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American college football season
The 2017 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season . Led by first-year head coach Danny Rocco , the Fightin' Blue Hens compiled an overall record of 7–4 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, tying for fourth place in the CAA. The team played home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware .
Previous season
The Hens started the season with two consecutive wins, against Delaware State and at Lafayette. They followed with a five-game losing streak, the longest by Delaware since 1939, which cost head coach Dave Brock his job. He was replaced by Dennis Dottin-Carter on an interim basis, and the Hens finished with a record of 4–7 (2–6 CAA).
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance 7:00 p.m. Delaware State * BHAA W 22–318,040 September 9 3:30 p.m. at Virginia Tech * ACCN Extra L 0–2762,526 September 16 3:30 p.m. Cornell * Delaware Stadium Newark, DE BHAA W 41–1414,714 September 30 3:30 p.m. No. 1 James Madison Delaware Stadium Newark, DE (rivalry ) CSN+ , CSN-P L 10–2016,372 October 7 6:00 p.m. at No. 23 Stony Brook Wolfievision W 24–207,694 October 14 3:30 p.m. William & Mary Delaware Stadium Newark, DE (rivalry ) NBCS RN, NBCS P W 17–018,721 October 21 3:30 p.m. No. 11 Richmond Delaware Stadium Newark, DE CSL [ 1] W 42–35 2OT 15,710 October 28 4:00 p.m. at Towson No. 23 FSGO L 17–186,402 November 4 2:00 p.m. at Maine CSL[ 1] W 31–177,212 November 11 3:30 p.m. Albany Delaware Stadium Newark, DE NBCS RN, NBCS P W 22–316,333 November 18 1:00 p.m. at Villanova FSGO L 7–285,109 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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Coaching staff
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Game summaries
Delaware State
1
2
3
4
Total
Hornets
0
3
0
0
3
Blue Hens
2
6
7
7
22
at Virginia Tech
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Hens
0
0
0
0
0
Hokies
7
10
0
10
27
Cornell
1
2
3
4
Total
Big Red
0
0
7
7
14
Blue Hens
10
17
7
7
41
James Madison
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 1 Dukes
7
10
0
3
20
Blue Hens
3
7
0
0
10
at Stony Brook
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Hens
0
7
10
7
24
No. 23 Seawolves
7
13
0
0
20
1
2
3
4
Total
Tribe
0
0
0
0
0
Blue Hens
0
10
0
7
17
Richmond
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT
Total
No. 11 Spiders
7
7
14
0 7 0
35
Blue Hens
14
7
0
7 7 7
42
at Towson
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 23 Blue Hens
0
7
7
3
17
Tigers
3
0
8
7
18
at Maine
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Hens
0
14
3
14
31
Black Bears
10
0
7
0
17
Albany
1
2
3
4
Total
Great Danes
3
0
0
0
3
Blue Hens
0
3
5
14
22
at Villanova
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Hens
0
0
0
7
7
Wildcats
14
0
14
0
28
Ranking movements
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