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American college football season

2019 Delaware State Hornets football
ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record2–10 (1–7 MEAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium
Seasons← 20182020 →
2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 24 Florida A&M *   7 – 1     9 – 2  
No. 20 North Carolina A&T +   6 – 2     9 – 3  
South Carolina State +   6 – 2     8 – 3  
Bethune–Cookman   5 – 3     7 – 4  
Norfolk State   4 – 4     5 – 7  
North Carolina Central   3 – 5     4 – 8  
Howard   2 – 6     2 – 10  
Morgan State   2 – 6     3 – 9  
Delaware State   1 – 7     2 – 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • * Florida A&M ineligible for conference title due to NCAA sanctions
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2019 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Rod Milstead and played their home games at Alumni Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They finished the season 2–10, 1–7 in MEAC play to finish in last place.

Preseason

MEAC poll

In the MEAC preseason poll released on July 26, 2019, the Hornets were predicted to finish in ninth place.

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 North Carolina A&T 304 (12)
2 Bethune–Cookman 237 (1)
3 Florida A&M 204 (2)
4 Howard 166
5 North Carolina Central 161 (1)
6 South Carolina State 152
7 Norfolk State 119 (1)
8 Morgan State 87 (1)
9 Delaware State 46

Preseason All–MEAC teams

The Hornets had eight players selected to the preseason all-MEAC teams.

First Team Offense

Kaiden Crawford – OL

Third Team Offense

Isiah Williams – TE


First Team Defense

Brian Cavicante – LB

Jahad Neibauer – DB

Second Team Defense

Christian Johnson – DL

Jose Romo-Martinez – K

Fidel Romo–Martinez – P

Third Team Defense

Devin Smith – DB

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 29 7:00 p.m. at No. 22 Delaware* FloSports L 13–31 15,894
September 14 4:00 p.m. Lincoln (PA)* YouTube W 58–12 2,078
September 21 2:00 p.m. Howard
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Dover, DE
ESPN3 L 9–24 4,142
September 26 7:30 p.m. at No. 17 North Carolina A&T ESPNU L 0–37 16,567
October 5 7:00 p.m. South Carolina State
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Dover, DE
 ESPN+ L 24–38 985
October 12 1:00 p.m. at Morgan State ESPN3 L 3–34 8,762
October 19 2:00 p.m. Merrimack*
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Dover, DE
 ESPN+ L 21–30 1,158
October 26 2:00 p.m. at North Carolina Central ESPN3 L 23–30 5,026
November 2 4:00 p.m. at No. 17 Florida A&M ESPN3 L 30–52 7,412
November 9 2:00 p.m. Bethune–Cookman
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Dover, DE
 ESPN+ W 16–13 879
November 16 2:00 p.m. Norfolk State
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Dover, DE
 ESPN+ L 17–33 827
November 23 2:00 p.m. Saint Francis (PA)*
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Dover, DE
 ESPN+ L 21–35 527
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

At Delaware

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 3 3 0 7 13
No. 22 Fightin' Blue Hens 3 13 9 6 31
See also: 2019 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

Lincoln (PA)

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 0 0 12 0 12
Hornets 28 3 21 6 58
See also: Lincoln Lions football

Howard

1 2 3 4 Total
Bison 0 18 0 6 24
Hornets 7 2 0 0 9
See also: 2019 Howard Bison football team

At North Carolina A&T

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 0 0 0 0 0
No. 17 Aggies 7 21 9 0 37
See also: 2019 North Carolina A&T Aggies football team

South Carolina State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 10 7 14 7 38
Hornets 0 3 7 14 24
See also: 2019 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team

At Morgan State

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 0 0 3 0 3
Bears 7 14 3 10 34
See also: 2019 Morgan State Bears football team

Merrimack

1 2 3 4 Total
Warriors 7 17 3 3 30
Hornets 14 7 0 0 21
See also: 2019 Merrimack Warriors football team

At North Carolina Central

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 3 10 0 10 23
Eagles 0 16 7 7 30
See also: 2019 North Carolina Central Eagles football team

At Florida A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 0 3 20 7 30
No. 17 Rattlers 14 17 14 7 52
See also: 2019 Florida A&M Rattlers football team

Bethune–Cookman

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 6 0 7 13
Hornets 9 7 0 0 16
See also: 2019 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team

Norfolk State

1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 0 16 7 10 33
Hornets 10 0 7 0 17
See also: 2019 Norfolk State Spartans football team

Saint Francis (PA)

1 2 3 4 Total
Red Flash 14 14 7 0 35
Hornets 0 0 7 14 21
See also: 2019 Saint Francis Red Flash football team

References

  1. "MEAC Announces 2019 Football Predicted Order of Finish". meacsports.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  2. "MEAC Announces 2019 Preseason Football All-MEAC Awards". meacsports.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  3. "2019 Delaware State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  4. "Football - Schedule - DSUHornets.com: Official Web site of Delaware State University Athletics". www.dsuhornets.com. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
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