2019 Delaware State Hornets football
ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record2–10 (1–7 MEAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium
2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 24 Florida A&M *  7 –1   9 –2  
No. 20 North Carolina A&T +  6 –2   9 –3  
South Carolina State +  6 –2   8 –3  
Bethune–Cookman  5 –3   7 –4  
Norfolk State  4 –4   5 –7  
North Carolina Central  3 –5   4 –8  
Howard  2 –6   2 –10  
Morgan State  2 –6   3 –9  
Delaware State  1 –7   2 –10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • * Florida A&M ineligible for conference title due to NCAA sanctions
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2019 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Rod Milstead and played their home games at Alumni Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They finished the season 2–10, 1–7 in MEAC play to finish in last place.

Preseason

MEAC poll

In the MEAC preseason poll released on July 26, 2019, the Hornets were predicted to finish in ninth place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1North Carolina A&T304 (12)
2Bethune–Cookman237 (1)
3Florida A&M204 (2)
4Howard166
5North Carolina Central161 (1)
6South Carolina State152
7Norfolk State119 (1)
8Morgan State87 (1)
9Delaware State46

Preseason All–MEAC teams

The Hornets had eight players selected to the preseason all-MEAC teams.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 29 7:00 p.m. at No. 22 Delaware*
FloSports L 13–31 15,894
September 14 4:00 p.m. Lincoln (PA)*
YouTube W 58–12 2,078
September 21 2:00 p.m. Howarddagger
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Dover, DE
ESPN3 L 9–24 4,142
September 26 7:30 p.m. at No. 17 North Carolina A&T
ESPNU L 0–37 16,567
October 5 7:00 p.m. South Carolina State
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Dover, DE
 ESPN+ L 24–38 985
October 12 1:00 p.m. at Morgan State
ESPN3 L 3–34 8,762
October 19 2:00 p.m. Merrimack*
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Dover, DE
 ESPN+ L 21–30 1,158
October 26 2:00 p.m. at North Carolina Central
ESPN3 L 23–30 5,026
November 2 4:00 p.m. at No. 17 Florida A&M
ESPN3 L 30–52 7,412
November 9 2:00 p.m. Bethune–Cookman
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Dover, DE
 ESPN+ W 16–13 879
November 16 2:00 p.m. Norfolk State
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Dover, DE
 ESPN+ L 17–33 827
November 23 2:00 p.m. Saint Francis (PA)*
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Dover, DE
 ESPN+ L 21–35 527
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[3][4]

Game summaries

At Delaware

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 3 3 0 7 13
No. 22 Fightin' Blue Hens 3 13 9 6 31

Lincoln (PA)

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 0 0 12 0 12
Hornets 28 3 21 6 58

Howard

1 2 3 4 Total
Bison 0 18 0 6 24
Hornets 7 2 0 0 9

At North Carolina A&T

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 0 0 0 0 0
No. 17 Aggies 7 21 9 0 37

South Carolina State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 10 7 14 7 38
Hornets 0 3 7 14 24

At Morgan State

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 0 0 3 0 3
Bears 7 14 3 10 34

Merrimack

1 2 3 4 Total
Warriors 7 17 3 3 30
Hornets 14 7 0 0 21

At North Carolina Central

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 3 10 0 10 23
Eagles 0 16 7 7 30

At Florida A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 0 3 20 7 30
No. 17 Rattlers 14 17 14 7 52

Bethune–Cookman

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 6 0 7 13
Hornets 9 7 0 0 16

Norfolk State

1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 0 16 7 10 33
Hornets 10 0 7 0 17

Saint Francis (PA)

1 2 3 4 Total
Red Flash 14 14 7 0 35
Hornets 0 0 7 14 21

References

  1. ↑ "MEAC Announces 2019 Football Predicted Order of Finish". meacsports.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  2. ↑ "MEAC Announces 2019 Preseason Football All-MEAC Awards". meacsports.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  3. ↑ "2019 Delaware State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Football - Schedule - DSUHornets.com: Official Web site of Delaware State University Athletics". www.dsuhornets.com. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
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