Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
2023 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team
First season1889
Athletic directorChristine Rawak
Head coachRyan Carty
2nd season, 17–9 (.654)
StadiumDelaware Stadium
(capacity: 18,080)
FieldTubby Raymond Field
Year built1952
Field surfaceFieldTurf
LocationNewark, Delaware
NCAA divisionI FCS
(FBS in 2025)
ConferenceCAA Football
(C-USA in 2025)
All-time record730–483–44 (.598)
Bowl record8–3 (.727)
Playoff appearances24
Playoff record26–18 (Div. I FCS)
7–4 (Div. II)
Claimed national titles6
(Div. II): 1946, 1963, 1971, 1972, 1979
(Div. I FCS): 2003
Conference titles17
RivalriesVillanova (rivalry)
Delaware State (rivalry)
James Madison (rivalry)
William & Mary (rivalry)
ColorsRoyal blue and gold[1]
   
Fight song"The Delaware Fight Song"
MascotYoUDee
Marching bandFightin' Blue Hen Marching Band
OutfitterAdidas
WebsiteBlueHens.com

The Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represents the University of Delaware (UD) in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) college football as a member of CAA Football, the technically separate football arm of UD's full-time home of the Coastal Athletic Association. The team is currently led by head coach Ryan Carty and plays on Tubby Raymond Field at 18,500-seat Delaware Stadium located in Newark, Delaware. The Fightin' Blue Hens have won six national titles in their 117-year history – 1946 (AP College Division), 1963 (UPI College Division), 1971 (AP/UPI College Division), 1972 (AP/UPI College Division), 1979 (Division II), and 2003 (Division I-AA). They returned to the FCS National Championship game in 2007 and 2010. The program has produced NFL quarterbacks Rich Gannon, Joe Flacco, Jeff Komlo, Pat Devlin and Scott Brunner. The Blue Hens are recognized as a perennial power in FCS football[2][3][4] and Delaware was the only FCS program to average more than 20,000 fans per regular-season home game for each season from 1999 to 2010.[5] In 2023, the program announced it will move into Conference USA and the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) prior to the 2025 season.

History

The program's long history began in the late 1800s, but the tradition did not truly begin to take shape until the arrival of Bill Murray in 1940. During his 11 seasons at the helm, the Fightin' Blue Hens compiled a record of 49–16–2 with one National Championship in 1946, which culminated in a win over Rollins in the now-defunct Cigar Bowl. That was good for an impressive .747 winning percentage. After Murray departed to take over at Duke University in 1950, David M. Nelson came on board as head coach.

During his time at UD, Nelson developed the Delaware Wing-T offensive system. This system, strongly rooted in running the football and deceptive fake hand-offs, became the identity of Delaware football for nearly 50 years. Nelson also brought with him another icon of Delaware football: the "winged" helmet. The iconic "Michigan" style helmet was developed by Nelson's coach at Michigan, Fritz Crisler, who first used the helmet design when he was head coach at Princeton (albeit in black and orange). Nelson played for Crisler when Crisler was head coach at Michigan, and Nelson brought the helmet design with him to every team he coached (Hillsdale College, Harvard, Maine and Delaware).[6] Nelson stepped down as football coach in 1965, and in his 15 years (1951–1965), the Hens compiled an 84–42–2 (.664) record with one National Championship in 1963 and a bowl win over Kent State in the now-defunct Refrigerator Bowl.

In 1966, an assistant football and baseball coach named Harold "Tubby" Raymond took over, and after a rocky start (the team recorded a 2–7 record in his second season) became the face of Delaware football for 36 seasons. While Nelson developed the Delaware Wing-T, Raymond perfected it. When he retired in 2001, Raymond had racked up 300 wins against 119 losses and three ties, good for a .714 win percentage. His teams earned 14 Lambert Cup Trophies (as the best team in the east in a particular division), four national semi-finals, and three National Championships in 1971, 1972, and 1979. His 300 wins account for nearly half of the football victories in school history. These three men (Murray, Nelson and Raymond) are all enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta. Georgia Tech is the only other school to place three consecutive coaches into the College Football Hall of Fame.

The University of Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens are an NCAA FCS (formerly Div I-AA) football program in CAA Football, the football arm of the Coastal Athletic Association.

The team has had much success on the field. In addition to the national championships listed above, notable program victories include multiple wins over Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools Navy (including a win at Navy's Homecoming game during a year when they went to a bowl game), Maryland, Rutgers, and Temple. Speculation regularly exists regarding whether the Blue Hens will "move up" to the FBS level at some point. The University of Delaware has more than 60 wins against opponents playing at the highest level, whether that was FBS (since 2006), I-A, or the University level (prior to 1978). However, whereas most I-AA schools move up because of the perception of increased money and prestige, UD has an extremely profitable football program, and it is already well-regarded academically and athletically.

"We're the LSU; we're the Georgia, the Florida of Division I-AA", Delaware coach K. C. Keeler said in American Football Monthly in September 2004. "We have every resource. There's some people who have better resources than we do, but in general, the college campus we have is in one of the greatest college towns in America, and the academics ... we led the nation last year in out-of-state applications, more than Michigan or Texas. But that's what this school has become – everybody wants to come to school here."[7]

While most schools at the FCS level can expect 8,000–10,000 fans for a football game on a good day, the Fightin' Blue Hens can expect sellout crowds of over 22,000 at every home contest; Delaware was the only FCS program to average more than 20,000 fans per regular-season home game for each season from 1999 to 2010.[5] Since Delaware Stadium opened in 1952, it has undergone four major expansions to come to its current capacity of 22,000 (in the 1970s it actually seated over 23,000, but subsequent modifications have reduced the capacity to the current number). The home attendance record was set in 1973 on October 27 against Temple University with 23,619 fans, and attendance has exceeded 22,000 fans frequently. When the Fightin' Blue Hens have a home game, the stadium population becomes the fourth largest city in Delaware—behind Wilmington, Dover, and Newark itself. Maine head coach Jack Cosgrove told Keeler that playing Delaware at Delaware Stadium is the highlight of many of his players' collegiate careers because of their large fan support.[7] In 2011, Sporting News ranked Newark 162 on its list of the 271 Best Sports Cities.[8]

On June 19, 2008, Keeler was granted a 10-year contract extension that was intended to keep him on as head coach of the Blue Hens through the 2017 season. The Homecoming Game versus William & Mary on October 18, 2008, marked the first time in 18 years that the Fightin' Blue Hens did not score a touchdown in a home game. The final score of 27–3 also made Delaware's third straight loss scoring ten points or fewer for the first time since the end of the 1983 season.[9] Delaware's eighth loss, to Villanova in the final game of the season, ended a season that saw it lose eight games for the first time in 117 seasons. The Fightin' Blue Hens were one of only four teams in the NCAA to never lose eight games in a season, the others being Michigan (which lost its 8th game a week before the Hens), Tennessee, and Ohio State.

Keeler was fired on January 7, 2013, following the 2012 season in which his team posted a 5−6 record.[10] Delaware hired Rutgers offensive coordinator Dave Brock as the team's head coach on January 18, 2013.[11]

Brock was unable to maintain any of the success or momentum of his predecessors, could not recruit as successfully as his predecessors, and oversaw a precipitous decline in the program's on and off field fortunes. He became the first head coach in the 90+ year history of Delaware football to be fired in-season, on October 17, 2016.[12] He was replaced on an interim basis by assistant coach Dennis Dottin-Carter, who completed the 2016 season. The team never made the FCS playoffs under his tenure. The team hired Richmond head coach Danny Rocco on December 13, 2016.[13] Rocco was fired at the end of the 2021 season.[14]

With a September 7, 2019 victory over the Rhode Island Rams, Delaware became the 39th team in the NCAA with 700 wins.[15]

On December 10, 2021, Delaware named former UD quarterback Ryan Carty as their new head coach. Carty spent 11 years on the New Hampshire coaching staff, and spent 4 years as offensive coordinator at Sam Houston State under Keeler.[16]

On November 28, 2023, UD and Conference USA (CUSA) announced that the Blue Hens would start a transition to the Football Bowl Subdivision after the 2023 season and join CUSA in 2025. UD will play in CAA Football in 2024 but will not be eligible for the FCS playoffs due to NCAA rules for transitioning programs.[17][18]

Head coaches

Year Coach Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs Rank#
Gus Ziegler (Independent) (1929–1930)
1929 Gus Ziegler 0–7–1
1930 Gus Ziegler 6–3–1
Gus Ziegler: 6–10–2
Charles Rogers (Independent) (1931–1933)
1931 Charles Rogers 5–1–2Class B Eastern Co–Champions
1932 Charles Rogers 5–4
1933 Charles Rogers 2–4–2
Charles Rogers: 12–9–4
J. Neil Stahley (Independent) (1934)
1934 J. Neil Stahley 4–3–1
J. Neil Stahley: 4–3–1
Lyal Clark (Independent) (1935–1937)
1935 Lyal Clark 2–5–1
1936 Lyal Clark 2–6
1937 Lyal Clark 1–7
Lyal Clark: 5–18–1
Stephen Grenda (Independent) (1938–1939)
1938 Stephen Grenda 3–5
1939 Stephen Grenda 1–7
Stephen Grenda: 4–12
William D. Murray (Independent) (1940–1942)
1940 William D. Murray 5–3
1941 William D. Murray 7–0–1
1942 William D. Murray 8–0
William D. Murray (Mason-Dixon Conference) (1946)
1946 William D. Murray 10–01stW Rollins Cigar Bowl19
William D. Murray (Independent) (1947–1950)
1947 William D. Murray 4–4
1948 William D. Murray 5–3
1949 William D. Murray 8–1
1950 William D. Murray 2–5–1
William D. Murray: 49–16–2
David M. Nelson (Independent) (1951–1957)
1951 David Nelson 5–3
1952 David Nelson 4–4
1953 David Nelson 7–1
1954 David Nelson 8–2W Kent State Refrigerator Bowl
1955 David Nelson 8–1
1956 David Nelson 5–3–1
1957 David Nelson 4–3
David Nelson (MAC) (1958–1965)
1958 David Nelson 5–32–35th
1959 David Nelson 8–15–01st
1960 David Nelson 2–6–11–46th
1961 David Nelson 4–43–23rd
1962 David Nelson 7–25–01st9
1963 David Nelson 8–04–01st12
1964 David Nelson 4–53–34th
1965 David Nelson 5–43–34th
David Nelson: 84–42–2
Tubby Raymond (MAC) (1966–1969)
1966 Tubby Raymond 6–36–01st
1967 Tubby Raymond 2–72–34th
1968 Tubby Raymond 8–35–01stW Indiana (PA) Boardwalk Bowl
1969 Tubby Raymond 9–26–01stW North Carolina Central Boardwalk Bowl1010
Tubby Raymond (D–II Independent) (1970–1979)
1970 Tubby Raymond 9–2W Morgan State Boardwalk Bowl811
1971 Tubby Raymond 10–1W C.W. Post Boardwalk Bowl11
1972 Tubby Raymond 10–011
1973 Tubby Raymond 8–4L Grambling State II First Round103
1974 Tubby Raymond 12–2L Central Michigan II Championship Game34
1975 Tubby Raymond 8–3
1976 Tubby Raymond 8–3–1L Northern Michigan II First Round41
1977 Tubby Raymond 6–3–1
1978 Tubby Raymond 10–4L Eastern Illinois II Championship Game3
1979 Tubby Raymond 13–1W Youngstown State II National Champions1
Tubby Raymond (I-AA Independent) (1980–1985)
1980 Tubby Raymond 9–26
1981 Tubby Raymond 9–3L Eastern Kentucky I–AA First Round7
1982 Tubby Raymond 12–2L Eastern Kentucky I–AA Championship Game3
1983 Tubby Raymond 4–7
1984 Tubby Raymond 8–319
1985 Tubby Raymond 7–4
Tubby Raymond (Yankee Conference) (1986–1996)
1986 Tubby Raymond 9–45–21stL Arkansas State I-AA Quarterfinal13
1987 Tubby Raymond 5–62–55th
1988 Tubby Raymond 7–56–21stL Furman I-AA First Round15
1989 Tubby Raymond 7–45–34th
1990 Tubby Raymond 6–55–32nd
1991 Tubby Raymond 10–27–11stL James Madison I-AA First Round6
1992 Tubby Raymond 11–37–11stL Marshall I-AA Semifinal8
1993 Tubby Raymond 9–46–22ndL Marshall I-AA Quarterfinal18
1994 Tubby Raymond 7–3–15–33rd
1995 Tubby Raymond 11–28–01stL McNeese State I-AA Quarterfinal6
1996 Tubby Raymond 8–46–22ndL Marshall I-AA First Round10
Tubby Raymond (A10) (1997–2001)
1997 Tubby Raymond 12–27–11stL McNeese State I-AA Semifinal33
1998 Tubby Raymond 7–44–42nd2324
1999 Tubby Raymond 7–45–32nd
2000 Tubby Raymond 12–27–11stL Georgia Southern I-AA Semifinal33
2001 Tubby Raymond 4–64–56th
Tubby Raymond: 300–119–3
K. C. Keeler (A10) (2002–2006)
2002 K. C. Keeler 6–64–56th
2003 K. C. Keeler 15–18–11stW Colgate I–AA Championship Game11
2004 K. C. Keeler 9–47–11stL William & Mary I-AA Quarterfinal78
2005 K.C. Keeler 6–53–53rd
2006 K. C. Keeler 5–63–54th
K.C. Keeler (CAA South) (2007–2009)
2007 K. C. Keeler 11–45–33rdL Appalachian State FCS Championship Game22
2008 K. C. Keeler 4–82–65th
2009 K. C. Keeler 6–54–44th
K.C. Keeler (CAA) (2010–2012)
2010 K. C. Keeler 12–36–21stL Eastern Washington FCS Championship Game22
2011 K. C. Keeler 7–45–35th2017
2012 K. C. Keeler 5–62–68th
K. C. Keeler: 86–52
Dave Brock (CAA) (2013–2016)
2013 Dave Brock 7−54−45th
2014 Dave Brock 6−64−46th
2015 Dave Brock 4−73−5T−8th
2016 Dave Brock* 2−40−3T−12th* Fired after six games in 2016
Dave Brock: 19−23
Dennis Dottin-Carter (interim coach) (CAA) (2016)
2016 Dennis Dottin-Carter (interim coach) 2−3
Dennis Dottin-Carter: 2−3
Danny Rocco (CAA) (2017–2021)
2017 Danny Rocco 7−45−3T–4th
2018 Danny Rocco 7–55–4T–3rdL James Madison FCS First Round
2019 Danny Rocco 5−73−5T–9th
2020 Danny Rocco 7–14–01st (North)L South Dakota State NCAA Division I Semifinal44
2021 Danny Rocco 5–63–5T–9th
Danny Rocco: 31−23
Ryan Carty (CAA) (2022–present)
2022 Ryan Carty 8−54−46thL South Dakota State NCAA Division I Second Round1924 (tie)
2023 Ryan Carty 9−46−2T-4thL Montana NCAA Division I Second Round
Total:732–483–44
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

Conference affiliations

Postseason results

Championships

National championships

Year Coach Selectors Record Bowl
1946Bill MurrayAP (small college)10–0Won Cigar Bowl
1963David NelsonUPI (College Division)8–0
1971Tubby RaymondAP & UPI (College Division)10–1Won Boardwalk Bowl
1972AP & UPI (College Division)10–0
1979NCAA Division II Playoffs13–1Won NCAA Division II Championship
2003K. C. KeelerNCAA Division I-AA Playoffs15–1Won NCAA Division I-AA National Championship Game

Conference championships

Year Coach Conference Overall record Conference record
1946Bill MurrayMason-Dixon Conference10–03–0
1959David NelsonMiddle Atlantic Conference8–15–0
19627–25–0
19638–04–0
1966Tubby Raymond6–36–0
19688–35–0
19699–26–0
1986†Yankee Conference9–45–2
1988†7–56–2
1991†10–27–1
199211–37–1
199511–28–0
2000†Atlantic 10 Conference12–27–1
2003†K. C. Keeler15–18–1
2004†9–47–1
2010†CAA Football12–36–2
2020Danny Rocco7–14−0

† Co-champions

Bowl games

Delaware has appeared in 11 bowl games and have a 8–3 bowl record.

Year Bowl Coach Opponent Result
1946Cigar BowlWilliam D. MurrayRollinsW 21–7
1954Refrigerator BowlDavid M. NelsonKent StateW 19–7
1968Refrigerator BowlTubby RaymondIUPW 31–24
1969Boardwalk BowlTubby RaymondNorth Carolina CentralW 31–13
1970Boardwalk BowlTubby RaymondMorgan StateW 38–23
1971Boardwalk BowlTubby RaymondLIU PostW 72–22
1973Boardwalk BowlTubby RaymondGrambling StateL 8–17
1974Grantland Rice BowlTubby RaymondUNLVW 49–11
1974Camellia BowlTubby RaymondCentral MichiganL 14–54
1979Zia BowlTubby RaymondYoungstown StateW 38–21
1982Pioneer BowlTubby RaymondEastern KentuckyL 14–17

Division I-AA/FCS playoffs

The Fightin' Blue Hens have appeared in the Division I-AA/FCS Playoffs nineteen times. Their combined record is 25–18. They were I-AA National Champions in 2003.

Year Round Opponent Result
1981QuarterfinalsEastern KentuckyL 28–35
1982Quarterfinals
Semifinals
National Championship Game		Colgate
Louisiana Tech
Eastern Kentucky		W 20–13
W 17–0
L 14–17
1986First Round
Quarterfinals		William & Mary
Arkansas State		W 51–17
L 14–55
1988First RoundFurmanL 7–21
1991First RoundJames MadisonL 35–42
1992First Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals		Samford
Louisiana–Monroe
Marshall		W 56–21
W 41–18
L 7–28
1993First Round
Quarterfinals		Montana
Marshall		W 49–48
L 31–34
1995First Round
Quarterfinals		Hofstra
McNeese State		W 38–17
L 18–52
1996First RoundMarshallL 14–59
1997First Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals		Hofstra
Georgia Southern
McNeese State		W 24–14
W 16–7
L 21–23
2000First Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals		Portland State
Lehigh
Georgia Southern		W 49–14
W 47–22
L 27–18
2003First Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
National Championship Game		Southern Illinois
Northern Iowa
Wofford
Colgate		W 48–7
W 37–7
W 24–9
W 40–0
2004First Round
Quarterfinals		Lafayette
William & Mary		W 28–14
L 38–44
2007First Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
National Championship Game		Delaware State
Northern Iowa
Southern Illinois
Appalachian State		W 44–7
W 39–27
W 20–17
L 21–49
2010First Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
National Championship Game		Lehigh
New Hampshire
Georgia Southern
Eastern Washington		W 42–20
W 16–3
W 27–10
L 19–20
2018First RoundJames MadisonL 6–20
2020First Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals		Sacred Heart
Jacksonville State
South Dakota State		W 19–10
W 20–14
L 3–33
2022First Round
Second Round		St. Francis
South Dakota State		W 56–17
L 6–42
2023First Round
Second Round		Lafayette
Montana		W 36–34
L 19–49

Division II playoffs results

The Fightin' Blue Hens have appeared in the Division II playoffs five times with an overall record of 7–4. They were Division II National Champions in 1979.

Year Round Opponent Result
1973QuarterfinalsGrambling StateL 8–17
1974Quarterfinals
Semifinals
National Championship Game		Youngstown State
UNLV
Central Michigan		W 35–14
W 49–11
L 14–54
1976QuarterfinalsNorthern MichiganL 17–28
1978Quarterfinals
Semifinals
National Championship Game		Jacksonville State
Winston-Salem State
Eastern Illinois		W 42–21
W 41–0
L 9–10
1979Quarterfinals
Semifinals
National Championship Game		Virginia Union
Mississippi College
Youngstown State		W 58–28
W 60–10
W 38–21

Rivalries

Villanova

Delaware State

Delaware and Delaware State first played against each other on November 23, 2007, in Newark, Delaware, in the first round of the NCAA Division I National Championship Tournament. The Blue Hens defeated the Hornets 44–7 in front of 19,765 people, the largest playoff crowd in Delaware Stadium history.[19]

Prior to the 2009 season, the University of Delaware had not scheduled a regular season game versus Delaware State University, the state's other Football Championship Subdivision team. A 2007 guest editorial at ESPN.com's Page 2 claimed that this has to do with the fact that Delaware State is a Historically Black College.[20] However, Delaware has scheduled and played regular season games against several other Historically Black Colleges and Universities such as Morgan State University and North Carolina A&T.

On February 25, 2009, coach K.C. Keeler joined Delaware State University coach Al Lavan along with school officials and state politicians in Dover, Delaware, to announce that their schools had signed on to play the first regular season game in their history. Additionally, a three-game series was scheduled for September 2012, 2013, and 2014. All games in the series were held at Delaware Stadium in Newark, because its seating capacity of 22,000 is much larger than that of Delaware State's Alumni Stadium. The schools had been engaged in talks to play a game as early as 2009, but Furman University, which had previously signed a contract to play a home-and-away series with UD, backed out of game two which was scheduled to be played at UD in order to play University of Missouri and garner a larger payday. This left the University of Delaware with an open date to fill with only a few months before the season started and the two sides quickly completed the deal.

The first game was played on September 19, 2009, at Delaware Stadium, with the winning Blue Hens receiving the new traveling trophy, the First State Cup, following a 27–17 victory. Delaware has been victorious in each of their nine subsequent match-ups (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017,2019, 2021, 2022).

James Madison

William & Mary

West Chester University

Blue Hens in the pros

Active

Former

Notes
  1. ↑ Hills played for Delaware from 2013–2016 before being declared academically ineligible for the 2017 season. He played for Slippery Rock in 2018.[23]
  2. ↑ Tatum played for Delaware from 2013–2014 before being dismissed from the university before the 2015 season.[31] He played for Southern Illinois from 2016–2017.[32]

Draft picks

Future non-conference opponents

Announced schedules as of January 9, 2024.[34]

2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
Norfolk State (9/28) Delaware State (8/28) at Penn State (9/11) Buffalo (9/15) at Buffalo (9/14)
at Colorado (9/6)
at Wake Forest (9/27)

College Football Hall of Fame inductees

Name Inducted
Bill Murray1974[35]
David Nelson1987[35]
Tubby Raymond2003[36]

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