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American college football season
The 2022 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represents the University of Delaware as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They are led by first-year head coach Ryan Carty and play their home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware .
Previous season
The Fightin' Blue Hens finished the season 5–6 overall, 3–5 CAA play to finish in 9th place. Rocco was fired at the end of the season.[ 1] Ryan Carty was hired as a head coach.
Preseason
CAA poll
In the CAA preseason poll released on July 28, 2022, the Blue Hens were predicted to finish in second place out of 13 teams following the departure of James Madison and the addition on Monmouth and Hampton for the 2022 season.[ 2]
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Villanova
270 (16)
2
Delaware 235 (7)
3
Rhode Island
224
4
Richmond
219
5
William & Mary
206 (2)
6
Elon
191 (1)
7
Stony Brook
151
8
Maine
134
9
New Hampshire
117
10
Monmouth
105
11
Towson
81
12
Albany
64
13
Hampton
31
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 3 12:00 p.m. at Navy * No. 19 CBSSN W 14–730,542 September 10 6:00 p.m. Delaware State * No. 10 FloSports /NBC Sports Philadelphia W 35–917,176 September 17 1:00 p.m. at No. 17 Rhode Island No. 9 FloSports W 42–214,666 September 24 6:00 p.m. Hampton No. 8 Delaware Stadium Newark, DE FloSports W 35–316,035 October 1 3:30 p.m. Towson No. 6 Delaware Stadium Newark, DE FloSports /NBC Sports Philadelphia W 24–1018,905 October 8 3:30 p.m. at No. 16 William & Mary No. 6 FloSports L 21–2712,506 October 22 3:00 p.m. Morgan State * No. 13 Delaware Stadium Newark, DE FloSports W 38–716,375 October 29 3:30 p.m. at Elon No. 12 FloSports L 7–275,541 November 5 1:00 p.m. Monmouth No. 18 Delaware Stadium Newark, DE FloSports /NBC Sports Philadelphia W 49–1716,385 November 12 1:00 p.m. No. 12 Richmond No. 17 Delaware Stadium Newark, DE FloSports /NBC Sports Philadelphia L 13–2116,534 November 19 1:00 p.m. at Villanova No. 20 FloSports L 26–296,451 November 26 2:00 p.m. Saint Francis (PA) * No. 23 ESPN+ W 56–174,629 December 3 3:00 p.m. at No. 1 South Dakota State * No. 23 ESPN+ *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries
at Navy
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 19 Fightin' Blue Hens
7
0
7
0
14
Midshipmen
0
0
7
0
7
Delaware State
1
2
3
4
Total
Hornets
3
0
0
6
9
No. 10 Fightin' Blue Hens
7
7
14
7
35
at No. 17 Rhode Island
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 9 Fightin' Blue Hens
7
28
0
7
42
No. 17 Rams
0
7
7
7
21
Hampton
1
2
3
4
Total
Pirates
0
0
0
3
3
No. 8 Fightin' Blue Hens
14
0
14
7
35
Towson
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
0
3
0
7
10
No. 6 Fightin' Blue Hens
0
14
7
3
24
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 6 Fightin' Blue Hens
0
7
14
0
21
No. 16 Tribe
0
17
7
3
27
Morgan State
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
0
7
0
0
7
No. 13 Fightin' Blue Hens
14
0
7
17
38
at Elon
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 12 Fightin' Blue Hens
7
0
0
0
7
Phoenix
3
7
14
3
27
Monmouth
1
2
3
4
Total
Hawks
10
0
0
7
17
No. 18 Fightin' Blue Hens
21
21
7
0
49
No. 12 Richmond
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 12 Spiders
3
3
3
12
21
No. 17 Fightin' Blue Hens
0
0
0
13
13
at Villanova
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 20 Fightin' Blue Hens
7
9
7
3
26
Wildcats
7
7
7
8
29
FCS Playoffs
1
2
3
4
Total
Red Flash
3
0
7
7
17
No. 23 Fightin' Blue Hens
14
14
7
21
56
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 23 Fightin' Blue Hens
0
No. 1 Jackrabbits
0
References
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