1948 Delaware State Hornets football team

American college football season

1948 Delaware State Hornets football
Conference	Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	4–5 (4–4 CIAA)
Head coach	Tom Conrad (5th season)
Seasons← 1947 1949 →

1948 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 West Virginia State $	5	–	1	–	0	5	–	2	–	2
Winston-Salem State	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Howard	7	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
No. 8 Lincoln (PA)	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
North Carolina A&T	4	–	2	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
No. 9 Morgan State	5	–	3	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Virginia State	5	–	3	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
North Carolina College	4	–	3	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Shaw	4	–	3	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Delaware State	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
No. 10 Virginia Union	3	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Hampton	2	–	5	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Bluefield State	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Johnson C. Smith	0	–	7	–	1	0	–	7	–	1
St. Augustine's	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Saint Paul's (VA)	0	–	4	–	0	0	–	4	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from the Pittsburgh Courier

The 1948 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State College—now known as Delaware State University—as a member of the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) in the 1948 college football season. The Hornets compiled a 4–5 record under coach Tom Conrad. Of their five losses, three of them were by 40 points or more.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 25	North Carolina College	Dover, DE	L 0–14
October 2	vs. Morgan State	Wilmington Park Wilmington, DE	L 0–41
October 9	at Lincoln (PA)	Lincoln, PA	W 7–6
October 16	Johnson C. Smith	Dover, DE	W 14–12
October 23	at Winston-Salem	Winston-Salem, NC	L 7–12
October 30	at Saint Paul's (VA)	Lawrenceville, VA	W 58–0
November 6	Wilberforce State*	Dover, DE	L 0–41
November 13	Howard	Dover, DE	L 0–40
November 20	at St. Augustine's	Raleigh, NC	W 22–0
*Non-conference game

v t e Delaware State Hornets football
Venues	Soldier's Field (1924–1956) Dover Baseball Park (alternative) Alumni Stadium (1957–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Delaware: Route 1 Rivalry
Culture & lore	Hornet The Approaching Storm 1980 Portland State game
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
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