2007 Delaware State Hornets football team
Appearance
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Black college national champion MEAC champion | |
FCS Playoffs First Round, L 7–44 vs. Delaware | |
Conference | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
Record | 10–2 (9–0 MEAC) |
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Home stadium | Alumni Stadium (Capacity: 7,193) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 Delaware State $^ | 9 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norfolk State | 7 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina State | 7 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hampton | 5 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winston-Salem State | 5 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morgan State | 4 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bethune–Cookman | 3 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Howard | 3 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida A&M | 2 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina A&T | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2007 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Al Lavan and played their home games at Alumni Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), and finished the season with ten wins and two losses (10–2), as MEAC Champions and with a loss against Delaware in the FCS playoffs. The 2007 Hornets squad won the black college football national championship as awarded by the American Sports Wire and as the national runner-up behind Tuskegee as awarded by SBN.[1][2]
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 1 | 7:00 p.m. | Coastal Carolina* | W 23–18 | 3,248 | |||
September 8 | 6:00 p.m. | at Florida A&M | W 20–7 | 14,327 | |||
September 15 | 4:00 p.m. | at Kent State* | L 7–38 | 8,455 | |||
September 29 | 1:00 p.m. | at Hampton | W 24–17 | 7,195 | |||
October 4 | 7:30 p.m. | Bethune-Cookman |
| ESPNU | W 24–10 | 3,239 | |
October 13 | 1:30 p.m. | at North Carolina A&T | W 27–0 | 9,934 | |||
October 20 | 3:30 p.m. | Morgan State![]() | No. 15 |
| Comcast CN8 | W 25–17 | 5,446 |
October 27 | 1:30 p.m. | at South Carolina State | No. 12 | W 17–16 | 15,388 | ||
November 3 | 2:00 p.m. | at Winston-Salem State* | No. 12 | W 23–20 | 15,432 | ||
November 10 | 12:00 p.m. | Norfolk State | No. 10 |
| W 28–21 OT | 6,682 | |
November 17 | 12:00 p.m. | Howard | No. 10 |
| Comcast/SND (Tape Delay) | W 29–13 | 1,985 |
November 24 | 1:30 p.m. | at No. 13 Delaware* | No. 9 | ESPN | L 7–44 | 19,765 | |
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References
- ^ "Tuskegee Golden Tigers named 2007 SBN national champions". The Tuskegee News. Google News. November 20, 2007. p. B1. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
- ^ "DSU chosen No. 1 in black college poll". The News Journal. ProQuest. January 18, 2008. p. C5. Retrieved December 1, 2012.