Delaware routs Merrimack 42-7
Delaware routed Merrimack 42-7. Share this game
We had Delaware favored. It won.
Next: Merrimack beat Maine 23-14, Sat Sep 12
How it swung
Before kickoff, our ratings gave Delaware a 97% chance, and the closing betting line (Delaware was a 31.5-point favorite) put it at 99%.
Delaware led by 7 after the first quarter and by 21 at the half.
Delaware · Q3 9:11Delaware 42-7 Merrimack
Delaware wonMove across the chart, or tap a numbered swing, to see any play.Merrimack 7-42 DelawareMerrimack lostMove across the chart, or tap a numbered swing, to see any play.No single play moved the chance by 20 points.
No single play moved the chance by 20 points.
How to read this chart
Starts from the pregame line (Delaware -31.5), at 98% for Delaware (the play-by-play feed's kickoff number, moved to match the line; our model's and the betting line's own numbers are in “The betting line, and the fans”). Dots are the biggest swings; ticks under the chart are scores. Outlined diamonds mark rare plays.Every drive
Delaware scored on 6 of its 15 drives; Merrimack on 1 of its 14.
Delaware’s drives are teal, Merrimack’s amber. A line runs from where a drive started to where it ended; a filled dot means it scored.
Box score
Delaware 42, Merrimack 7
Delaware covered −31.5 by 3.5. The total, 49, stayed under 56.5.
Merrimack leaders
- Passing Cole Meehan 10 of 25, 121 yds
- Rushing Galamama Mulbah 7 for 41 yds, 1 TD; Matthias Latham 6 for 17 yds
- Receiving Matthias Latham 3 for 36 yds; Kenyon Massey 5 for 34 yds
Delaware leaders
- Passing Nick Minicucci 20 of 36, 330 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT
- Rushing Nakeem Powell 5 for 35 yds; Jo'Nathan Silver 6 for 19 yds
- Receiving Kaderris Roberts 2 for 80 yds, 1 TD; Sean Wilson 6 for 73 yds, 1 TD
No rain and calm
83° at kickoff · no rain recorded · wind 6 mph from the west-southwest, gusts to 10
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Where this weather comes from
Measured at Wilmington Airport, 7.9 miles away. The paler thunder bar is thunder reported in the vicinity of an airport. Rain is NOAA's radar-and-gauge estimate at the stadium and wind is an airport reading; neither is measured on the field. Game times come from the play-by-play, good to a minute or two. Source: National Weather Service, through the Iowa Environmental Mesonet; rain radar from NOAA MRMS, through Iowa State University.Before kickoff
Recent games, the series and the betting line below are as they stood going in; the season profile is the season so far.
Recent games
Last three games · 2025 season
Merrimack · 4-8
Rated 210th in our preseason ratings, 210th now.
1-2 in its last three — but nothing on this résumé beats a top-40 team yet.
W 27-26 vs Fordham #249 of 667
won by 1 as a 5.5-point favorite
L 37-42 @ Sacred Heart #196 of 667
lost by 5 as a 6.5-point underdog
L 31-41 @ New Haven #252 of 667
lost by 10 as a 9.5-point favorite
L 20-23 @ Colgate #209 of 667
lost by 3 as a 7-point underdog
L 7-31 @ Harvard #140 of 667
lost by 24 as a 27.5-point underdog
L 13-20 vs Maine #177 of 667
lost by 7 as a 2.5-point underdog
W 24-7 vs Robert Morris #252 of 667
won by 17 as an 8-point favorite
L 10-35 @ Stony Brook #175 of 667
lost by 25 as a 7-point underdog
W 16-14 vs Central Connecticut #201 of 667
won by 2 as a 1.5-point favorite
L 13-27 @ Kennesaw State #170 of 667
lost by 14 as a 17.5-point underdog
W 31-6 vs Saint Anselm #321 of 667
L 17-21 @ Kent State #234 of 667
lost by 4 as a 5.5-point underdog
Last three games · 2025 season
Delaware · 7-6
Rated 41st in our preseason ratings.
W 20-13 vs Louisiana #136 of 667
won by 7 as a 1.5-point underdog
W 61-31 vs UTEP #204 of 667
won by 30 as a 4.5-point favorite
L 14-52 @ Wake Forest #39 of 667
lost by 38 as a 17.5-point underdog
L 23-26 @ Sam Houston #214 of 667
lost by 3 as a 13.5-point favorite
W 25-24 vs Louisiana Tech #93 of 667
won by 1 as a 5.5-point underdog
L 30-59 @ Liberty #104 of 667
lost by 29 as a 3.5-point underdog
W 31-28 vs Middle Tennessee #179 of 667
won by 3 as a 9.5-point favorite
L 25-38 @ Jacksonville State #104 of 667
lost by 13 as a 2.5-point favorite
L 24-27 vs Western Kentucky #83 of 667
lost by 3 as a 2.5-point favorite
W 38-16 @ Florida International #127 of 667
won by 22 as a 5.5-point underdog
W 44-41 vs UConn #70 of 667
won by 3 as a 9.5-point underdog
L 7-31 @ Colorado #41 of 667
lost by 24 as a 23.5-point underdog
W 35-17 vs Delaware State #243 of 667
won by 18 as a 30.5-point favorite
Line, fans and home field
The betting line, and the fans
Our model and the betting line agree on Delaware’s chances here.
Delaware favored by 31.5 · Total 56.5
How games like this usually go
Delaware by 31.5, and it went to form
Half of games8 in 10 gamesThis game
The band is where a favorite’s chance ran in the 411 games since 2025 with a favorite of 21.5 points or more.
The market
The spread moved 3 points toward Delaware.
The total rose 1 point.
Spread: −28.5 → −31.5 · Total: 55.5 → 56.5
The books’ cut: 3.1%, the margin built into the odds
Home field
Delaware is worth +9.8 points (±7.2) more at home than on the road since 2018 — top tenth of FBS, 99th percentile.
60% at home, 14% on the road against FBS opponents (6-4 home, 2-12 away).
Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge (why); the books use about 3. Against the closing line this stadium reads +1.6 at home vs. away over 55 games — inside the ±8.8 noise, so the flat number is the honest one here.
Night kickoff — historically worth about half a point more to the home side against the number, and not much more than that. The visitors travel about 319 miles to get here.