Delaware State Edges Towson 33-28 on a Late Ui Ale Run
Ui Ale ran six yards for the touchdown with 42 seconds left, the two-point pass failed, and Delaware State led 33-28. That was the fourth lead change of the evening and the last one, and it handed the Hornets a 33-28 win over Towson.
It looked like a rout for a while. Delaware State went up 10-0 on a Patrick Fisher-Butler field goal and a Jayden Jenkins run, and Towson answered with Andrew Indorf's 75-yard touchdown pass to Aaron Enterline just 11 seconds of game clock later (4:55 to go in the first quarter). A two-yard Indorf to Enterline score put the Tigers up 14-10, which is the biggest hole Delaware State had to climb out of. Then the home side ran off 17 straight points: a Sean Weston Jr. run, Ale's 17-yard pass to Nathan Stewart, and a Fisher-Butler field goal at the gun, for 27-14 at the half.
Towson took its time getting back. Cleveland Charlton caught a four-yard pass from Indorf in the third to make it 27-21, and Xavier Pugh's one-yard run with 4:57 left gave the Tigers a 28-27 lead. Then Ale did the rest.
The odd part is that Towson had the better numbers. The Tigers gained 369 yards to Delaware State's 298 and had three sacks. They also threw two interceptions and lost two fumbles, four giveaways to Delaware State's one, and that is the game. Give the ball away four times and outgain people by 71 yards anyway, and you still go home 0-3.
Delaware State is 2-1. Towson is 0-3.