1978 Delaware State Hornets football team
American college football season
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The 1978 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) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Ed Wyche, the Hornets compiled an overall record of 3–7, with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, and finished third in the MEAC.
ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record3–7 (3–3 MEAC)
Headcoach
- Ed Wyche (4th season)
HomestadiumAlumni Stadium
| 1978 Delaware State Hornets football | |
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| Conference | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
| Record | 3–7 (3–3 MEAC) |
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| Home stadium | Alumni Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 South Carolina State $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina A&T | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delaware State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morgan State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Howard | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland Eastern Shore | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina Central | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 9 | South Carolina State | L 0–34 | 2,000 | [4] | |
| September 16 | at Clarion* |
| L 10–31 | [5] | |
| September 23 | at No. 7 Florida A&M* | L 0–37 | 17,532 | [6][7] | |
| September 30 | Maryland Eastern Shore |
| L 7–17 | 1,200 | [8][9] |
| October 7 | at Howard | L 6–37 | [10] | ||
| October 14 | North Carolina Central |
| W 16–13 | 13,500 | [11][12] |
| October 21 | at Morgan State | W 13–6 | 16,423 | [13][14] | |
| October 28 | at Kentucky State* | L 12–18 | [15] | ||
| November 4 | at Bethune–Cookman* |
| L 7–17 | 4,450 | [16] |
| November 11 | at North Carolina A&T | W 9–6 | [17] | ||
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