2007 Delaware State Hornets football team explained

Year:2007
Team:Delaware State Hornets
Sport:football
Conference:Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Short Conf:MEAC
Tsnrank:15
Record:10–2
Conf Record:9–0
Head Coach:Al Lavan
Hc Year:4th
Def Coach:Rayford Petty
Dc Year:1st
Stadium:Alumni Stadium
Champion:Black college national champion
MEAC champion
Bowl:NCAA Division I First Round
Bowl Result:L 7–44 vs. Delaware

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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Tuskegee Golden Tigers named 2007 SBN national champions . B1 . The Tuskegee News . Google News . November 20, 2007 . December 1, 2012.
  2. News: DSU chosen No. 1 in black college poll . C5 . https://archive.today/20130131183620/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/delawareonline/access/1743579211.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+18,+2008&author=&pub=The+News+Journal&desc=DSU+chosen+No.+1+in+black+college+poll&pqatl=google . dead . January 31, 2013 . The News Journal . ProQuest . January 18, 2008 . December 1, 2012 .