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1945 Delaware State Hornets football team

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1945 Delaware State Hornets football
ConferenceColored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record4–3 (3–3 CIAA)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1944
1946 →
1945 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Virginia State $ 6 0 1 7 0 2
West Virginia State 4 0 2 5 1 2
North Carolina College 5 1 0 6 3 0
Johnson C. Smith 3 3 1 5 4 1
Morgan State 5 2 0 5 2 0
Howard 4 3 0 4 4 0
Virginia Union 4 3 0 4 4 0
Delaware State 3 3 0 4 3 0
Lincoln (PA) 2 4 0 2 5 0
North Carolina A&T 2 5 0 2 5 0
Hampton 2 6 0 2 6 0
Bluefield State 1 5 0 1 6 0
Shaw 0 6 0 0 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1945 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 1945 college football season.[1][2] The Hornets compiled a 4–3 record under coach Tom Conrad.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 29at North Carolina CentralDurham, NCW 13–12
October 6at Morgan StateBaltimore, MDL 0–27
October 13Lincoln (PA)Dover, DEL 13–25[3]
October 27at HamptonW 14–0[4]
November 3at HowardWashington, DCL 19–25
November 17at Winston-Salem*Winston-Salem, NCW ?
November 22Bluefield StateDover, DEW 26–0[5]
  • *Non-conference game

References

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  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 July 29, 2014.
  3. ^ "Delaware State Loses To Lincoln University". The News Journal. Wilmington, Delaware. October 15, 1945 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ "Delaware State Eleven Victor Over Hampton". The News Journal. Wilmington, Delaware. October 29, 1945 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "Delaware State Eleven Meet Bluefield in Finale". The News Journal. Wilmington, Delaware. November 13, 1945 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon