1951 Delaware State Hornets football team

The 1951 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State College—now known as Delaware State University—as a member of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) in the 1951 college football season. Led by coach Willard S. Jones in his first year, the Hornets compiled a 2–7 record, being shut out four times and outscored 41 to 158.

1951 Delaware State Hornets football
Conference	Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	2–7 (2–4 CIAA)
Head coach	Willard S. Jones (1st season)

1951 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 8 West Virginia State $	5	–	0	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
No. 1 North Carolina A&T	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	1
No. 6 North Carolina College	5	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Virginia Union	5	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
No. 19 Lincoln (PA)	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
No. 16 Virginia State	5	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
No. 18 Hampton	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Winston-Salem State	4	–	2	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Howard	5	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Morgan State	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Bluefield State	3	–	3	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Johnson C. Smith	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Delaware State	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
St. Augustine's	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Shaw	1	–	8	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
Saint Paul's (VA)	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from Associated Negro Press

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15	8:30 p.m.	at King's (PA)*	Wilkes-Barre Memorial Stadium Wilkes-Barre, PA	L 0–13
September 29		at Morgan State	Hughes Stadium Baltimore, MD	L 6–45	2,500
October 6		Cheyney*	Dover, DE	L 0–3
October 13		at Johnson C. Smith	Charlotte, NC	L 0–24
October 20		Lincoln (PA)	Dover, DE	L 0–34
October 27		at Saint Paul's (VA)	Lawrenceville, VA	W 14–0
November 3		Maryland State*	Dover, DE	L 6–18
November 10		at Howard	Washington, DC	L 2–21
November 17		St. Augustine's	Dover, DE	W 13–0
*Non-conference game