1978 Delaware State Hornets football team

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1978 Delaware State Hornets football
Conference Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record3–7 (3–3 MEAC)
Head coach
Home stadium Alumni Stadium
Seasons
←  1977
1979  →
1978 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 South Carolina State $ 5 –0 –18 –2 –1
North Carolina A&T 4 –2 –06 –6 –0
Delaware State 3 –3 –03 –7 –0
Morgan State 2 –3 –14 –6 –1
Howard 2 –4 –04 –6 –0
Maryland Eastern Shore 2 –4 –03 –8 –0
North Carolina Central 2 –4 –03 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • The conference was a hybrid of NCAA Division I-AA and Division II programs. Morgan State, Maryland-Eastern Shore, and North Carolina Central were classified as NCAA Division II. All the other teams were Division I-AA. [1] [2] [3]
Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1978 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State College (now known as Delaware State University) as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Ed Wyche, the Hornets compiled an overall record of 3–7, with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, and finished third in the MEAC.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 9 South Carolina State
L 0–342,000 [4]
September 16at Clarion *
L 10–31 [5]
September 23at No. 7 Florida A&M *
L 0–3717,532 [6] [7]
September 30 Maryland Eastern Shore
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Dover, DE
L 7–171,200 [8] [9]
October 7at Howard
L 6–37 [10]
October 14 North Carolina Central
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Dover, DE
W 16–1313,500 [11] [12]
October 21at Morgan State
W 13–616,423 [13] [14]
October 28at Kentucky State *
L 12–18 [15]
November 4at Bethune–Cookman *
L 7–174,450 [16]
November 11at North Carolina A&T
W 9–6 [17]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ↑ "Ncaa 1978".
  2. ↑ "Ncaa 1978".
  3. ↑ "Ncaa 1978".
  4. ↑ "Slow-starting Bulldogs pound Delaware 34–0". The State. September 10, 1978. Retrieved August 24, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Clarion, 31–10". The Pittsburgh Press. September 17, 1978. Retrieved August 24, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Rattlers rally". Tallahassee Democrat. September 23, 1978. p. 1A. Retrieved August 24, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Jackson, Eddie (September 24, 1978). "FAMU Rattles By Delaware St". The Tampa Tribune. p. 5-D. Retrieved August 24, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Eastern Shore upends Hornets". Sunday News Journal. October 1, 1978. Retrieved August 24, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Final 1978 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Maryland Eastern Shore)". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Errors hurt DelState in loss to Howard". Sunday News Journal. October 8, 1978. Retrieved August 24, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Del. State tops NCC by 16–13". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 15, 1978. Retrieved August 24, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Division II Cumulative Football Statistics Report (North Carolina Central)". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Morgan State loses, 13–6". The Baltimore Sun. October 22, 1978. Retrieved August 24, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Final 1978 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (Morgan State)". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  15. ↑ "Salter lifts Kentucky State". The Courier-Journal. October 29, 1978. Retrieved August 24, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  16. ↑ "Opportunistic Bethune–Cookman dumps Delaware State 17–7". The Orlando Sentinel Star. November 5, 1978. Retrieved August 24, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  17. ↑ "Delaware State stuns Aggies, 9–6". Greensboro Daily News. November 12, 1978. Retrieved August 24, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
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