1951 Delaware State Hornets football team

1951 Delaware State Hornets football
ConferenceCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record2–7 (2–4 CIAA)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 West Virginia State $ 5 – 0 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
No. 1 North Carolina A&T 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 1
No. 6 North Carolina College 5 – 1 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Virginia Union 5 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
No. 19 Lincoln (PA) 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
No. 16 Virginia State 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
No. 18 Hampton 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Winston-Salem State 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Howard 5 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Morgan State 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Bluefield State 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Johnson C. Smith 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Delaware State 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
St. Augustine's 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Shaw 1 – 8 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Saint Paul's (VA) 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Associated Negro Press[1]

The 1951 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 1951 college football season.[2][3] Led by coach Willard S. Jones in his first year, the Hornets compiled a 2–7 record, being shut out four times and outscored 41 to 158.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 158:30 p.m.at King's (PA)*
L 0–13[4]
September 29at Morgan State
L 6–452,500[5]
October 6Cheyney*Dover, DEL 0–3
October 13at Johnson C. SmithCharlotte, NCL 0–24
October 20Lincoln (PA)Dover, DEL 0–34[6]
October 27at Saint Paul's (VA)Lawrenceville, VAW 14–0
November 3Maryland State*Dover, DEL 6–18[7][8]
November 10at HowardWashington, DCL 2–21
November 17St. Augustine'sDover, DEW 13–0
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "The Pigskin Huddle". The Call. December 14, 1951. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "2020 Delaware State Football Media Guide" (PDF). Delaware State University. p. 24.
  3. ^ "Delaware State Game by Game Results". July 29, 2014. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014.
  4. ^ "King's Ready For Opener This Evening". Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, The Evening News. September 15, 1951 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "Morgan State Scores 45 To 6 Victory Over Delaware State". The Baltimore Sun. September 30, 1951 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ "Delaware State Bows To Lincoln Eleven". The News Journal. October 22, 1951 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  7. ^ "Maryland State Wins Fifth, 18-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 4, 1951 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  8. ^ "Maryland State Wins By 18-6". The Daily Times – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon


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