1977 Delaware State Hornets football team
American college football season
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The 1977 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 1977 NCAA Division II football season.[1][2] Led by third-year head coach Ed Wyche, the Hornets compiled an overall record of 7–4 and a mark of 4–2 in conference play, placing third out of seven teams in the MEAC.
ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record7–4 (4–2 MEAC)
Headcoach
- Ed Wyche (3rd season)
HomestadiumAlumni Stadium
| 1977 Delaware State Hornets football | |
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Orange Blossom Classic, L 15–37 vs. Florida A&M | |
| Conference | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
| Record | 7–4 (4–2 MEAC) |
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| Home stadium | Alumni Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 South Carolina State $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina A&T | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delaware State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morgan State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Howard | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland Eastern Shore | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina Central | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Hornets were invited to the Orange Blossom Classic, where they lost to the black national champion Florida A&M, 37–15.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 10 | at South Carolina State | L 0–21 | 7,343 | [3][4] | |
| September 17 | Clarion State* | L 3–8 | [5] | ||
| September 24 | at Salisbury* | Salisbury, MD | W 18–17 | 3,100 | [6] |
| October 1 | at Maryland Eastern Shore | Princess Anne, MD | W 22–0 | [7] | |
| October 8 | Howard |
| W 18–0 | 1,000 | [8] |
| October 15 | at North Carolina Central | W 23–0 | 11,000 | [9] | |
| October 22 | Morgan State |
| W 20–6 | [10] | |
| October 29 | Kentucky State* |
| W 10–3 | [11] | |
| November 5 | at Bethune–Cookman* | Daytona Beach, FL | W 10–6 | [12] | |
| November 12 | North Carolina A&T |
| L 7–22 | 3,600 | [13] |
| December 10 | vs. Florida A&M* | L 15–37 | 29,493 | [14][15] | |
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