2007 Delaware State Hornets football team

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2007 Delaware State Hornets football
ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 15
Record10–2 (9–0 MEAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium
Seasons
← 2006
2008 →
2007 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 15 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 poll

The 2007 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State University as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) 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 finished the season with 10–2 overall, won the MEAC title with a 9–0 mark in conference play and lost to Delaware in the First Round of the NCAA Division I 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[edit]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:00 p.m.Coastal Carolina*
W 23–183,248
September 86:00 p.m.at Florida A&M
W 20–714,327
September 154:00 p.m.at Kent State*
L 7–388,455
September 291:00 p.m.at Hampton
W 24–177,195
October 47:30 p.m.Bethune-Cookman
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Dover, DE
ESPNUW 24–103,239
October 131:30 p.m.at North Carolina A&T
W 27–09,934
October 203:30 p.m.Morgan StatedaggerNo. 15
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Dover, DE
Comcast CN8W 25–175,446
October 271:30 p.m.at South Carolina StateNo. 12
W 17–1615,388
November 32:00 p.m.at Winston-Salem State*No. 12
W 23–2015,432
November 1012:00 p.m.Norfolk StateNo. 10
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Dover, DE
W 28–21 OT6,682
November 1712:00 p.m.HowardNo. 10
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Dover, DE
Comcast/SND (tape delay)W 29–131,985
November 241:30 p.m.at No. 13 Delaware*No. 9
ESPNL 7–4419,765

References[edit]

  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.[permanent dead link]
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