KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) Landon Varnes threw a 63-yard touchdown pass to Reed Jesiolowski early in the fourth quarter to help Kennesaw State Owls hold off Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens 42-40 on Saturday.

The Owls (3-6, 2-3 Conference USA) trailed 34-33 entering the fourth before Varnes connected with Jesiolowski for the go-ahead score. Daniel Kinney added a 35-yard field goal with 8:25 remaining to stretch the lead to 42-34.

Delaware (4-5, 2-3) pulled within two on Nick Minicucci’s 17-yard touchdown pass to Bryson Graves with 24 seconds left, but the Blue Hens failed to convert on the 2-point conversion.

Minicucci completed 35 of 54 passes for 408 yards and two touchdowns. Graves had seven catches for 125 yards and a score, while Donovan Lewis added five receptions for 73 yards and a touchdown.

Boogie Woods III rushed for 90 yards and two touchdowns for Kennesaw State. Davis Bryson opened the game with a 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, and Kinney made field goals from 28, 29 and 35 yards.

Delaware’s Trace Scott III recorded his first career interception and returned it 7 yards for his first touchdown, giving the Blue Hens a 15-6 first-quarter lead.

Delaware: Hosts FIU next Saturday.

Kennesaw State: At Sam Houston next Saturday.

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