1949 Delaware State Hornets football team

1949 Delaware State Hornets football
Conference	Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	3–5–1 (3–5–1 CIAA)
Head coach	Tom Conrad (6th season)

1949 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Morgan State $	7	–	0	–	0			8	–	0	–	0
No. 2 West Virginia State	5	–	0	–	1			8	–	0	–	1
No. 6 North Carolina A&T	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Shaw	7	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
No. 25 St. Augustine's	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
No. 21 Virginia State	4	–	2	–	1			4	–	2	–	1
No. 22 Howard	6	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
No. 24 North Carolina College	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
No. 13 Hampton	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Winston-Salem State	1	–	2	–	3			3	–	3	–	3
Delaware State	3	–	5	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Johnson C. Smith	2	–	3	–	1			2	–	4	–	1
Lincoln (PA)	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Bluefield State	1	–	5	–	1			2	–	5	–	1
Virginia Union	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	8	–	0
Saint Paul's (VA)	0	–	8	–	0			0	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from the Pittsburgh Courier

The 1949 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State College—now known as Delaware State University—as a member of the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) in the 1949 college football season. The Hornets compiled a 3–5–1 record under coach Tom Conrad.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 24	Winston-Salem State	Dover, DE	T 12–12
October 1	at Morgan State	Hughes Stadium Baltimore, MD	L 0–32
October 8	Lincoln (PA)	Dover, DE	W 26–20
October 15	at Johnson C. Smith	Charlotte, NC	L 6–10
October 22	at North Carolina College	Durham, NC	L 0–27
October 29	Saint Paul's (VA)	Dover, DE	W 40–0
November 5	at Bluefield State	Bluefield, WV	W 13–11
November 12	at Howard	Washington, DC	L 7–38
November 19	St. Augustine's	Dover, DE	L 7–13