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1944 Delaware State Hornets football team

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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]

ConferenceIndependent
Record2–3
Headcoach
CaptainHenry Clay Aldridge
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1944 Delaware State Hornets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–3
Head coach
CaptainHenry Clay Aldridge
Seasons
 1942
1945 
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1944 Southern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Virginia  612
No. 4 Navy  630
West Virginia  531
Millsaps  360
Delaware State  230
Tennessee Tech  120
North Texas Aggies  260
Miami (FL)  171
Sewanee  031
Howard (AL)  050
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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 7at Morgan StateL 0–471,200[5]
October 14at Lincoln (PA)Lincoln, PAL 0–19[6]
October 21HowardW 7–6[7]
November 4at Camp DietrickMarylandCancelled [8]
November 4HowardW 18–0[9]
November 11at Aberdeen Proving GroundAberdeen, MDL 19–274,500[10]
November 18Camp DietrickDover, DECancelled [8]
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