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1948 Delaware State Hornets football team

1948 Delaware State Hornets football
ConferenceColored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record4–5 (4–4 CIAA)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1947
1949 →
1948 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 West Virginia State $ 5 1 0 5 2 2
Winston-Salem State 5 1 0 8 1 0
Howard 7 2 0 7 4 0
No. 8 Lincoln (PA) 4 2 0 5 2 0
North Carolina A&T 4 2 1 4 4 1
No. 9 Morgan State 5 3 0 5 3 0
Virginia State 5 3 0 5 3 0
North Carolina College 4 3 1 6 3 1
Shaw 4 3 0 4 3 0
Delaware State 4 4 0 4 5 0
No. 10 Virginia Union 3 5 0 6 5 0
Hampton 2 5 1 4 5 1
Bluefield State 1 5 0 2 7 0
Johnson C. Smith 0 7 1 0 7 1
St. Augustine's 1 4 0 4 4 0
Saint Paul's (VA) 0 4 0 0 4 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from the Pittsburgh Courier[1]

The 1948 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State College—now known as Delaware State University—as a member of the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) in the 1948 college football season.[2][3] The Hornets compiled a 4–5 record under coach Tom Conrad. Of their five losses, three of them were by 40 points or more.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 25North Carolina CollegeDover, DEL 0–14
October 2vs. Morgan StateL 0–41[4]
October 9at Lincoln (PA)Lincoln, PAW 7–6
October 16Johnson C. SmithDover, DEW 14–12
October 23at Winston-SalemWinston-Salem, NCL 7–12
October 30at Saint Paul's (VA)Lawrenceville, VAW 58–0
November 6Wilberforce State*Dover, DEL 0–41
November 13HowardDover, DEL 0–40
November 20at St. Augustine'sRaleigh, NCW 22–0
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ ""Southern Continues to Show Grid Supremacy"". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 11, 1948. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "2020 Delaware State Football Media Guide" (PDF). Delaware State University. p. 23.
  3. ^ "Delaware State Game by Game Results". July 29, 2014. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014.
  4. ^ "Morgan State Wins By 41-0". The Baltimore Sun. October 3, 1948 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon