Football stunned by Delaware

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Julie Altenhoff

UMaine senior quarterback Jake Eaton looks for someone to throw to as junior lineman Pete Richardson blocks. The University of Delaware upset the Black Bears 37-13 Saturday.

The University of Maine Black Bear football team couldn’t manage another comeback Saturday at Alfond Stadium, falling to the University of Delaware Blue Hens 37-13 before an announced crowd of 4,792. The loss snapped an 11-game home win streak.

“That points to what the Atlantic 10 is all about,” Black Bears’ head coach Jack Cosgrove said. “Delaware is 5-5 and they came in here and did something someone hasn’t done in a long time. We got our butts kicked.”

“They did what we do to teams out there. We played uninspired football,” senior quarterback Jake Eaton added.

The Black Bears fell behind by 20 points before finally managing a score of their own in the fourth quarter. Senior quarterback Jake Eaton capped off a six-play 80-yard drive with an 11-yard pass to freshman wide receiver Kevin McMahan giving UMaine a small glimmer of hope 10 seconds into the final period.

After a third Scott Collins field goal made the score 23-7 in Delaware’s favor, the Blue Hens iced the game when junior cornerback Sidney Haugabrook picked off an Eaton pass and returned the interception 41 yards for a touchdown.

Delaware quarterback Andy Hall was impressive at the helm of the Blue Hens’ spread attack, completing 10 of 19 passes for 146 yards. Hall also rushed for 84 yards on 15 carries.

The Black Bear defense was again without Steven Cooper, who was on the sideline for the second straight week with an ankle injury.

UMaine allowed the Delaware offense 357 total yards, including 211 yards rushing.

On the flip side, the Black Bear running game was slowed by Delaware’s front four defensive linemen all afternoon. The Atlantic-10 Conference’s leading rusher, sophomore Marcus Williams, was held to only 23 yards on 10 carries.

The Black Bears hit the road this weekend, traveling to Richmond to tangle with the Spiders, before returning home for their final regular season game against border rival New Hampshire.

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