2020 Delaware State Hornets football team

2020 Delaware State Hornets football
Conference	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record	2–3 (2–2 MEAC)
Head coach	Rod Milstead (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Steve Azzanesi (1st season)
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium

2020 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
Delaware State		2	–	2					2	–	3
Howard*		0	–	2					0	–	2
South Division
South Carolina State		2	–	0					3	–	1
Notes: Due to COVID-19, the Mid-Eastern Athletic suspended the fall 2020 football season. Florida A&M, Bethune–Cookman, North Carolina Central, North Carolina A&T, Morgan State, and Norfolk State opted out of the spring season. The MEAC suspended the spring season on February 11, due to only having three schools playing in the spring. * – Ineligible for FCS postseason play due to NCAA sanctions Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2020 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Rod Milstead and played their home games at Alumni Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC).

On July 16, 2020, the MEAC announced that it would cancel its fall sports seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The league did not rule out the possibility of playing in the spring, and later released its spring schedule on December 14, 2020.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
February 27	12:00 p.m.	Howard	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	ESPN3	W 17–10
March 13	1:30 p.m.	at South Carolina State	Oliver C. Dawson Stadium Orangeburg, SC	ESPN3	L 9–17
April 3	1:00 p.m.	at Howard	William H. Greene Stadium Washington, D.C.	ESPN3	W 37–28
April 10	6:00 p.m.	No. 8 Delaware*	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE (Route 1 Rivalry)	ESPN2	L 14–34
April 17	6:00 p.m.	South Carolina State	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	ESPN3	L 28–31OT
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time