2007 Delaware State Hornets football team

2007 Delaware State Hornets football
Black college national champion
MEAC champion
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 StadiumDover, DE W 23–18   3,248
September 8 6:00 p.m. at Florida A&M Bragg Memorial StadiumTallahassee, FL W 20–7   14,327
September 15 4:00 p.m. at Kent State* Dix StadiumKent, OH L 7–38   8,455
September 29 1:00 p.m. at Hampton Armstrong StadiumHampton, 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 StadiumGreensboro, NC W 27–0   9,934
October 20 3:30 p.m. Morgan Statedagger No. 15 Alumni Stadium • Dover, DE Comcast CN8 W 25–17   5,446
October 27 1:30 p.m. at South Carolina State No. 12 Dawson Bulldog StadiumOrangeburg, SC W 17–16   15,388
November 3 2:00 p.m. at Winston-Salem State* No. 12 Bowman Gray StadiumWinston-Salem, NC W 23–20   15,432
November 10 12:00 p.m. Norfolk State No. 10 Alumni Stadium • Dover, DE W 28–21 OT  6,682
November 17 12:00 p.m. Howard No. 10 Alumni Stadium • Dover, DE Comcast/SND (Tape Delay) W 29–13   1,985
November 24 1:30 p.m. at No. 13 Delaware* No. 9 Delaware StadiumNewark, 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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