2008 Delaware State Hornets football team

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2008 Delaware State Hornets football
Delaware State Hornets wordmark.svg
ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
2008 record5–6 (5–3 MEAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium
(capacity: 7,193)
Seasons
← 2007
2009 →
2008 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 13 South Carolina State $^   8 – 0     10 – 2  
Florida A&M   5 – 3     9 – 3  
Bethune-Cookman   5 – 3     8 – 3  
Hampton   5 – 3     6 – 5  
Delaware State   5 – 3     5 – 6  
Morgan State   4 – 4     6 – 6  
Norfolk State   3 – 5     5 – 7  
North Carolina A&T   1 – 7     3 – 9  
Howard   0 – 8     1 – 10  
Winston-Salem State *   0 – 0     3 – 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • * Not eligible for conference championship
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2008 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State University as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Al Lavan and played their home games at Alumni Stadium. They and finished the season with a record of 5–6 overall and 5–3 in MEAC play, tying for second place.[1]

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 47:30 p.m.Florida A&M
ESPNUW 35–28 OT6,216
September 132:00 p.m.at Kent State*
L 3–248,529
September 277:00 p.m.Central Connecticut State*
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Dover, DE
L 10–283,254
October 41:00 p.m.Hampton
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Dover, DE
L 14–175,218
October 114:00 p.m.at Bethune-Cookman
W 26–209,136
October 181:00 p.m.North Carolina A&Tdagger
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Dover, DE
W 42–76,089
October 251:00 p.m.at Morgan State
L 3–206,312
November 11:00 p.m.No. 21 South Carolina State
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Dover, DE
ESPNUL 17–233,012
November 81:00 p.m.Winston-Salem State
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Dover, DE
L 23–24891
November 151:00 p.m.at Norfolk State
ESPNUW 34–283,758
November 221:00 p.m.at Howard
W 10–62,161
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

References[]

  1. ^ "Delaware State Hornets Schedule 2008". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
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