Wk 1 · 2026

Merrimack Warriors at Delaware Blue Hens — Thu, Sep 3

Thu, Sep 3 · Delaware Stadium, Newark, DE · ESPN+ FINAL

Weather

No forecast yet. Forecasts reach about 16 days ahead, so this fills in nearer the game. A seasonal average printed here would look exactly like a forecast, which is why there is not one.

Merrimack Warriors

FCS / Other · 0-1

7:00pET

DEL -31.5 · total 56.5 DraftKings opened -28.5 · 3 toward DEL

No ratings differential: Merrimack is not in the ratings file.

Delaware Blue Hens

CUSA · 2-3

What is at stake

A non-conference game. It moves both overall records but neither conference race.

What the ratings imply

The differential above is arithmetic on two published numbers: The CFB King’s 2026 final efficiency ratings, plus 2.4 points of home field. It is not a projection, a value, an edge or a lean, and nothing on this site compares it with the betting line to tell you one is better. Until 2026 games are played it is last season’s measurement of two teams that have changed.

Efficiency · 2026 ratings

Merrimack: no data

Efficiency margin

Delaware: -13.7#117

Merrimack: no data

Offense (pts/100)

Delaware: 24.4

Merrimack: no data

Defense (pts/100)

Delaware: 29.1

Merrimack: no data

Pace (plays/g)

Delaware: 64.2

Merrimack: no data

Yards / play

Delaware: 5.60

Merrimack: no data

Yards / play allowed

Delaware: 5.50

Opponent-adjusted ratings from The College King's 2026 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row, so the two lengths are comparable; the brighter side is the better of the two, and a longer bar is the better number — including the rows where a lower figure is the good one. Pace is the exception: it is how fast a team plays, not how well, so neither side is lit and a longer bar there means only more plays.

Team stats · 2026 per game

Merrimack: 7.0

Points / game

Delaware: 21.4

Merrimack: 42.0

Points allowed

Delaware: 25.6

Merrimack: 244

Yards / game

Delaware: 360

Merrimack: no data

Yards allowed

Delaware: 393

Merrimack: no data

Pass yds allowed

Delaware: 256

Merrimack: no data

Rush yds allowed

Delaware: 137

Merrimack: 2.00

Turnovers / game

Delaware: 1.40

From completed 2026 box scores; defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.

Merrimack form

L 7-42at DEL

2026 season

Delaware form

L 14-30vs LIBL 3-42at UVAW 22-14vs CCUL 26-35at VANW 42-7vs MRMK

2026 season

Merrimack this season

Straight up0-1 · 0% (1 games)

Against the spread0-1 · 0% (1 games)

Over / under0-1 · 0% (1 games)

Delaware this season

Straight up2-3 · 40% (5 games)

Against the spread3-2 · 60% (5 games)

Over / under1-4 · 20% (5 games)

Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked at kickoff, so an in-play price cannot overwrite the number a game is graded against.

Common opponents · 0

These teams share no opponents on the 2026 schedule.

Open these two in the comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.

Series history · 2006–2026

Since 2006, Delaware leads 1–0 · Delaware won the last one

1 meeting in 2006–2026 · average margin 35.0 points toward Delaware

Yr	Date	Result	Site	Won
2026	2026-09-03	Merrimack 7 — 42 Delaware	at DEL	Delaware

Merrimack leaders

No tracked players for this team.

From this site’s tracked-player feed; ESPN published no season leaders for this team.

No roster page: this site tracks the 138 FBS teams.

Delaware leaders 2026 regular season

Passing	Nick Minicucci QB #4	59/103, 838 YDS, 5 TD, 3 INT
	Braden Streeter QB #16	12/35, 175 YDS, 1 TD, 3 INT
Rushing	Jo Silver RB #27	52 CAR, 211 YDS, 1 TD
	Kaderris Roberts RB #3	21 CAR, 86 YDS, 1 TD
	Viron Ellison Jr. RB #21	19 CAR, 71 YDS, 2 TD
Receiving	Sean Wilson WR #18	21 REC, 304 YDS, 3 TD
	Da'Wain Lofton WR #5	16 REC, 272 YDS, 1 TD
	Bryson Graves WR #0	12 REC, 147 YDS
	Kaderris Roberts RB #3	7 REC, 141 YDS, 1 TD

Defense

Tackles	Colin Gallagher LB #9	41
	Blake Matthews LB #10	30
	Gavin Moul LB #35	27
Sacks	Blake Matthews LB #10	4.5
	Colin Gallagher LB #9	3.5
	Brandon Gorham DE #3	2.5
Interceptions	George Mullins S #29	1

full roster and per-player history

These are regular-season totals for the season named on each card — the players who led that team that year, taken from ESPN's team leaders. That list is keyed to the season, not to today's roster, so a leader who has since transferred or run out of eligibility still appears against the year he earned it; the roster pages and the depth chart on each team page are where the current squad is. A team switches to this season's numbers once it has played a game. The roster pages count bowl games too, so a player's two lines can differ by a game.