1942 Delaware State Hornets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–1–1
Head coach
Home stadiumSoldier's Field
1942 Southern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Delaware    8 0 0
Mississippi Southern    4 0 0
Miami (FL)    7 2 0
Delaware State    3 1 1
Middle Tennessee State Teachers    4 2 1
Chattanooga    7 4 0
Georgetown    5 3 1
Navy    5 4 0
West Virginia    5 4 0
Western Maryland    4 4 1
Tennessee Tech    3 4 2
Virginia    2 6 1

The 1942 Delaware State Hornets football team represented the State College for Colored Students—now known as Delaware State University—in the 1942 college football season as an independent.[1][2][3] Led by first-year head coach Dyke Smith, the Hornets compiled a 3–1–1 record.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2at Virginia UnionRichmond, VAW 6–0[4]
October 24at HowardWashington, DCT 13–134,000[5]
October 31Winston-Salem
W 32–6[6]
November 14Fort DuPont
  • Soldier's Field
  • Dover, DE
W 27–0[7][8]
November 212:00 p.m.vs. Lincoln (PA)L 6–341,800[9][10][11]

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. "Delaware State College Gridders Banquet Guests". The Morning News. December 14, 1942 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. "State Gridders Set for Lincoln". The News Journal. November 19, 1942 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. "Delaware State Eleven Battles Howard to Tie". The Morning News. October 27, 1942 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. "Football Results". The York Dispatch. November 2, 1942 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  7. "Delaware State Drubs Soldiers". The News Journal. November 16, 1942 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  8. "Delaware State College To Meet Fort DuPont". The Morning News. November 13, 1942 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  9. "Lincoln Eleven Easily Defeats Delaware State". The News Journal. November 23, 1942 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  10. "Delaware State Eleven Meets Lincoln Rival Here Tomorrow". The News Journal. November 20, 1942 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  11. "Lincoln University Downs Delaware State by 34 to 6". The Morning News. November 23, 1942 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon


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