American college football season
The 2017 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They played their home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware . They were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They were led by first-year head coach Danny Rocco , who previously coached at CAA-rival Richmond . They finished the season 7–4, 5–3 in CAA play to finish in a tie for fourth place.
Previous season [ ]
The Hens would start the season with two consecutive wins, against Delaware State and at Lafayette. They followed with a five-game losing streak, the longest by Delaware since 1939, which cost head coach Dave Brock his job. He was replaced by Dennis Dottin-Carter on an interim basis, and the Hens finished with a record of 4–7 (2–6 CAA).
Coaching staff [ ]
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Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance 7:00 p.m. Delaware State * BHAA W 22–318,040
September 9 3:30 p.m. at Virginia Tech * ACCN Extra L 0–2762,526
September 16 3:30 p.m. Cornell * Delaware Stadium Newark, DE BHAA W 41–1414,714
September 30 3:30 p.m. No. 1 James Madison Delaware Stadium Newark, DE (Rivalry ) CSN+ CSN-P L 10–2016,372
October 7 6:00 p.m. at No. 23 Stony Brook Wolfievision W 24–207,694
October 14 3:30 p.m. William & Mary Delaware Stadium Newark, DE (Rivalry ) NBCS RN NBCS P W 17–018,721
October 21 3:30 p.m. No. 11 Richmond Delaware Stadium Newark, DE CSL [2] W 42–35 2OT 15,710
October 28 4:00 p.m. at Towson No. 23 FSGO L 17–186,402
November 4 2:00 p.m. at Maine CSL[2] W 31–177,212
November 11 3:30 p.m. Albany Delaware Stadium Newark, DE NBCS RN NBCS P W 22–316,333
November 18 1:00 p.m. at Villanova FSGO L 7–285,109
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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Regular season [ ]
Delaware State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hornets
0
3
0
0
3
Blue Hens
2
6
7
7
22
at Virginia Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Hens
0
0
0
0
0
Hokies
7
10
0
10
27
Cornell [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Big Red
0
0
7
7
14
Blue Hens
10
17
7
7
41
James Madison [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 1 Dukes
7
10
0
3
20
Blue Hens
3
7
0
0
10
at Stony Brook [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Hens
0
7
10
7
24
No. 23 Seawolves
7
13
0
0
20
William & Mary [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Tribe
0
0
0
0
0
Blue Hens
0
10
0
7
17
Richmond [ ]
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT
Total
No. 11 Spiders
7
7
14
0 7 0
35
Blue Hens
14
7
0
7 7 7
42
at Towson [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 23 Blue Hens
0
7
7
3
17
Tigers
3
0
8
7
18
at Maine [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Hens
0
14
3
14
31
Black Bears
10
0
7
0
17
Albany [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Great Danes
3
0
0
0
3
Blue Hens
0
3
5
14
22
at Villanova [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Hens
0
0
0
7
7
Wildcats
14
0
14
0
28
Ranking movements [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
STATS FCS
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
23
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
Coaches
NR
RV
NR
NR
NR
NR
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
References [ ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold