DOYLESTOWN (Pa.) – The 7^th/10^th ranked Delaware Valley University football team travels to Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) rival Lycoming College on Saturday, October 2 looking to keep its undefeated campaign intact with its fourth-straight win of the season and 29th consecutive league victory.

There is no program the Aggies have gone to battle with on the girdiron more than the Warriors. The two teams have met 58 times since 1962 with Lycoming holding a 33-24 edge in the all-time series, and one tie. Lycoming's last win came in 2015 when the Warriors erased a 21-point DelVal lead to earn a 43-42 win on a last second, 32-yard field goal, on their home turf. Since then, the Aggies have won the last four meetings by a combined score of 126-46, including a 41-7 triumph in Williamsport in 2019. In the last 10 meetings, DelVal is 7-3.

A win on Saturday for the Green and Gold would extend their MAC win-streak to 29 games, the longest in conference history since Lycoming won 25-straight, culminating in 1991.

DelVal comes into this game rested after its week four bye. In week three, it defeated Stevenson University at home, 34-17, to improve to 3-0 overall and 1-0 in MAC play.   

The Warriors enter this week 3-1 overall and, like the Aggies, are coming off a win over the Mustangs. At Stevenson, they trailed 28-23 with 1:35 left in regulation, but put together a nine play, 69-yard drive that resulted in Joey Guida catching a 2-yard touchdown pass from Elijah Shemory with 10 seconds on the clock to win the game, 29-28.

SCOUTING THE AGGIES

Seventh year Head Coach Duke Greco and his squad are 3-0 for the first time since 2017 after dominating a pair of New Jersey Athletic Conference teams to start the season. In week one, the Aggies traveled to Kean University and allowed 56 yards of total offense on their way to a 57-6 rout. The next week, in the home opener, they allowed just 29 yards of total offense to the Red Hawks and came away with a 26-2 win.

Greco now sits at 62-11 overall as head coach and is just five wins away from passing Jim Clements for the most wins by a head coach in DelVal football history. 

In the latest national polls, the Aggies are ranked 7^th by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), up one spot from last week, and remain 10th in the D3Football.com top-25.

Defensive coordinator Nick Brady and his unit lead the country in total defense with just 105.7 yards per game, 1.98 yards per play, and 92.3 passing yards allowed per game. On the ground, they are second in Division III with 13.3 yards per game surrendered, and as a whole, they've allowed just three offensive touchdowns.

Senior linebacker Anthony Tedesco, a first-team all-conference honoree, leads the defense with 29 tackles including three tackles for loss, a forced fumble, and half a sack.

Junior defensive end Anthony Nobile follows with 14 tackles and leads the squad with seven quarterback hurries to go with 1.5 TFL and two pass breakups at the line of scrimmage. His twin brother, Michael Nobile comes off the edge and follows with 13 tackles and a team-high 4.5 TFL and two sacks to go with four quarterback hurries.

Senior Shymere Vessels and junior Yusuf Aladinov are also featured on the defensive line and have 13 and 11 tackles, respectively. Aladinov has two tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks to his credit with three fumble recoveries, tied for the most in the country.  

The defensive backfield of Blaine Netterman, Justin Harris, Dontae Mason, and Jamir Prevard have combined for 31 tackles, eight pass break ups, and three interceptions. Prevard has two of the INTs and seven tackles.

On the other side of the ball, the offense averages 39 points per game with 210.7 yards per game through the air and 175.7 yards on the ground.

Senior quarterback, DaQuan Bohannan had his best game of the season in week three against Stevenson, completing 19-of-28 passes for 273 yards and three touchdowns and one rushing score.  

Donte Simmons got his senior year started with his first career 100-yard rushing game as he toted the ball 24 times for 112 yards and three touchdowns at Kean. He reached the 100-yard plateau again against the Mustangs with 101 yards on 23 carries.  

Sophomore All-American Tahmir Barksdale leads the receiving corps with 12 catches for 126 yards and one touchdown. He returned his fourth career punt return for a touchdown in the win over Montclair State, setting a new program record.

Nahsir Morgan and Isaiah Calhoun each caught touchdown passes in week three and lead the team with two apiece. Morgan has four catches for 96 yards and Calhoun has four for 54 yards this season.

Senior punter Bobby Miller is off to a hot start with 16 punts for an average of 39 yards per, a long of 53, and eight punts inside the opponents 20-yard line.

SCOUTING THE WARRIORS

Lycoming has won three-straight games over MAC opponents (one did not count towards the conference record) and are 3-1 overall and 2-0 in league play. The Warriors have dispatched of Lebanon Valley, 31-6 at home, King's, 28-8 on the road, and Stevenson, 29-28, on the road. The lone blemish on the schedule is a week one loss at Susquehanna, 44-10.

The offense posts 24.5 points and 318.8 yards per game. A balanced attack, they average 195 yards through the air and 123.8 on the ground. The Warriors have fumbled the ball four times, but recover it themselves every time, and they have thrown just two interceptions.

Senior quarterback Elijah Shemory is completing 59.6% (59-of-99) of his passes for 780 yards and six touchdowns. His favorite targets are wideouts Tyjah During and Tre' Leach. During has 14 catches for 259 yards and two touchdowns while Leach has caught 10 balls for 159 yards and one score through four games.

Three different players have toted the ball over 35 times including Shemory who leads the team with 45 attempts but averages just 2.3 yards per carry. Junior running back Joey Guida has 37 carries for 164 yards and three scores and fellow junior tailback Kyle Powell has 38 attempts for 156 yards and one touchdown.

Defensively, the Blue and Gold have held opponents to 21.5 points per game, but have allowed 317.5 yards per showing. On the ground, they've held the opposition to 88.3 yards per game and give up 229.25 yards through the air.

Junior defensive back Austin Rowley leads the unit with 27 tackles and another defensive back, Hunter Campbell, has 26 tackles with 1.5 TFL, one sack, and two interceptions. The Warriors live in the backfield as four different players have at least four tackles for loss led by defensive tackle David Tomb's 6.5 including 2.5 sacks.

Another player to watch is defensive back Gianni Bryant-Lopez who has one interception in each of the last three games and a pass breakup to his credit.

Lycoming's special teams has not been a threat thus far, averaging just 6.25 yards per punt return and just over 20 yards per kick return with no touchdowns.