1891 Delaware football team

1891 Delaware football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–3–1
Head coach	None

1891 Southern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Trinity (NC)			–					3	–	0	–	0
Wake Forest			–					1	–	0	–	0
VMI			–					3	–	0	–	1
Vanderbilt			–					3	–	1	–	0
Navy			–					5	–	2	–	0
Virginia			–					2	–	1	–	2
Delaware			–					5	–	3	–	1
Kentucky State College			–					1	–	1	–	0
Georgetown			–					2	–	2	–	0
Sewanee			–					1	–	2	–	0
Central (KY)			–					0	–	1	–	0
Furman			–					0	–	1	–	0
Tennessee			–					0	–	1	–	0
West Virginia			–					0	–	1	–	0
Johns Hopkins			–					0	–	2	–	0
Mercer			–					0	–	2	–	0
North Carolina			–					0	–	2	–	0
Richmond			–					0	–	2	–	0

The 1891 Delaware football team represented Delaware College—now known as the University of Delaware—as an independent during the 1891 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 3	at Haverford	Haverford, PA	L 0–18
October 10	Wilmington YMCA		W 58–0
October 17	St. John's (MD)		L 4–16
October 24	at Shortlidge Academy	Media, PA	L 0–6
October 27	Franklin (Baltimore)		T 6–6
October 31	Del. Field Club of Wilmington	Wilmington, DE	W 4–0
November 6	Washington College		W 10–0
November 14	Warren Club of Wilmington	Wilmington, DE	W 30–0
November 21	Shortlidge Academy		W 14–12