2007 Delaware State Hornets football team

2007 Delaware State Hornets football
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Champions
Black College National Champions
Conference Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
2007 record 10–2 (9–0 MEAC)
Head coach Al Lavan (4th year)
Home stadium Alumni Stadium
(Capacity: 7,193)
2007 MEAC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Delaware State $^   9 – 0         10 – 2  
Norfolk State   7 – 2         8 – 3  
South Carolina State   7 – 2         7 – 4  
Hampton   5 – 4         6 – 5  
Winston-Salem State   5 – 4         6 – 5  
Morgan State   4 – 5         5 – 6  
Bethune-Cookman   3 – 6         5 – 6  
Howard   3 – 6         4 – 7  
Florida A&M   2 – 7         3 – 8  
North Carolina A&T   0 – 9         0 – 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network

The 2007 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth year head coach Al Lavan and played their home games at Alumni Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), and finished the season with ten wins and two losses (10–2), as MEAC Champions and with a loss against Delaware in the FCS playoffs. The 2007 Hornets squad won the black college football national championship as awarded by the American Sports Wire and as the national runner-up behind Tuskegee as awarded by SBN.[1][2]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 1 7:00 p.m. Coastal Carolina* Alumni Stadium • Dover, DE W 23–18   3,248
September 8 6:00 p.m. at Florida A&M Bragg Memorial Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 20–7   14,327
September 15 4:00 p.m. at Kent State* Dix Stadium • Kent, OH L 7–38   8,455
September 29 1:00 p.m. at Hampton Armstrong Stadium • Hampton, VA W 24–17   7,195
October 4 7:30 p.m. Bethune-Cookman Alumni Stadium • Dover, DE ESPNU W 24–10   3,239
October 13 1:30 p.m. at North Carolina A&T Aggie Stadium • Greensboro, NC W 27–0   9,934
October 20 3:30 p.m. Morgan Statedagger #15 Alumni Stadium • Dover, DE Comcast CN8 W 25–17   5,446
October 27 1:30 p.m. at South Carolina State #12 Dawson Bulldog Stadium • Orangeburg, SC W 17–16   15,388
November 3 2:00 p.m. at Winston-Salem State* #12 Bowman Gray Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC W 23–20   15,432
November 10 12:00 p.m. Norfolk State #10 Alumni Stadium • Dover, DE W 28–21 OT  6,682
November 17 12:00 p.m. Howard #10 Alumni Stadium • Dover, DE Comcast/SND (Tape Delay) W 29–13   1,985
November 24 1:30 p.m. at #13 Delaware* #9 Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE (FCS First Round) ESPN L 7–44   19,765
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from The Sports Network at time of game. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

References

  1. ↑ "Tuskegee Golden Tigers named 2007 SBN national champions". The Tuskegee News (Google News). November 20, 2007. p. B1. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
  2. ↑ "DSU chosen No. 1 in black college poll". The News Journal (ProQuest). January 18, 2008. p. C5. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
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