Delaware–West Chester football rivalry

The rivalry between the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens and the West Chester Golden Rams was a match-up between two similarly sized schools located less than 30 miles (48 km) apart. Presently, West Chester competes in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference as a member of Division II, while Delaware competes in the Colonial Athletic Association as a member of Division I FCS. These classifications allow for competition between the schools, but give inherent advantages to Delaware. Prior to 1980, Delaware competed in Division II, placing them on the same level as West Chester. As of 2021, there are no future meetings scheduled in this series.

Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens
West Chester Golden Rams
SportFootball
First meetingSeptember 27, 1941
Tie, 7–7
Latest meetingAugust 30, 2012
Delaware, 41–21
Next meetingTBA
Statistics
Meetings total55
All-time seriesDelaware leads 47–6–2
Current win streakDelaware, 19 (1993–present)
🌍
Locations of Delaware and West Chester

Game results
Delaware victoriesWest Chester victoriesTie games
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 September 27, 1941 Newark, DE Tie7–7
2 September 25, 1942 Wilmington, DE Delaware 20–0
3 October 19, 1945 West Chester, PA Tie6–6
4 October 9, 1948 Wilmington, DE Delaware 19–0
5 November 19, 1949 Wilmington, DE Delaware 27–14
6 September 30, 1950 Wilmington, DE Delaware 16–13
7 October 6, 1951 Wilmington, DE Delaware 47–20
8 October 11, 1952 Wilmington, DE West Chester 24–20
9 October 10, 1953 Newark, DE West Chester 27–13
10 September 25, 1954 Newark, DE Delaware 40–6
11 September 22, 1956 Newark, DE West Chester 10–7
12 October 19, 1968 Newark, DE Delaware 28–0
13 October 18, 1969 Newark, DE Delaware 24–8
14 September 12, 1970 Newark, DE Delaware 39–22
15 October 23, 1971 Newark, DE Delaware 47–28
16 October 21, 1972 Newark, DE Delaware 31–14
17 September 15, 1973 Newark, DE Delaware 49–14
18 November 16, 1974 Newark, DE Delaware 31–3
19 November 15, 1975 Newark, DE Delaware 35–7
20 November 13, 1976 Newark, DE Delaware 42–7
21 September 17, 1977 Newark, DE Delaware 17–15
22 September 16, 1978 Newark, DE Delaware 56–0
23 September 15, 1979 Newark, DE Delaware 42–6
24 September 13, 1980 Newark, DE Delaware 28–7
25 November 21, 1981 Newark, DE Delaware 31–14
26 November 13, 1982 Newark, DE Delaware 55–13
27 September 10, 1983 Newark, DE West Chester 35–27
28 September 22, 1984 Newark, DE Delaware 21–20
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
29 October 5, 1985 Newark, DE Delaware 37–22
30 September 20, 1986 Newark, DE Delaware 33–31
31 September 19, 1987 Newark, DE Delaware 28–21
32 November 12, 1988 Newark, DE West Chester 33–13
33 September 23, 1989 Newark, DE Delaware 41–21
34 September 22, 1990 Newark, DE Delaware 13–12
35 August 31, 1991 Newark, DE Delaware 28–0
36 September 26, 1992 Newark, DE West Chester 21–20
37 September 25, 1993 Newark, DE Delaware 56–41
38 September 24, 1994 Newark, DE Delaware 58–55
39 September 9, 1995 Newark, DE Delaware 49–21
40 September 21, 1996 Newark, DE Delaware 24–17
41 September 20, 1997 Newark, DE Delaware 28–7
42 September 19, 1998 Newark, DE Delaware 42–21
43 September 18, 1999 Newark, DE Delaware 28–0
44 September 23, 2000 Newark, DE Delaware 84–0
45 September 21, 2002 Newark, DE Delaware 31–10
46 September 20, 2003 Newark, DE Delaware 49–7
47 September 18, 2004 Newark, DE Delaware 24–6
48 September 17, 2005 Newark, DE Delaware 42–21
49 September 9, 2006 Newark, DE Delaware 30–7
50 September 8, 2007 Newark, DE Delaware 41–14
51 September 13, 2008 Newark, DE Delaware 48–20
52 September 4, 2009 Newark, DE Delaware 35–0
53 September 2, 2010 Newark, DE Delaware 31–0
54 September 10, 2011 Newark, DE Delaware 28–17
55 August 30, 2012 Newark, DE Delaware 41–21
Series: Delaware leads 47–6–2

A game was scheduled for September 15, 2001 that was cancelled following the September 11 attacks.

[1]

See also

References
  1. "Delaware vs West Chester (PA)". CFBDatawarehouse. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.