List of Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). Since the team's creation in 1889, the Fightin' Blue Hens have participated in more than 1,100 officially-sanctioned games.

For most of its existence, Delaware competed as an independent. Delaware was a member of the Mason-Dixon Conference in 1946, the Middle Atlantic Conference from 1958–1969, the Yankee Conference from 1983–1996, the Atlantic 10 Conference from 1997–2006, and the Colonial Athletic Association beginning in 2007.

Seasons

National Champions Conference Champions Bowl game berth
Year Coach Conference Record[1] Postseason TSN Postseason
Wins Losses Ties
Delaware
1889No CoachInd111
1890Ind320
1891Ind531
1892Ind122
1893Ind210
1894Ind110
1895Ind130
1896Ira PierceInd060
1897Herbert RiceInd240
1898Ind252
1899Ind620
1900Ind231
1901Ind540
1902Clarence A. ShortInd351
1903Nathan MannakeeInd440
1904Ind151
1905Ind341
1906Clarence A. ShortInd510
1907E. Pratt KingInd051
1908William McAvoyInd341
1909Ind161
1910Ind122
Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens
1911William McAvoyInd252
1912Ind161
1913Ind242
1914Ind711
1915Ind630
1916Ind431
1917Stan BaumgartnerInd250
1918Milton AronowitzInd122
1919Burton ShipleyInd251
1920Ind351
1921Sylvester DerbyInd540
1922William McAvoyInd630
1923Ind531
1924Ind431
1925R. M. ForstburgInd440
1926Ind350
1927Joseph J. RothrockInd251
1928Ind260
1929Gus ZieglerInd071
1930Ind631
1931Charles RogersInd512
1932Ind540
1933Ind242
1934Skip StahleyInd431
1935Lyal ClarkInd251
1936Ind260
1937Ind170
1938Stephen GrendaInd350
1939Ind170
1940William D. MurrayInd530
1941Ind701
1942Ind800
1946Mason-Dixon1000Won 1947 Cigar Bowl vs. Rollins, 21–7
1947Ind440
1948Ind530
1949Ind810
1950Ind251
1951David M. NelsonInd530
1952Ind440
1953Ind710
1954Ind820Won 1954 Refrigerator Bowl vs. Kent State, 19–7
1955Ind810
1956Ind531
1957Ind430
1958MAC530
1959MAC810
1960MAC261
1961MAC440
1962MAC720
1963MAC800
1964MAC450
1965MAC540
1966Tubby RaymondMAC630
1967MAC270
1968MAC830Won 1968 Boardwalk Bowl vs. IUP, 31–24
1969MAC920Won 1969 Boardwalk Bowl vs. North Carolina Central, 31–13
1970Ind920Won 1970 Boardwalk Bowl vs. Morgan State, 38–23
1971Ind1010Won 1971 Boardwalk Bowl vs. C.W. Post, 72–22
1972Ind1000
1973Ind840Lost NCAA Semifinals (1973 Boardwalk Bowl) vs. Grambling State, 8–17
1974Ind1220Won NCAA Quarterfinals vs. Youngstown State, 35–14
Won NCAA Semifinals (Grantland Rice Bowl) vs. UNLV, 49–11
Lost NCAA Division II Championship Game (Camellia Bowl) vs. Central Michigan, 14–54
1975Ind830
1976Ind831Lost NCAA Quarterfinals vs. Northern Michigan, 17–28
1977Ind631
1978Ind1040Won NCAA Quarterfinals vs. Jacksonville State, 42–27
Won NCAA Semifinals vs. Winston-Salem, 41–0
Lost NCAA Division II Championship Game vs. Eastern Illinois, 9–10
1979Ind1310Won NCAA Quarterfinals vs. Virginia Union, 58–28
Won NCAA Semifinals vs. Mississippi College, 60–10
Won NCAA Division II Championship Game (Zia Bowl) vs. Youngstown State, 38–21
1980Ind920
1981Ind930Lost NCAA I-AA Quarterfinals vs. Eastern Kentucky, 28–35
1982Ind1220Won NCAA I-AA Quarterfinals vs. Colgate, 20–13
Won NCAA I-AA Semifinals vs. Louisiana Tech, 17–0
Lost NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game (Pioneer Bowl) vs. Eastern Kentucky, 14–17
1983Yankee470
1984Yankee830
1985Yankee740
1986Yankee940Won NCAA I-AA Opening Round vs. William & Mary, 51–17
Lost NCAA I-AA Quarterfinals vs. Arkansas State, 14–55
1987Yankee560
1988Yankee750Lost NCAA I-AA Opening Round vs. Furman, 7–21
1989Yankee740
1990Yankee650
1991Yankee1020Lost NCAA I-AA Opening Round vs. James Madison, 35–42 (2OT)
1992Yankee1130Won NCAA I-AA Opening Round vs. Samford, 56–21
Won NCAA I-AA Quarterfinals vs. Northeast Louisiana, 41–18
Lost I-AA Semifinals vs. Marshall, 7–28
1993Yankee940Won NCAA I-AA Opening Round vs. Montana, 49–48
Lost NCAA I-AA Quarterfinals vs. Marshall, 31–34
1994Yankee731
1995Yankee1120Won NCAA I-AA Opening Round vs. Hofstra, 38–17
Lost NCAA I-AA Quarterfinals vs. McNeese State, 18–52
1996Yankee84[A 1]Lost NCAA I-AA Opening Round vs. Marshall, 14–5910
1997Atlantic 10122Won NCAA I-AA 1st Round vs. Hofstra, 24–14
Won NCAA I-AA Quarterfinals vs. Georgia Southern, 16–7
Lost NCAA I-AA Semifinal vs. McNeese State, 21–23
3
1998Atlantic 107423
1999Atlantic 1074
2000Atlantic 10122Won NCAA I-AA Opening Round vs. Portland State, 49–14
Won NCAA I-AA Quarterfinals vs. Lehigh, 49–22
Lost NCAA I-AA Semifinals vs. Georgia Southern, 18–27
3
2001Atlantic 1046
2002K. C. KeelerAtlantic 1066
2003Atlantic 10151Won NCAA I-AA Opening Round vs. Southern Illinois, 48–7
Won NCAA I-AA Quarterfinals vs. Northern Iowa, 37–7
Won NCAA I-AA Semifinals vs. Wofford
Won NCAA I-AA Championship Game vs. Colgate, 40–0
1
2004Atlantic 1094Won NCAA I-AA Opening Round vs. Lafayette, 28–14
Lost NCAA I-AA Quarterfinals vs. William & Mary, 38–44
7
2005Atlantic 1065
2006Atlantic 1056
2007CAA56Won NCAA I-AA Opening Round vs. Delaware State, 44–7
Won NCAA I-AA Quarterfinals vs. Northern Iowa, 39–27
Won NCAA I-AA Semifinals vs. Southern Illinois, 20–17
Lost NCAA I-AA Championship Game vs. Appalachian State, 21–49
2
2008CAA48
2009CAA65
2010CAA123Won NCAA FCS Second Round vs. Lehigh, 42–20
Won NCAA FCS Quarterfinals vs. New Hampshire, 16–3
Won NCAA FCS Semifinals vs. Georgia Southern, 27–10
Lost NCAA FCS Championship vs. Eastern Washington, 19–20
2
2011CAA7417
2012CAA56
2013Dave BrockCAA75
2014CAA66
2015CAA11
Total 677 437 44 (all games)

Notes

  1. Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[2]

References

  1. "All-Time Results" (PDF). University of Delaware Athletics. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
  2. Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
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