JACKSONVILLE, Ala. — — Cam Cook rushed for 117 yards and three touchdown, Caden Creel threw for 116 yards and a touchdown, and Jacksonville State beat Delaware 38-25 on Wednesday night.
Jacksonville State (4-3, 3-0 Conference USA) has won nine straight at AmFirst Stadium.
Jacksonville State scored the opening 21 points and extended it to 35-6 after Cook’s two short touchdown runs in the third quarter. Garrison Rippa made a 52-yard field goal with 11:57 left in the fourth for a 38-12 lead.
Creel also carried it 12 times for 57 yards for Jacksonville State. Brock Rechsteiner had three catches for 48 yards and a score. Caleb Nix scored for the defense on a 45-yard fumble return.
Nick Minicucci was 32 of 50 for 422 yards and a touchdown for Delaware (3-3, 1-2). Viron Ellison Jr. had three short touchdown runs.
Delaware won the other two series meetings — in the 1978 Division II playoffs and in the 2020 FCS playoffs.
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