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Delaware 35, Massachusetts 7
Saturday, September 22, 2001
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Massachusetts 7 0 0 0 7
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NEWARK, Del. (AP) - Sam Postlethwait passed for a career-high 169 yards and two touchdowns and Antawn Jenkins rushed for a career-high 108 yards as Delaware defeated the University of Massachusetts 35-7 Saturday night.

The Blue Hens (1-2, 1-1 Atlantic 10) gained 445 total yards and held the Minutemen (0-3, 0-1) to 282 total yards.

Massachusetts lost four fumbles, had two passes intercepted, committed nine penalties for 81 yards and turned the ball over on punt attempts twice.

The Hens scored two touchdowns from Jamin Elliott, who caught a 15-yard scoring pass from Sam Postlethwait and scored on an 11-yard reverse. Postlethwait tossed a career-long 59-yard touchdown strike to Brett Veach to tie the score at 7-7 with 3:42 left in the first.

The Hens made it 21-7 on Jenkins' seven-yard run with 12:36 left before the half.

Delaware made it 28-7 in the third when Darrell Edmonds scooped a fumble by Guice and ran 37 yards for a TD. Elliott capped the scoring with his 11-yard run off a reverse with 8:36 remaining.

Massachusetts-Mckenzie 29 interception return (D White kick) Delaware-Veach 59 pass from Postlethwait (Collins kick) Delaware-Elliott 15 pass from Postlethwait (Collins kick) Delaware-A Jenkins 0 fumble return (Collins kick) Delaware-Edmonds 37 fumble return (Collins kick)
Delaware-Elliott 11 run (Collins kick)

  

                  Massachusetts    Delaware
First downs                  14          24
Rushed-yards             38-100      53-276
Passing yards               182         169
Sacked-yards lost           0-0         1-7
Return yards                 44          46
Passes                  20-34-2      7-20-3
Punts                    5-41.4      3-37.3
Fumbles-lost                4-4         4-1
Penalties-yards            9-81        7-61
Time of possession        28:27       31:33
Individual Statistics
RUSHING: Massachusetts-Quinlan 13-43, O Howard 10-40, Guice 7-38, Edley 3-8, Long 1-0, J Howard 2-minus 5, D Hardy 1-minus 6, Team 1-minus 18. Delaware-A Jenkins 18-108, Pressey 7-50, S Bleiler 5-30, Patrick 6-29, Violante 3-23, Bennett 1-11, Elliott 1-11, Postlethwait 11-9, Cross 1-5.

PASSING: Massachusetts-Guice 20-33-2-182, Seibert 0-1-0-0. Delaware-Postlethwait 7-20-3-169.

RECEIVING: Massachusetts-D Hardy 10-135, Cariello 4-10, Quinlan 2-7, Peebler 1-14, A Kinsey 1-10, Brown 1-4, J Howard 1-2. Delaware-Elliott 4-59, Veach 2-68, Penecale 1-42.

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