1946 Delaware State Hornets football team

American college football season

1946 Delaware State Hornets football
Flower Bowl, W 7–6 vs. Florida N&I
ConferenceColored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record5–4 (3–4 CIAA)
Head coach
  • Tom Conrad (3rd season)
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Morgan State $ 7 0 0 8 0 0
No. 10 West Virginia State 5 2 0 6 3 1
Virginia State 5 2 0 7 2 0
No. 16 Howard 6 2 0 6 3 0
No. 20 Lincoln (PA) 4 2 0 6 3 0
No. 16 North Carolina College 5 3 0 7 3 0
No. 18 North Carolina A&T 3 4 0 4 4 0
No. 19 Shaw 3 3 1 5 3 1
No. 22 Hampton 4 4 0 4 4 0
Delaware State 3 4 0 5 4 0
No. 18 Bluefield State 3 4 1 4 4 1
Winston-Salem State 1 4 1 3 5 1
No. 22 Virginia Union 1 5 1 3 5 1
Johnson C. Smith 0 5 2 0 6 2
Saint Paul's (VA) 0 6 0 0 6 0
St. Augustine's 1 0 0 3 1 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Pittsburgh Courier Dickinson System

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.

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[a]
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

  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. ^ a b "Delaware State Wins Negro Bowl Classic In Florida". The Danville Morning News. January 2, 1947 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ "Delaware State Eleven Drubbed in Opener". The News Journal. September 30, 1946 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "Delaware State Prevails Over Winston-Salem". The News Journal. November 18, 1946 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ "Delaware State to Play In Flower Bowl on Jan. 1". The Morning News. December 7, 1946 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
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