1944 Delaware State Hornets football team

1944 Delaware State Hornets football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–3
Head coach	Tom Conrad (1st season)
Captain	Henry Clay Aldridge

1944 Southern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Virginia			–					6	–	1	–	2
No. 4 Navy			–					6	–	3	–	0
West Virginia			–					5	–	3	–	1
Delaware State			–					2	–	3	–	0
Tennessee Tech			–					1	–	2	–	0
North Texas Aggies			–					2	–	6	–	0
Miami (FL)			–					1	–	7	–	1
Millsaps			–					1	–	5	–	0
Sewanee			–					0	–	3	–	1
Howard (AL)			–					0	–	5	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1944 Delaware State Hornets football team represented the State College for Colored Students—now known as Delaware State University—in the 1944 college football season as an independent.^[1][2] Led by first-year head coach Tom Conrad, the Hornets compiled a 2–3 record. The team's captain was Henry Clay Aldridge.^[3] Conrad had been hired the year before, but Delaware State did not field a football team in 1943.^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 7	at Morgan State	Hughes Stadium Baltimore, MD	L 0–47	1,200	[5]
October 14	at Lincoln (PA)	Lincoln, PA	L 0–19		[6]
October 21	Howard		W 7–6		[7]
November 4	at Camp Dietrick	Maryland	Cancelled		[8]
November 4	Howard		W 18–0		[9]
November 11	at Aberdeen Proving Ground	Aberdeen, MD	L 19–27	4,500	[10]
November 18	Camp Dietrick	Dover, DE	Cancelled		[8]

References

1. "2020 Delaware State Football Media Guide" (PDF). Delaware State University. p. 23.
2. "Delaware State Game by Game Results". July 29, 2014. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014.
3. "Delaware State College Will Hold Grid Banquet". The Morning News. December 4, 1944 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Tank Conrad to Coach Delaware State Eleven". The News Journal. Wilmington, Delaware. September 14, 1943. p. 18. Retrieved June 24, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
5. "Morgan State Gridmen Beat Delaware, 47-0". The Baltimore Sun. October 8, 1944. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Lincoln Defeats Delaware State". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 15, 1944 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Football Results". Press and Sun-Bulletin. October 23, 1944 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Delaware State College To Return to Gridiron". The Morning News. October 2, 1944 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Results". The Greenville News. November 5, 1944 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Aberdeen Eleven Trips Delaware State". The Baltimore Sun. November 12, 1944 – via Newspapers.com.