1972 Delaware State Hornets football team

1972 Delaware State Hornets football
1972 Delaware State Hornets football
Conference	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record	5–4 (2–4 MEAC)
Head coach	Arnold Jeter (6th season);
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium
	Seasons ← 1971 1973 →

The 1972 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State College—now known as Delaware State University—as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) in the 1972 NCAA College Division football season.^[1]^[2] Led by sixth-year head coach Arnold Jeter, the Hornets compiled an overall record of 5–4 and a mark of 2–4 in conference play, trying for fifth in the MEAC.

Record5–4 (2–4 MEAC)

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1972 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 North Carolina Central $	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 13 North Carolina A&T	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Morgan State	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Maryland Eastern Shore	4	–	2	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Howard	2	–	4	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Delaware State	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
South Carolina State	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 16	at C. W. Post*	Brookville, NY	W 27–7		^[3]
September 23	at Millersville*	Millersville, PA	W 28–21		^[4]
October 7	at Howard	Howard Stadium Washington, DC	L 0–10	7,000	^[5]^[6]
October 14	North Carolina Central	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	W 14–10	10,000	^[7]
October 21	at Morgan State	Hughes Stadium Baltimore, MD	L 7–42	4,000	^[8]
October 28	Maryland Eastern Shore	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	L 0–19		^[9]
November 4	Hofstra*	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	W 26–7		^[10]
November 11	at North Carolina A&T	World War Memorial Stadium Greensboro, NC	L 7–13	7,300	^[11]^[12]
November 18	South Carolina State	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	W 29–21	4,600	^[13]^[14]
*Non-conference game

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