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1965 Delaware State Hornets football team

1965 Delaware State Hornets football
ConferenceCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record4–5 (3–3 CIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium
Seasons
← 1964
1966 →
1965 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Morgan State $ 8 0 0 9 0 0
Johnson C. Smith 5 1 0 5 4 0
Maryland State 5 1 0 5 2 0
St. Augustine's 6 1 1 8 1 1
North Carolina A&T 4 3 0 4 6 0
Delaware State 3 3 0 4 5 0
Virginia State 5 4 0 5 4 0
Saint Paul's (VA) 4 3 0 5 3 0
North Carolina College 3 4 1 3 5 1
Howard 2 3 0 5 3 0
Norfolk State 4 4 0 4 4 0
Virginia Union 3 5 0 3 5 0
Livingstone 3 5 0 3 5 0
Shaw 4 5 0 4 5 0
Elizabeth City State 3 5 0 3 5 0
Winston-Salem State 2 6 0 2 7 0
Fayetteville State 1 5 0 1 6 0
Hampton 0 7 0 1 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA poll

The 1965 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State College—now known as Delaware State University—as a member of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) in the 1965 NCAA College Division football season.[1][2] Led by first-year head coach Ulysses S. Washington, the Hornets compiled an overall record of 4–5 and a mark of 3–3 in conference play, placing sixth in CIAA. The Hornets started the season 4–0, before losing 34–0 against undefeated Morgan State on October 23. The loss to Morgan State was the first of five consecutive defeats to close Delaware State's season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18Mansfield*W 26–13[3]
September 25Virginia State
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Dover, DE
W 20–13[4]
October 2at HamptonW 30–13[5]
October 9Howard
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Dover, DE
W 6–0[6]
October 23Morgan State
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Dover, DE
L 0–345,100[7][8]
October 30at Montclair State*L 7–264,000[9]
November 6at Saint Paul's (VA)Lawrenceville, VAL 14–20[10]
November 13Maryland State
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Dover, DE
L 6–41[11]
November 20C. W. Post*
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Dover, DE
L 0–35250[12]
  • *Non-conference game

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