1947 Delaware State Hornets football team

1947 Delaware State Hornets football
1947 Delaware State Hornets football
Conference	Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	4–4 (4–3 CIAA)
Head coach	Tom Conrad (4th season);
	Seasons ← 1946 1948 →

The 1947 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State College—now known as Delaware State University—as a member of Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) in the 1947 college football season.^[2]^[3] The Hornets compiled a 4–4 record under coach Tom Conrad.

1947 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Shaw $	6	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	0
No. 7 Virginia State	7	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
No. 4 Hampton	5	–	1	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
No. 11 Howard	6	–	2	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
No. 9 Morgan State	5	–	2	–	1	5	–	2	–	1
No. 14 West Virginia State	4	–	1	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
No. 19 Lincoln (PA)	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Delaware State	4	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Virginia Union	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Winston-Salem State	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
North Carolina A&T	1	–	5	–	1	1	–	5	–	1
North Carolina College	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Bluefield State	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Saint Paul's (VA)	0	–	5	–	1	0	–	5	–	1
Johnson C. Smith	0	–	2	–	1	1	–	5	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from the Pittsburgh Courier using the Dickinson Ratings System.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27		at North Carolina College	Durham, NC	W 7–0
October 4		at Morgan State	Baltimore, MD	L 0–31
October 11	2:15 p.m.	vs. Lincoln (PA)	Wilmington Park Wilmington, DE	L 7–20	1,448	^[4]
October 18	2:30 p.m.	at Johnson C. Smith	American Legion Memorial Stadium Charlotte, NC	W 11–7		^[5]
October 25		at Winston-Salem	Winston-Salem, NC	W 20–6
November 8		at Wilberforce State*	Wilberforce Stadium Wilberforce, OH	L 0–31
November 15		at Howard	Washington, DC	L 0–27
November 22		Saint Paul's (VA)	Dover, DE	W 27–6^[a]		^[6]
*Non-conference game