1946 Delaware State Hornets football team

The 1946 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 1946 college football season.[1][2] The Hornets compiled a 5–4 record under coach Tom Conrad. The Hornets were invited to three bowls after the season: the Cattle Bowl in Fort Worth, Texas, the Palmetto Bowl in Columbia, South Carolina, and the Flower Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida. They turned down offers from Texas and South Carolina to play against Florida N&I in the Flower Bowl. They won the game 7–6 after blocking a conversion attempt at the end of the game.[3] It is currently the only Delaware State bowl game win in history.

1946 Delaware State Hornets football
ConferenceColored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record5–4 (3–4 CIAA)
Head coach
1946 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Morgan State $ 7 0 08 0 0
West Virginia State 5 2 06 3 1
Virginia State 5 2 07 2 0
Howard 6 2 06 3 0
Lincoln (PA) 4 2 06 3 0
North Carolina College 5 3 07 3 0
North Carolina A&T 3 4 04 4 0
Shaw 3 3 15 3 1
Hampton 4 4 04 4 0
Delaware State 3 4 05 4 0
Bluefield State 3 4 14 4 1
Winston-Salem State 1 4 13 5 1
Virginia Union 1 5 13 5 1
Johnson C. Smith 0 5 20 6 2
Saint Paul's (VA) 0 6 00 6 0
St. Augustine's 1 0 03 1 0
  • $ Conference champion

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28North Carolina CentralDover, DEL 6–32[4]
October 5Morgan StateDover, DEL 6–22
October 12at Lincoln (PA)Lincoln, PAL 6–19
October 19Princess Anne*W 43–7
October 26HamptonL 0–12
November 2? 9?HowardW 19–7[lower-alpha 1]
November 16Winston-SalemDover, DEW 12–6[5]
November 23at Saint Paul's (VA)Lawrenceville, VAW 50–0
January 1, 1947at Florida N&I*Jacksonville, FL (Flower Bowl)W 7–62,500[6][3]
  • *Non-conference game

Notes

  1. The Morning News listed the score to be 19–6

References


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