1945 Delaware State Hornets football
Conference	Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	4–3 (3–3 CIAA)
Head coach	Tom Conrad (2nd season)
Seasons ← 1944 1946 →

The 1945 Delaware State Hornets football team represented the State College for Colored Students—now known as Delaware State University—as a member of Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) in the 1945 college football season.^[1]^[2] The Hornets compiled a 4–3 record under coach Tom Conrad.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 29	at North Carolina Central	Durham, NC	W 13–12
October 6	at Morgan State	Baltimore, MD	L 0–27
October 13	Lincoln	Dover, DE	L 13–25	^[3]
October 27	at Hampton	Armstrong Stadium Hampton, VA	W 14–0	^[4]
November 3	at Howard	Washington, DC	L 19–25
November 17	at Winston-Salem*	Winston-Salem, NC	W ?
November 22	Bluefield State	Dover, DE	W 26–0	^[5]
*Non-conference game

References

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
Seasons	1924–1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
National championship seasons in bold