%
4th Down Efficiency 2-for-2
100%
2-for-2
100%
Total Yards 348 409
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 40-199 26-137
Average/Rush 5.0 5.3
Passing
Comp-Att 13-26 31-44
Passing Yards 149 272
Average/Pass Play 5.3 5.9
Penalties-Yards 13-109 6-55
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-1
Interceptions Thrown 2 0
Time of Possession 31:53 28:07
PLAYER STATS
Delaware State (0 - 1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
K. Bennett 11/23 135 1 1
J. Sauray 2/3 14 0 1
Delaware (1 - 0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
N. Minicucci 28/36 251 3 0
Z. Marker 3/8 21 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
M. Gillis 17 123 7.2 0
K. Bennett 10 30 3.0 1
J. Jenkins 2 20 10.0 0
J. Jones 9 20 2.2 0
J. Sauray 2 6 3.0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
N. Minicucci 9 44 4.9 1
J. Silver 6 34 5.7 0
V. Ellison Jr. 5 21 4.2 0
S. St. Fleur 2 17 8.5 0
Z. Marker 2 12 6.0 0
K. Duplessis 1 7 7.0 0
G. Spiller 1 2 2.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
M. Gillis 3 46 15.3 1
S. Scaife 2 23 11.5 0
T. Rone 2 23 11.5 0
N. Stewart 1 19 19.0 0
N. Lolley 1 18 18.0 0
J. Jones 1 9 9.0 0
K. Benton 1 8 8.0 0
M. Clark 1 6 6.0 0
D. Jackson 1 -3 -3.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
J. Thaw 7 92 13.1 1
K. Duplessis 7 89 12.7 1
J. Kelly 2 22 11.0 1
E. Sessoms 3 19 6.3 0
C. Witthoft 1 16 16.0 0
N. Laboy 2 14 7.0 0
S. Wilson 3 11 3.7 0
B. Rehmann 1 7 7.0 0
J. Silver 4 2 0.5 0
V. Ellison Jr. 1 0 0.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
K. Ali 1 45 1
K. Seay 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
D. Trainer 1.0 11.0
Q. Price 0.5 7.0
J. Yelbert Jr. 0.5 6.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
D. Trainer 2.0 14.0
G. Moul 2.0 2.0
Q. Price 0.5 7.0
J. Yelbert Jr. 0.5 6.0
D. Brogna 0.5 2.0
A. Crenshaw Jr. 0.5 1.0
J. Hall 0.5 1.0
B. Matthews 0.5 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
J. Silver 1