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Sept. 19, 1998 at 1:00 p.m. W 42-21 Sophomore quarterback Matt Nagy came off the bench to throw for 210 yards and two second half touchdowns and the University of Delaware took advantage of five turnovers as the Blue Hens defeated West Chester (Pa.) 42-21 Saturday in a non-league football game at Delaware Stadium. The Blue Hens, ranked No. 9 (Sports Network) in the nation in NCAA I-AA, defeated the Division II Rams (1-2), who were playing their third straight Top 20 opponent, for the sixth straight tim in the series Nagy, who shares the quarterback duties with junior Brian Ginn and threw for 233 yards in last week's loss to Villanova, wasn't even expected to play Saturday after losing 11 pounds after missing most of the week with tonsillitis. But when Ginn went down with a season ending broken leg in the first quarter, Nagy took over. Nagy's one-yard touchdown run gave the Hens a 17-7 lead going into halftime. After Delaware's Garon Sizemore opened the second half with his second field goal of the game, West Chester cut the lead to 20-14 on a 20-yard pass from Mike Mitros (22 of 36 for 213 yards) to Kevin Ingram (10-106) with 9:25 left in the third quarter. But Andre Thompson followed with a six-yard touchdown run five minutes later and Nagy hooked up with tight end Jason VanKerkhoven on a 24-yard scoring toss and added a 25-yard scoring pass to Eddie Conti to ice the game for the Blue Hens. Sophomore Derrick Downs led 512-yard total offense attack by Delaware by running for 105 yards on just six carries. Conti caught five passes for 107 yards. Mike Furline and Dale Koscielski had interceptions for the Hens. |
