1980 Delaware State Hornets football team

1980 Delaware State Hornets football
Conference	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record	2–9 (0–5 MEAC)
Head coach	Charles Henderson (2nd season)
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium

1980 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. T–3 South Carolina State $	5	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
North Carolina A&T	3	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Howard	2	–	2	–	1			6	–	2	–	2
Bethune–Cookman	2	–	2	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Florida A&M	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Delaware State	0	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1980 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State College (now known as Delaware State University) as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) during the 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by second-year head coach Charles Henderson, the Hornets compiled an overall record of 2–9, with a mark of 0–5 in conference play, and finished sixth in the MEAC.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	Salisbury*	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	L 18–27	4,100
September 13	South Carolina State	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	L 20–21
September 20	District of Columbia*	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	W 8–6
September 27	at No. T–10 UMass*	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	L 0–39	9,700
October 4	at Bethune–Cookman	Memorial Stadium Daytona Beach, FL	L 20–37	5,109
October 11	at Howard	RFK Stadium Washington, DC	L 7–49	11,000
October 18	at North Carolina A&T	World War Memorial Stadium Greensboro, NC	L 0–52	20,030
November 1	at Towson State*	Towson Stadium Towson, MD	L 0–30
November 8	at Portland State*	Civic Stadium Portland, OR	L 0–105	4,772
November 15	Central State (OH)*	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	W 20–14
November 22	at Florida A&M	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 7–59
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game