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1947 Delaware State Hornets football
1947 Delaware State Hornets football
Conference	Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	4–4 (4–3 CIAA)
Head coach	Tom Conrad (4th season);
	Seasons ← 1946 1948 →

1947 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Shaw $	6	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	0
No. 7 Virginia State	7	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
No. 4 Hampton	5	–	1	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
No. 11 Howard	6	–	2	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
No. 9 Morgan State	5	–	2	–	1	5	–	2	–	1
No. 14 West Virginia State	4	–	1	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
No. 19 Lincoln (PA)	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Delaware State	4	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Virginia Union	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Winston-Salem State	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
North Carolina A&T	1	–	5	–	1	1	–	5	–	1
North Carolina College	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Bluefield State	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Saint Paul's (VA)	0	–	5	–	1	0	–	5	–	1
Johnson C. Smith	0	–	2	–	1	1	–	5	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from the Pittsburgh Courier using the Dickinson Ratings System.^[1]

The 1947 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State College—now known as Delaware State University—as a member of Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) in the 1947 college football season.^[2]^[3] The Hornets compiled a 4–4 record under coach Tom Conrad.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27		at North Carolina College	Durham, NC	W 7–0
October 4		at Morgan State	Baltimore, MD	L 0–31
October 11	2:15 p.m.	vs. Lincoln (PA)	Wilmington Park Wilmington, DE	L 7–20	1,448	^[4]
October 18	2:30 p.m.	at Johnson C. Smith	American Legion Memorial Stadium Charlotte, NC	W 11–7		^[5]
October 25		at Winston-Salem	Winston-Salem, NC	W 20–6
November 8		at Wilberforce State*	Wilberforce Stadium Wilberforce, OH	L 0–31
November 15		at Howard	Washington, DC	L 0–27
November 22		Saint Paul's (VA)	Dover, DE	W 27–6^[a]		^[6]
*Non-conference game