William & Mary Survives Six Turnovers to Beat Delaware State
Delaware State out-gained William & Mary 366 yards to 196 and lost by seven. Start with the giveaways: three interceptions and three lost fumbles, six in all, against one fumble lost by William & Mary. That is how a team with 170 more yards ends up on the wrong side of 22-15.
The Tribe did most of their early work in the first quarter. Max Lipinski kicked a 25-yard field goal, Andrew King ran in from 14 yards, and King scored again from 3 yards with 5:44 left (the two-point try failed). That made it 16-0, and the second quarter had no scoring at all. Lipinski added a 32-yarder in the third and a 51-yarder with 12:20 left in the fourth to make it 22-0.
Delaware State finally scored with 9:59 to go, when Noah Brannock ran 11 yards and Jaron Kelley converted the two-point try to make it 22-8. Brannock scored again from 2 yards out with 3:04 left, and the extra point made it 22-15. That was the last score. William & Mary never trailed, and it never gave the Hornets a closer look than seven points.
William & Mary is 2-0 and Delaware State is 1-1. The Tribe threw for 98 yards and ran for 98 on 36 carries, which is about as modest as a winning offense gets. Delaware State's defense took seven sacks, though, so somebody on that side played well. For fantasy, the touchdown scorers were the whole story, with King and Brannock holding the top two spots.