The 1946 Delaware State Hornets football team represented the State College for Colored Students—now known as
Delaware State University—as a member of
Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) in the
1946 college football season
The 1946 college football season was the 78th season of intercollegiate football in the United States. Competition included schools from the Big Ten Conference, the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the Big Six C ...
.
The Hornets compiled a 5–4 record under coach
Tom Conrad. The Hornets were invited to three bowls after the season: the
Cattle Bowl in
Fort Worth, Texas, the
Palmetto Bowl
Palmetto (meaning "little palm") may refer to:
Palms
Several small palms in the Arecaceae (palm tree) family:
*in the genus ''Sabal'':
**Bermuda palmetto, ''Sabal bermudana''
**Birmingham palmetto, ''Sabal'' 'Birmingham'
**Dwarf, or bush palme ...
in
Columbia, South Carolina, and the
Flower Bowl in
Jacksonville, Florida. They turned down offers from Texas and South Carolina to play against
Florida N&I in the Flower Bowl. They won the game 7–6 after blocking a conversion attempt at the end of the game.
[ ] It is currently the only Delaware State bowl game win in history.
Schedule
Notes
References
Delaware State
Delaware State Hornets football seasons
Delaware State Hornets football
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