1965 Delaware State Hornets football team

1965 Delaware State Hornets football
ConferenceCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record4–5 (3–3 CIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium
Seasons
← 1964
1966 →
1965 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Morgan State $ 8 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Johnson C. Smith 5 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Maryland State 5 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
St. Augustine's 6 – 1 – 1 8 – 1 – 1
North Carolina A&T 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Delaware State 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Virginia State 5 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Saint Paul's (VA) 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
North Carolina College 3 – 4 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Howard 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Norfolk State 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Virginia Union 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Livingstone 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Shaw 4 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Elizabeth City State 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Winston-Salem State 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Fayetteville State 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
Hampton 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA poll

The 1965 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 1965 NCAA College Division football season.[1][2] Led by first-year head coach Ulysses S. Washington, the Hornets compiled an overall record of 4–5 and a mark of 3–3 in conference play, placing sixth in CIAA. The Hornets started the season 4–0, before losing 34–0 against undefeated Morgan State on October 23. The loss to Morgan State was the first of five consecutive defeats to close Delaware State's season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18Mansfield*
W 26–13[3]
September 25Virginia State
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Dover, DE
W 20–13[4]
October 2at Hampton
W 30–13[5]
October 9Howard
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Dover, DE
W 6–0[6]
October 23Morgan State
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Dover, DE
L 0–345,100[7][8]
October 30at Montclair State*
L 7–264,000[9]
November 6at Saint Paul's (VA)Lawrenceville, VAL 14–20[10]
November 13Maryland State
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Dover, DE
L 6–41[11]
November 20C. W. Post*
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Dover, DE
L 0–35250[12]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "2020 Delaware State Football Media Guide" (PDF). Delaware State University. p. 24.
  2. ^ "Delaware State Game by Game Results". July 29, 2014. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014.
  3. ^ "Delaware State (schedule)". The Baltimore Sun. September 20, 1965 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ "Trojans Lose, 20-13 To Delaware State". The Progress-Index. September 26, 1965 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "Delaware State wallops Hampton". The Morning News. October 4, 1965 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ Feldner, Karl (October 11, 1965). "Hornets put in hard day". The Morning News – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  7. ^ Cartwright, Al (October 25, 1965). "Evening Journal Sports: A La Carte". The Evening Journal – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  8. ^ "Morgan St. dampens Hornets' title hopes". The Morning News. October 25, 1965 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  9. ^ Phillips, Ron (November 1, 1965). "Montclair State Tops Delaware State, 26-7". The Herald-News – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  10. ^ "TD in final seconds beats Delaware State". The Morning News. November 8, 1965 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  11. ^ "Delaware State Coach Says Foe Too Strong". The News Journal. November 15, 1965 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  12. ^ Zabitka, Matt (November 22, 1965). "Del. State Coach Glum About '66". The News Journal – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon


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