Nick Minicucci produced seven of Delaware's ten explosive plays
Delaware was in control wire to wire. What the rout was actually built on.
Nick Minicucci scored 18 of Delaware's points. They rout Merrimack, 42-7 at Delaware Stadium. Delaware led from start to finish and never let Merrimack within striking distance. Nick Minicucci threw for 330 yards on 36 attempts with two touchdowns and ran five times for 13 yards and one score.
The big plays only went one way
Delaware produced 10 plays of 15+ yards to Merrimack's 4, chiefly Nick Minicucci (involved in 7), Sean Wilson (involved in 2) and Viron Ellison Jr. (involved in 1). Delaware scored on 40% of its drives to Merrimack's 7%: Nick Minicucci (18 pts), Viron Ellison Jr. (12 pts) and Kaderris Roberts (12 pts). Stacked together, it was never close.
How the two sides actually played on the night.
The standouts
Nick Minicucci threw for 330 yards on 36 attempts with two touchdowns and ran five times for 13 yards and one score, including three of them from inside the 20, five third-down conversions and a hand in seven plays of 15 yards or more. Viron Ellison Jr. threw for 75 yards on one attempts with one touchdown and ran three times for 17 yards and one score, including that score from inside the 20. Kaderris Roberts ran five times for 13 yards and one score and caught two passes for 80 yards, one of them for a touchdown — that score from inside the 20. For Merrimack, Matthias Latham ran six times for 17 yards and caught three passes for 36 yards. Galamama Mulbah ran seven times for 41 yards and one score and caught one pass for 10 yards, including that score from inside the 20. Kenyon Massey caught five passes for 34 yards. George Mullins was the disruptive one for Delaware: 1 INT, 1.5 tackles.
What Merrimack has to fix
The problems had names: DeMarcus McElroy (1 lost fumble).
The defensive story
Two names to keep: George Mullins (1 INT, 1.5 tackles) for Delaware and Bertin Placide (1 INT, 1 PBU, 3 tackles) for Merrimack. 4 of Delaware's 6 sacks came from the defensive line.
The takeaway
Historically similar games since 2019 — close margin, both offenses held far below norm — and how often that offense outperformed this level the following week.
Delaware did exactly what a better team should against Merrimack: leave no doubt. Galamama Mulbah was responsible for 6 of Merrimack's points; there was not enough behind him.
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