Our side
MoneylineDSU to win
ours 50%
Projected score
28–28
DSU – NORF
2026-10-31 · 2:00 PM
William "Dick" Price Stadium · Norfolk, VA
Conference game
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
Delaware State lead
11–8
· 19 meetings since 2003
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge Delaware State Hornets
130 ranks
Delaware State Hornets #6 rush offense
Norfolk State Spartans #136 run defense
Pass game
even
18 ranks apart
Delaware State Hornets #167 pass offense
Norfolk State Spartans #185 pass defense
Run game
even
29 ranks apart
Norfolk State Spartans #95 rush offense
Delaware State Hornets #124 run defense
Pass game
even
38 ranks apart
Norfolk State Spartans #164 pass offense
Delaware State Hornets #126 pass defense
Delaware State Hornets
Run-heavy · 67% run
Avg pace
Dual-threat QB · 47 rush ypg
Norfolk State Spartans
Balanced · 48% run
Ball-control
Ranked by team-unit strength
(rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265
D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the
2025 season.
The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above
Who carried each team in 2025
Delaware State Hornets
DB
Kemari Nix
17 tkl · 1 PD
#64 DB
DL
Quoy Rainey
13 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL
#173 DL
DL
Gensley Auguste
11 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL
#235 DL
WR
Jaylin Terzado
10 rec · 185 yds · 1 TD
#158 WR
Norfolk State Spartans
DB
Josiah Davis
6 tkl · 2 INT
#61 DB
DB
Jordan Saunders
20 tkl · 1 INT
#121 DB
LB
Brendan Thompson
23 tkl · 2.0 TFL
#141 LB
DL
Eugene Allen IV
7 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 2.5 TFL
#330 DL
Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their
position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no
2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for
these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.
Power breakdown
Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).
Where the number comes from
Delaware State offense vs Norfolk State defense-0.4 pts
Norfolk State offense vs Delaware State defense-1.3 pts
Efficiency adjustment · EPA, success rate, explosiveness-1.9 pts
Power projection before adjustment+1.8
The projection carries an efficiency adjustment —
a residual from season-to-date EPA, success rate and explosiveness, which earned its place by
walk-forward test (margin error 12.90 → 12.72 across seven held-out seasons).