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 →

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

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.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	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	Washington, DC	L 0–10	^[5]
October 14	North Carolina Central	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	W 14–10	^[6]
October 21	at Morgan State	Hughes Stadium Baltimore, MD	L 7–42	^[7]
October 28	Maryland Eastern Shore	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	L 0–19	^[8]
November 4	Hofstra*	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	W 26–7	^[9]
November 11	at North Carolina A&T	World War Memorial Stadium Greensboro, NC	L 7–13	^[10]
November 18	South Carolina State	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	W 29–21	^[11]
*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
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