1952 Delaware State Hornets football team

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1952 Delaware State Hornets football
ConferenceCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record1–7 (1–5 CIAA)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1951
1953 →
1952 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Virginia State $ 7 0 0 8 1 0
No. 11 North Carolina A&T 5 2 0 6 4 0
St. Augustine's 5 2 0 7 2 0
No. 19 North Carolina College 4 2 0 4 4 0
No. 20 Morgan State 4 2 0 4 4 1
Johnson C. Smith 4 2 0 5 2 0
No. 17 Howard 5 2 1 6 2 1
West Virginia State 5 3 0 6 4 0
No. 21 Hampton 4 4 0 4 5 0
Lincoln (PA) 2 3 1 5 3 1
Winston-Salem State 2 4 0 4 4 0
Delaware State 1 5 0 1 7 0
Bluefield State 1 5 0 1 7 0
Virginia Union 1 6 0 1 8 0
Saint Paul's (VA) 0 6 0 0 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Associated Negro Press[1]

The 1952 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State College—now known as Delaware State University—as a member of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) in the 1952 college football season.[2][3] Led by coach Willard S. Jones in his second year, the Hornets compiled a 1–7 record, being shut out three times and outscored 48 to 205.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
September 278:15 p.m.at King's (PA)*L 6–33[4]
October 4Morgan StateDover, DEL 6–33[5]
October 10at Maryland State*Princess Anne, MDL 0–60[6]
October 18Johnson C. SmithDover, DEL 0–21[7]
October 25at Lincoln (PA)Lincoln, PAL 6–26
November 1Saint Paul's (VA)Dover, DEW 24–0
November 15HowardDover, DEL 0–25[8]
November 22at St. Augustine'sRaleigh, NCL 6–7
  • *Non-conference game

References

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  1. ^ "Press Syndicate Rates Fla. Top Eleven". Baltimore Afro-American. December 20, 1952. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "2020 Delaware State Football Media Guide" (PDF). Delaware State University. p. 24.
  3. ^ "Delaware State Game by Game Results". July 29, 2014. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014.
  4. ^ "Kingsmen To Open Against Delaware". Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, The Evening News. September 25, 1952 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "MORGAN WINS EASILY, 33-6". The Baltimore Sun. September 5, 1952 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ "Maryland State Wins Easily 60-0". The Daily Times. October 13, 1952 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  7. ^ "Delaware State Bows To Johnson C. Smith". The News Journal. October 20, 1952 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  8. ^ "Howard Beats Del. State, 25-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 16, 1952 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon