1947 Delaware State Hornets football
ConferenceColored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record4–4 (4–3 CIAA)
Head coach
1947 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Shaw $ 6 0 010 0 0
No. 7 Virginia State 7 1 09 1 0
No. 4 Hampton 5 1 17 2 1
No. 11 Howard 6 2 16 2 1
No. 9 Morgan State 5 2 15 2 1
No. 14 West Virginia State 4 1 16 3 1
No. 19 Lincoln (PA) 3 3 15 4 1
Delaware State 4 3 04 4 0
Virginia Union 3 5 04 5 0
Winston-Salem State 3 3 06 3 0
North Carolina A&T 1 5 11 5 1
North Carolina College 2 6 02 7 0
Bluefield State 1 5 03 6 0
Saint Paul's (VA) 0 5 10 5 1
Johnson C. Smith 0 2 11 5 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from the Pittsburgh Courier using the Dickinson Ratings System.[1]

The 1947 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State College—now known as Delaware State University—as a member of Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) in the 1947 college football season.[2][3] The Hornets compiled a 4–4 record under coach Tom Conrad.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at North Carolina CollegeDurham, NCW 7–0
October 4at Morgan StateBaltimore, MDL 0–31
October 112:15 p.m.vs. Lincoln (PA)L 7–201,448[4]
October 182:30 p.m.at Johnson C. SmithW 11–7[5]
October 25at Winston-SalemWinston-Salem, NCW 20–6
November 8at Wilberforce State*
L 0–31
November 15at HowardWashington, DCL 0–27
November 22Saint Paul's (VA)Dover, DEW 27–6[lower-alpha 1][6]
  • *Non-conference game

Notes

  1. College Football Data Warehouse lists the score to be 26–6

References

  1. "Tennessee No. 1 in Nat'l Grid Ratings". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 6, 1947. p. 14 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "2020 Delaware State Football Media Guide" (PDF). Delaware State University. p. 23.
  3. "Delaware State Game by Game Results". July 29, 2014. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014.
  4. "Lincoln University Tops Delaware State, 20 to 7". The Morning News. October 13, 1947 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. "Home Coming Classic". The Charlotte News. October 16, 1947 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. "Delaware State Wins Easily, 27-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 23, 1947 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon


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