The Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represents the University of Delaware (UD) in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) college football as a member of CAA Football, the technically separate football arm of UD's full-time home of the Coastal Athletic Association. The team is currently led by head coach Ryan Carty and plays on Tubby Raymond Field at 18,500-seat Delaware Stadium located in Newark, Delaware. The Fightin' Blue Hens have won six national titles in their 117-year history – 1946, 1963, 1971, 1972, 1979, and 2003. They returned to the FCS National Championship game in 2007 and 2010.
The Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens are the athletic teams of the University of Delaware (UD) of Newark, Delaware, in the United States. The Blue Hens compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as members of the Coastal Athletic Association and its technically separate football league, CAA Football.
The Battle of the Blue is an annual college football rivalry game between the University of Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens and Villanova University Wildcats. The first game was played between the two teams in 1895 and was played annually from 1964 to 1980, when Villanova dropped football. The rivalry resumed when Villanova restarted its football program in 1988. Beginning in 2007, the annual Delaware–Villanova game became known as Battle of the Blue. As part of this concept, the winning team gets to keep the Battle of the Blue Trophy at its institution for the year and is responsible for bringing the trophy to the following installment of the rivalry game. The trophy consists of a football with a Villanova logo and the Wildcat shade of blue on one side and the Blue Hen logo and the Delaware shade of blue on the other side. The ball sits in a wooden platform and the scores of each game are engraved on the base of the trophy. Villanova had possession of the trophy for the first four years, until Delaware won in 2011.
The 2024 Rhode Island Rams football team represented the University of Rhode Island as a member of the Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference during the 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Rams were led by 11th-year head coach Jim Fleming and played their home games at Meade Stadium.
The 2024 Albany Great Danes football team represented the University at Albany, SUNY as a member of the Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference during the 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Great Danes were led by 11th-year head coach Greg Gattuso and played their home games at Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium.
The 2024 Maine Black Bears football team represented the University of Maine as a member of the Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference (CAA) in the 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Black Bears were led by third-year head coach Jordan Stevens and played home games at Alfond Stadium in Orono, Maine.
The 2024 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware as a member of the Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference (CAA) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Ryan Carty and played their home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware.
The 2024 Campbell Fighting Camels football team represented Campbell University as a member of Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference (CAA) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Fighting Camels were led by first-year head coach Braxton Harris, and played home games at Barker–Lane Stadium in Buies Creek, North Carolina.
The 2024 Monmouth Hawks football team represented Monmouth University in the Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference (CAA) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Hawks were coached by 32nd-year head coach Kevin Callahan and played home games at Kessler Stadium in West Long Branch, New Jersey.
The 2025 UT Martin Skyhawks football team represents the University of Tennessee at Martin as a member of the Big South–OVC Football Association during the 2025 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Expected to be led by 20th-year head coach Jason Simpson, the Skyhawks play their home games at Graham Stadium in Martin, Tennessee.
The 2025 Kennesaw State Owls football team will represent Kennesaw State University in Conference USA (C-USA) during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls are expected to be led by Jerry Mack in his first year as the head coach. The Owls play their home games at Fifth Third Stadium, located in Kennesaw, Georgia.
The 2025 Lindenwood Lions football team will represent Lindenwood University as a member of the Big South–OVC Football Association in the 2025 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Lions are expected to be led by eight-year head coach Jed Stugart and play their home games at Harlen C. Hunter Stadium in St. Charles, Missouri.
The 2025 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team will represent Charleston Southern University as a member of the Big South–OVC Football Association during the 2025 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are expected to be led by Gabe Giardina in his third season as head coach. The Buccaneers play their home games at Buccaneer Field in Charleston, South Carolina.
The 2025 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team will represent Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO) as a member of the Big South–OVC Football Association during the 2025 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are expected to be led by 12th-year head coach Tom Matukewicz. The Redhawks play their home games at Houck Stadium in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
The 2025 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team will represent Gardner–Webb University as a member of the Big South–OVC Football Association during the 2025 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team are expected to be led by second-year head coach Cris Reisert and play their home games at the Ernest W. Spangler Stadium located in Boiling Springs, North Carolina.
The 2025 Tennessee State Tigers football team will represent Tennessee State University as a member of the Big South–OVC Football Association during the 2025 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tigers are expected to be led by fifth-year head coach Eddie George, and play their home games at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.
The 2025 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team will represent Tennessee Technological University as a member of the Big South–OVC Football Association during the 2025 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are expected to be led by second-year head coach Bobby Wilder, the Golden Eagles play home games at Tucker Stadium in Cookeville, Tennessee.
The 2025 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team will represent Western Illinois University as a member of the Big South–OVC Football Association during the 2025 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are expected to be led by second-year head coach Joe Davis. The Leathernecks play their home games at Hanson Field in Macomb, Illinois.
The 2025 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team will represent Eastern Illinois University as a member of the Big South–OVC Football Association during the 2025 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Panthers were led by fourth-year head coach Chris Wilkerson and play their home games at O'Brien Field located in Charleston, Illinois.
The 2025 Missouri State Bears football team will represent Missouri State University in Conference USA (C-USA) during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bears are expected to be led by third-year head coach Ryan Beard and play their home games at Robert W. Plaster Stadium located in Springfield, Missouri.
