1939 Delaware State Hornets football team

The 1939 Delaware State Hornets football team represented the State College for Colored Students—now known as Delaware State University—in the 1939 college football season as an independent.[1][2][3]

1939 Delaware State Hornets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–2
Head coach
  • Unknown
Home stadiumSoldier's Field
Seasons
← 1938
1941 →
1939 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Georgetown     7 0 1
Catholic University     8 1 1
Hardin–Simmons     7 1 1
George Washington     5 3 0
Virginia     5 4 0
Georgia Teachers     5 5 0
Oklahoma City     4 4 2
Roanoke     4 4 0
Delaware State     2 2 0
William & Mary Norfolk     4 5 0
Oglethorpe     3 4 1
Navy     3 5 1
West Virginia     2 6 1
Western Maryland     1 6 0
Delaware     1 7 0
East Carolina     0 8 0

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 14at Princess AnnePrincess Anne, MDW 7–0[4]
October 21at BordentownBordentown, NJL ?
October 28StohrerW 24–0[5]
November 11Cheyney
  • Soldier's Field
  • Dover, DE
L 7–12[6]

References edit

  1. ^ "2020 Delaware State Football Media Guide" (PDF). Delaware State University. p. 23. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  2. ^ "Delaware State Game by Game Results". July 29, 2014. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014.
  3. ^ "Four-Game Football Card For Delaware State Team". The Morning News. Wilmington, Delaware. October 10, 1939. p. 18. Retrieved May 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  4. ^ "State Eleven Wins". The News Journal. Wilmington, Delaware. October 17, 1939. p. 26. Retrieved May 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  5. ^ "Delaware State Eleven Put Stohrer To Rout". The News Journal. Wilmington, Delaware. October 20, 1939. p. 16. Retrieved May 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  6. ^ "Delaware State Eleven Loses to Cheyney Rival". The News Journal. Wilmington, Delaware. November 13, 1939. p. 16. Retrieved May 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .