Caden Burti
Nicole Sasu-Twum, Delaware Athletics
14
UAlbany ALB 3-5 , 1-3
28
Winner Delaware DEL 7-1 , 4-1
UAlbany ALB
3-5 , 1-3
14
Final
28
Delaware DEL
7-1 , 4-1
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
ALB UAlbany 7 0 7 0 14
DEL Delaware 14 7 0 7 28

Game Recap: Football |

Second Half Push Not Enough for Football at Delaware

Score: UAlbany 14, Delaware 28 
  
Location: Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware
  
Records: UAlbany (3-5, 1-3 CAA) | Delaware (7-1, 4-1 CAA) 
  
Short Story: The University at Albany football team was unable to overcome an early deficit in a 28-14 road loss to CAA rival Delaware.
 
Key Stat Lines 
  • Dontae Lunan led the team with 10 total tackles (three solo) and 1.5 TFLs.
  • Ron Holmes followed with seven tackles, three solo, 0.5 TFLs and a PBR.
  • Cam Stodghill recorded a sack, finishing with four tackles.
  • Myles Burkett went 14-28 for 208 yards and a TD.
  • Seven McGee led the receivers with three catches for 77 yards.
  • Caden Burti finished with one reception for 13 yards, a TD catch.
  • Faysal Aden led the ground game with 57 yards on 10 carries.
  • Jojo Uga recorded a TD on the ground, finishing with 38 yards.
 
Head Coach Greg Gattuso: "I thought for three quarters we were the better team. We played our hearts out. We spotted them too big of a lead and we get a critical call against us, it seems to be a pretty consistent theme… Our kids fought their tails off, we had a chance to get back in it, just fighting too much right now."
 
How it Happened: 
  • Delaware struck on their first offensive play of the game with Marcus Yarns running 69 yards for a TD.  
  • The Blue Hens made it 14-0 five minutes later with Yarns once again finding the end zone, this time on a 13-yard pass from Nick Minicucci.
  • UAlbany responded before the end of the first quarter with a 13-yard pass from Myles Burkett to Caden Burti in the end zone to make it 14-7. The score capped a five-play, 40-yard drive.
  • Delaware pushed the lead back to two scores a few minutes into the second quarter with a 16-yard TD pass to Ja'Carree Kelly on fourth down, finishing a 12-play 62-yard scoring drive.
  • With just about four minutes remaining in the first half, UAlbany missed a 40-yard field goal attempt short and to the right.
  • The first half ended with another missed field goal from the Great Danes. Delaware's Mysonne Pollard blocked a 42-yard attempt to keep the score 21-7 going into the locker room.
  • The Great Danes started the second half with a monster drive, eating nearly 10 minutes of clock on 17 plays before Jojo Uga punched in a one-yard run for the score. It marked the fifth consecutive game the rookie running back found the end zone.
  • The final score of the game didn't come until midway through the fourth quarter when Delaware's Yarns scored his third TD of the afternoon, this one a 30-yard reception.
  
Next: The Great Danes return home to Casey Stadium next Saturday to host the team's annual Pink Game against UNH. Keep up with all of the latest news, highlights, and insights on UAlbany football by following the team on X and Instagram and by following UAlbany Athletics on Facebook. 
 
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