1942 Delaware State Hornets football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–1–1
Head coach	Dyke Smith (1st season)
Home stadium	Soldier's Field
Seasons ← 1941 1944 →

1942 Southern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Delaware		–		8	–	0	–	0
Mississippi Southern		–		4	–	0	–	0
Sewanee		–		1	–	0	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		7	–	2	–	0
Delaware State		–		3	–	1	–	1
Middle Tennessee State Teachers		–		4	–	2	–	1
Chattanooga		–		7	–	4	–	0
Georgetown		–		5	–	3	–	1
Navy		–		5	–	4	–	0
West Virginia		–		5	–	4	–	0
Western Maryland		–		4	–	4	–	1
Tennessee Tech		–		3	–	4	–	2
Virginia		–		2	–	6	–	1
Roanoke		–		1	–	5	–	1

The 1942 Delaware State Hornets football team represented the State College for Colored Students—now known as Delaware State University—in the 1942 college football season as an independent.^[1]^[2]^[3] Led by first-year head coach Dyke Smith, the Hornets compiled a 3–1–1 record.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2		at Virginia Union	Richmond, VA	W 6–0		^[4]
October 24		at Howard	Washington, DC	T 13–13	4,000	^[5]
October 31		Winston-Salem	Soldier's Field Dover, DE	W 32–6		^[6]
November 14		Fort DuPont	Soldier's Field Dover, DE	W 27–0		^[7]^[8]
November 21	2:00 p.m.	vs. Lincoln (PA)	Wilmington Park Wilmington, DE	L 6–34	1,800	^[9]^[10]^[11]

References

^ "2020 Delaware State Football Media Guide" (PDF). Delaware State University. p. 23.
^ "Delaware State Game by Game Results". July 29, 2014. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014.
^ "Delaware State College Gridders Banquet Guests". The Morning News. December 14, 1942 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "State Gridders Set for Lincoln". The News Journal. November 19, 1942 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Delaware State Eleven Battles Howard to Tie". The Morning News. October 27, 1942 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Football Results". The York Dispatch. November 2, 1942 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Delaware State Drubs Soldiers". The News Journal. November 16, 1942 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Delaware State College To Meet Fort DuPont". The Morning News. November 13, 1942 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Lincoln Eleven Easily Defeats Delaware State". The News Journal. November 23, 1942 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Delaware State Eleven Meets Lincoln Rival Here Tomorrow". The News Journal. November 20, 1942 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Lincoln University Downs Delaware State by 34 to 6". The Morning News. November 23, 1942 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e Delaware State Hornets football
Venues	Soldier's Field (1924–1956) Dover Baseball Park (alternative) Alumni Stadium (1957–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Delaware: Route 1 Rivalry
Culture & lore	Hornet The Approaching Storm
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
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