The 2019 Delaware State Hornets football team represented

Delaware State University Delaware State University (DSU or Del State) is a public historically black land-grant research university in Dover, Delaware. DSU also has two satellite campuses: one in Wilmington and one in Georgetown. The university encompasses four colle ...

in the

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. They were led by second-year head coach

Rod Milstead Roderick Leon Milstead, Jr (born November 10, 1969) is the former head football coach at Delaware State University. He is a former American football guard in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers and Washi ...

and played their home games at

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. They were a member of the

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(MEAC). They finished the season 2–10, 1–7 in MEAC play to finish in last place.

Preseason

MEAC poll

In the MEAC preseason poll released on July 26, 2019, the Hornets were predicted to finish in ninth place.

Preseason All–MEAC teams

The Hornets had eight players selected to the preseason all-MEAC teams. First Team Offense Kaiden Crawford – OL Third Team Offense Isiah Williams – TE First Team Defense Brian Cavicante – LB Jahad Neibauer – DB Second Team Defense Christian Johnson – DL Jose Romo-Martinez – K Fidel Romo–Martinez – P Third Team Defense Devin Smith – DB

Schedule

Game summaries

At Delaware

Lincoln (PA)

Howard

At North Carolina A&T

South Carolina State

At Morgan State

Merrimack

At North Carolina Central

At Florida A&M

Bethune–Cookman

Norfolk State

Saint Francis (PA)

References

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Delaware State Delaware State University (DSU or Del State) is a public historically black land-grant research university in Dover, Delaware. DSU also has two satellite campuses: one in Wilmington and one in Georgetown. The university encompasses four colle ...

Delaware State Hornets football seasons

Delaware State Hornets football The Delaware State Hornets football team represents Delaware State University (DSU) at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They play at the 7,193-seat Alumni Stadiu ...