Delaware State Answers a Stony Brook Rally, Wins 41-34
Stony Brook trailed 24-6 in the second quarter, tied it at 34 in the fourth, and still lost 41-34. That is a 28-10 run to get back into it and then not a single point after that. Delaware State had the last word with 1:54 left.
Stony Brook did score first. Quinn Boyd hit DJ Linkins from 34 yards at 10:27 of the first quarter, though the extra point failed and it was only 6-0. Delaware State answered 66 seconds of game clock later, when Ui Ale threw a 72-yard touchdown to Jaylin Terzado for a 7-6 lead. Patrick Fisher-Butler kicked a 41-yard field goal, Samari Collier ran 59 yards, and Ale ran in from 16 yards, and it was 24-6 midway through the second quarter.
Then Boyd went to work. His 10-yard run made it 24-13 before the half. Jayden Jenkins pushed the margin back to 31-13 early in the third, but Boyd threw to Seth Sweitzer from 13 yards, Fisher-Butler answered with a 52-yard field goal, and CJ Hester ran in from 2 yards to make it 34-27. When Boyd found Keiden Gutierrez from 9 yards at 11:25 of the fourth, it was 34-34. Sean Weston Jr. then ran 16 yards for the winner with 1:54 left.
Delaware State had 514 yards to Stony Brook's 456 and gave the ball away zero times. Stony Brook threw an interception and lost a fumble. Delaware State is 1-0 and Stony Brook 0-1. Fantasy owners got a shootout: Boyd had 39.8 points on three touchdown passes and a rushing score, Ale had 30.6 and Terzado 26.9. If you owned any of them, it was a good night.