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1942 Delaware State Hornets football team

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1942 Delaware State Hornets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–1–1
Head coach
Home stadiumSoldier's Field
Seasons
← 1941
1944 →
1942 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Louisiana Normal (Grambling)     9 0 0
Delaware     8 0 0
Mississippi Southern     4 0 0
Sewanee     1 0 0
Miami (FL)     7 2 0
Delaware State     3 1 1
Middle Tennessee State Teachers     4 2 1
Chattanooga     7 4 0
Georgetown     5 3 1
Navy     5 4 0
West Virginia     5 4 0
Western Maryland     4 4 1
Tennessee Tech     3 4 2
Virginia     2 6 1
Roanoke     1 5 1

The 1942 Delaware State Hornets football team represented the State College for Colored Students—now known as Delaware State University—in the 1942 college football season as an independent.[1][2][3] Led by first-year head coach Dyke Smith, the Hornets compiled a 3–1–1 record.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2at Virginia UnionRichmond, VAW 6–0[4]
October 24at HowardWashington, DCT 13–134,000[5]
October 31Winston-SalemW 32–6[6]
November 14Fort DuPont
  • Soldier's Field
  • Dover, DE
W 27–0[7][8]
November 212:00 p.m.vs. Lincoln (PA)L 6–341,800[9][10][11]

References

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  1. ^ "2020 Delaware State Football Media Guide" (PDF). Delaware State University. p. 23.
  2. ^ "Delaware State Game by Game Results". July 29, 2014. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014.
  3. ^ "Delaware State College Gridders Banquet Guests". The Morning News. December 14, 1942 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ "State Gridders Set for Lincoln". The News Journal. November 19, 1942 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "Delaware State Eleven Battles Howard to Tie". The Morning News. October 27, 1942 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ "Football Results". The York Dispatch. November 2, 1942 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  7. ^ "Delaware State Drubs Soldiers". The News Journal. November 16, 1942 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  8. ^ "Delaware State College To Meet Fort DuPont". The Morning News. November 13, 1942 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  9. ^ "Lincoln Eleven Easily Defeats Delaware State". The News Journal. November 23, 1942 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  10. ^ "Delaware State Eleven Meets Lincoln Rival Here Tomorrow". The News Journal. November 20, 1942 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  11. ^ "Lincoln University Downs Delaware State by 34 to 6". The Morning News. November 23, 1942 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon