List of Delaware State Hornets football seasons

The following is a list of Delaware State Hornets football seasons for the football team that has represented Delaware State University in NCAA competition.

Results


Year	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Rank
Coach Unknown (Independent) (1924–1926)
1924	Coach Unknown	0–1
1925	Coach Unknown	0–2
1926	Coach Unknown	1–0
Naylor (Independent) (1927)
1927	Naylor	1–1
Naylor:		1–1
Coach Unknown (Independent) (1928–1930)
1928	Coach Unknown	1–1–1
1929	Coach Unknown	1–0
1930	Coach Unknown	4–2
James Powell Calvin (Independent) (1931)
1931	James Powell Calvin	2–2–1
James Powell Calvin:		2–2–1
John L. McKinley (Independent) (1932)
1932	John L. McKinley	2–5
John L. McKinley:		2–5
Edward L. Jackson (Independent) (1933)
1933	Edward L. Jackson	4–4
Edward L. Jackson (Middle Atlantic Athletic Association) (1934–1935)
1934	Edward L. Jackson	8–0	6–0	1st
1935	Edward L. Jackson	7–1	5–0	1st
Edward L. Jackson:		19–5	11–0
Butler (Middle Atlantic Athletic Association) (1936)
1936	Butler	2–4	2–2
Butler:		2–4	2–2
Coach Unknown (Independent) (1937)
1937	Coach Unknown	1–0
Turner (Independent) (1938)
1938	Turner	1–2
Turner:		1–2
Coach Unknown (Independent) (1939–1941)
1939	Coach Unknown	2–2
1940	Did Not Play
1941	Coach Unknown	1–4
Dyke Smith (Independent) (1942–1943)
1942	Dyke Smith	3–1–1
1943	Did Not Play
Thomas R. Conrad (Independent) (1944)
1944	Thomas R. Conrad	2–3
Thomas R. Conrad (Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association) (1945–1949)
1945	Thomas R. Conrad	4–3	3–3	8th
1946	Thomas R. Conrad	5–4	3–4	10th	W Florida N&I Flower Bowl
1947	Thomas R. Conrad	4–4	4–3	8th
1948	Thomas R. Conrad	4–5	4–4	11th
1949	Thomas R. Conrad	3–5–1	3–5–1	11th
Thomas R. Conrad:		22–24–1
Robert M. White (Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association) (1950)
1950	Robert M. White	2–7–1	2–6–1	14th
Robert M. White:		2–7–1	2–6–1
Willard S. Jones (Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association) (1951–1952)
1951	Willard S. Jones	2–7	2–4	13th
1952	Willard S. Jones	1–7	1–5	13th
Willard S. Jones:		3–14	3–9
Edward L. Jackson (Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association) (1953–1955)
1953	Edward L. Jackson	4–4	2–4	14th
1954	Edward L. Jackson	7–1	5–1	6th
1955	Edward L. Jackson	7–1	5–1	8th		12th
Edward L. Jackson:		37–11
Bennie J. George (Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association) (1956–1958)
1956	Bennie J. George	7–1–1	5–0–1	T–1st
1957	Bennie J. George	6–2	4–2	3rd
1958	Bennie J. George	3–5	3–4	11th
Bennie J. George:		16–8–1	12–6–1
Preston Mitchell (Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association) (1959)
1959	Preston Mitchell	1–7	1–6	17th
Bennie J. George:		1–7	1–6
Roy D. Moore (Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association) (1960–1964)
1960	Roy D. Moore	4–4	4–3	8th
1961	Roy D. Moore	6–3	5–2	6th
1962	Roy D. Moore	4–5	3–4	12th
1963	Roy D. Moore	2–5–1	1–5	T–16th
1964	Roy D. Moore	3–7	3–5	12th
Roy D. Moore:		19–24–1
Ulysses S. Washington (Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association) (1965–1966)
1965	Ulysses S. Washington	4–5
1966	Ulysses S. Washington	3–5
Ulysses S. Washington:		7–10
Arnold Jeter (Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association) (1967–1970)
1967	Arnold Jeter	2–6–1
1968	Arnold Jeter	4–6
1969	Arnold Jeter	4–5
1970	Arnold Jeter	6–2
Arnold Jeter (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (1971–1974)
1971	Arnold Jeter	1–8
1972	Arnold Jeter	5–4
1973	Arnold Jeter	0–11
1974	Arnold Jeter	3–6
Arnold Jeter:		25–48–1
Edmund Wyche (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (1975–1978)
1975	Edmund Wyche	5–5
1976	Edmund Wyche	3–7–1
1977	Edmund Wyche	7–4			L Florida A&M Orange Blossom Classic
1978	Edmund Wyche	3–7
Edmund Wyche:		18–23–1
Charles Henderson (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (1979–1980)
1979	Charles Henderson	4–5–1
1980	Charles Henderson	2–9
Charles Henderson:		6–14–1
Joseph Purzycki (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (1981–1984)
1981	Joseph Purzycki	2–9
1982	Joseph Purzycki	4–7
1983	Joseph Purzycki	7–3–1
1984	Joseph Purzycki	8–2
Joseph Purzycki:		21–21–1
William Collick (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (1985–1996)
1985	William Collick	9–2	5–0	1st
1986	William Collick	7–4	3–2
1987	William Collick	9–1	5–0*	1st
1988	William Collick	5–5	4–2	1st
1989	William Collick	7–4	5–1	1st
1990	William Collick	7–3
1991	William Collick	9–2	5–1*	1st
1992	William Collick	6–5
1993	William Collick	6–5
1994	William Collick	7–4
1995	William Collick	6–5
1996	William Collick	3–8
William Collick:		81–48
John McKenzie (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (1997–1999)
1997	John McKenzie	3–8
1998	John McKenzie	0–11
1999	John McKenzie	4–7
John McKenzie:		7–26
Ben Blacknall (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2000–2002)
2000	Ben Blacknall	7–4	5–3
2001	Ben Blacknall	5–6	3–5
2002	Ben Blacknall	4–8	2–6	8th
Ben Blacknall/Butch Posey (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2003)
2003	Ben Blacknall/Butch Posey*	1–10	1–6	7th
Ben Blacknall:		16–24	10–19
Butch Posey:		1–4	1–4
Alton Lavan (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2004–2010)
2004	Alton Lavan	4–7	4–3	4th
2005	Alton Lavan	7–4	6–2	3rd
2006	Alton Lavan	8–3	6–2	2nd
2007	Alton Lavan	10–2	9–0	1st	L Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens NCAA FCS First Round	15
2008	Alton Lavan	5–6	5–3	5th
2009	Alton Lavan	4–7	3–4	6th
2010	Alton Lavan	3–8	2–6	8th
Alton Lavan:		41–37	35–20
Kermit Blount (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2011–2014)
2011	Kermit Blount	3–8	1–7	9th
2012	Kermit Blount	6–5	5–3	4th
2013	Kermit Blount	5–6	5–3	4th
2014	Kermit Blount	2–10	2–6
Kermit Blount:		16–29	13–19
Kenny Carter (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2015–2017)
2015	Kenny Carter	1–10	1–7
2016	Kenny Carter	0–11	0–8
2017	Kenny Carter	2–9	2–6
Kenny Carter:		3–30	3–21
Rod Milstead (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2018–present)
2018	Rod Milstead	3–8	2–5
2019	Rod Milstead	2–10	1–7
Rod Milstead:		5–18	3–12
Total:		362–449–11
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth
Post 1996 rankings from final Sports Network poll.

In 1987, Delaware State was defeated by Howard 12–7, finishing with a 4–1 record in conference play, second to Howard. Howard was later forced to forfeit all victories that season for using ineligible players, moving Delaware State to 5–0, at which time the MEAC stripped the title and awarded it to Delaware State.
In 1991, Delaware State was defeated by Bethune-Cookman 28–20, however, it was determined that BCU used an ineligible player and the Wildcats were forced to forfeit the game. The victory gave Delaware State a 5–1 conference record, tying them with North Carolina A&T, who the Hornets had beaten earlier in the season, for a share of the conference championship.
In 2003, Ben Blacknall coached games 1–6 and was fired with an 0–6 record. Butch Posey was promoted to head coach for games 7–11 and finished with a 1–4 record.

References

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Notes

Results of one game are unknown
Results of one game are unknown.
Some games have unknown results and others are disputed

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