1946 Delaware State Hornets football team

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1946 Delaware State Hornets football
ConferenceColored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1946 record5–4 (3–4 CIAA)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Morgan State $ 7 0 0 8 0 0
West Virginia State 5 2 0 6 3 1
Virginia State 5 2 0 6 3 1
Howard 6 2 0 6 3 0
Lincoln (PA) 4 2 0 8 3 0
North Carolina College 5 3 0 7 3 0
North Carolina A&T 3 4 0 4 4 0
Shaw 3 3 1 5 3 1
Hampton 4 4 0 4 4 0
Delaware State 3 4 0 5 4 0
Bluefield State 3 4 1 4 4 1
Winston-Salem State 1 4 1 3 5 1
Virginia Union 1 5 1 3 5 1
Johnson C. Smith 0 5 2 0 6 2
Saint Paul's (VA) 0 6 0 0 6 0
St. Augustine's 1 0 0 3 1 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1946 Delaware State Hornets football team represented the State College for Colored Students—now known as Delaware State University—as a member of Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) in the 1946 college football season.[1][2] The Hornets compiled a 5–4 record under coach Tom Conrad. The Hornets were invited to three bowls after the season: the in Fort Worth, Texas, the in Columbia, South Carolina, and the Flower Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida. They turned down offers from Texas and South Carolina to play against Florida N&I in the Flower Bowl. They won the game 7–6 after blocking a conversion attempt at the end of the game.[3] It is currently the only Delaware State bowl game win in history.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28North Carolina CentralDover, DEL 6–32[4]
October 5Morgan StateDover, DEL 6–22
October 12at Lincoln (PA)Lincoln, PAL 6–19
October 19Princess Anne*W 43–7
October 26HamptonL 0–12
November 2? 9?HowardW 19–7[a]
November 16Winston-SalemDover, DEW 12–6[5]
November 23at Saint Paul's (VA)Lawrenceville, VAW 50–0
January 1, 1947at Florida N&I*Jacksonville, FL (Flower Bowl)W 7–62,500[6][3]
  • *Non-conference game

Notes[]

  1. ^ The Morning News listed the score to be 19–6

References[]

  1. ^ "2020 Delaware State Football Media Guide" (PDF). Delaware State University. p. 23.
  2. ^ "Delaware State Game by Game Results". July 29, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-07-29.
  3. ^ a b "Delaware State Wins Negro Bowl Classic In Florida". . January 2, 1947 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  4. ^ "Delaware State Eleven Drubbed in Opener". The News Journal. September 30, 1946 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  5. ^ "Delaware State Prevails Over Winston-Salem". The News Journal. November 18, 1946 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  6. ^ "Delaware State to Play In Flower Bowl on Jan. 1". The Morning News. December 7, 1946 – via Newspapers.com. open access
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