DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – It's Homecoming in Daytona Beach as Bethune-Cookman welcomes MEAC opponent Delaware State to Municipal Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 29, for a 4 p.m. kickoff. The Wildcats are coming off their first win of the year a week ago at Norfolk State, and look to extend their Homecoming winning streak to six games as the Hornets visit The World's Most Famous Beach.
 
Bethune-Cookman vs. Delaware State
Oct. 29, 2016 | 4 p.m.
Municipal Stadium | Daytona Beach, Fla.
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Bethune-Cookman 1-5 (1-3 MEAC)
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Delaware State 0-7 (0-4 MEAC)
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The Game
Bethune-Cookman enters this weekend's game after collecting its first win of the year a week ago at Norfolk State. The Wildcats welcome Delaware State to Daytona Beach for a Bethune-Cookman Homecoming 2016 at Municipal Stadium. Bethune-Cookman has won five Homecoming contests on the spin, as well as six consecutive against the Hornets of DSU. In the process of last weekend's victory, Terry Sims collected his 10th win as a collegiate head coach.
 
The Broadcasts
The game will be carried live on the CatEye Network at BCUathletics.com, while the CatEye Radio Network carries the contest via all three stations in the form of WELE 1380 The CAT, WSIR 1490 and WSOS 99.5 & 1170 with Nick Rice (play-by-play) operating alongside Larry Wesley (color), as new commentator Steve Allen (analyst) provides expert analysis from the team vantage point all in the press box.
 
The Coach
Head Coach Terry Sims is now in his second year at the helm of the Bethune-Cookman Football program. The Knoxville alum holds a record of 10-7 in Maroon and Gold, and seeks his second win against the Hornets of Delaware State as a collegiate head coach.
 
The Weather
Projected temperatures on game day: Daytona Beach – 82/69. Dover, Del. – 70/59.
 
#5Things
1. The Bethune-Cookman defense has not allowed a score on the opponent's opening drive all season.
2. The Wildcats will be seeking their second consecutive win of the year, but their first win of the season inside Municipal Stadium.
3. B-CU's defense ranks third in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) in tackles for loss with an average of 7.3 per contest.
4. Redshirt junior quarterback Larry Brihm, Jr. has completed a touchdown pass in each of his last four contests.
5. Senior wide receiver Jawill Davis has registered at least one reception in 17 consecutive games in which he has played, dating back to the season-opener at Miami in 2015.
 
FUN FACTS
• With Dover, Delaware serving as the racing home of the "north" at Dover Downs, Bethune-Cookman's home is Daytona Beach, Florida – the home of racing in the "south" with Daytona International Speedway.
• Bethune-Cookman has played Delaware State eight times for Homecoming in Daytona Beach, the most of any other team in the entire MEAC.
• Bethune-Cookman's second-ever Thursday night football game on ESPNU took place in Dover, Delaware during the 2007 season. That same year, DSU won the MEAC title.
 
A WIN OVER DELAWARE STATE WOULD...
• Give Bethune-Cookman a sixth consecutive win over the Hornets.
• Allow the Wildcats their second straight win of the year, and the first at home in 2016.
• Extend the B-CU Homecoming winning streak to seven games, dating back to 2010.
• Allow Wildcats' head coach Terry Sims to collect his 11th victory in charge of the Maroon and Gold.
• Give Bethune-Cookman its 483rd all-time win in school history.
 
SERIES NOTES...
• Delaware State leads the all-time series against Bethune-Cookman, 20-18.
• Bethune-Cookman has won five consecutive games against the Hornets dating back to 2009.
• The Cats were winless in nine consecutive games against the Hornets from 1989 through 1997.
• A win against the Hornets would allow B-CU its longest win streak against the Hornets which was previously five games from 2000-04.
 
NO DRIVE-THRU…
• Through six (6) games this season, the Bethune-Cookman defense has not allowed a score on the opposition's opening drive.
 
THE INJURY BUG…
• According to Head Coach Terry Sims, he has never has a season in which injuries have struck a team he coached in history.
• In all, a total of 12 original starters from the beginning of the season have missed time due to injury, including two season-ending injuries in the form of running back Michael Jones and junior quarterback Anthony Cruz. Both players are expected to petition for and receive a medical hardship waiver following the season.
• Cruz suffered a fractured wrist in the first half of a game at Savannah State earlier this year.
 
WHERE THERE'S A JA"WILL", THERE'S A WAY
• Wide receiver Jawill Davis extended his streak of games with at least one reception to 17 a week against MEAC defending co-champion North Carolina A&T. Davis has caught at least one pass since the start of the 2015 season at Miami (Fla.), in his hometown of Miami.
 
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