1995 Delaware State Hornets football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1995
| team = Delaware State Hornets
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
| short_conf = MEAC
| record = 6–5
| conf_record = 5–1
| head_coach = Bill Collick
| hc_year = 11th
| captain =
| stadium = Alumni Stadium
}}
{{1995 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings}}
The 1995 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State College (now known as Delaware State University) as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) during the 1995 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 11th-year head coach Bill Collick, the Hornets compiled an overall record of 6–5, with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, and finished second in the MEAC.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1995
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I-AA
| poll = The Sports Network
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 2
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Rhode Island
| site_stadium = Alumni Stadium
| site_cityst = Dover, DE
| score = 14–17
| attend = 3,982
| source = {{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-journal-hornets-get-stung-again/164978011/|newspaper=The News Journal|title=Hornets get stung again|date=September 3, 1995|accessdate=February 8, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 16
| w/l = l
| away = y
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Western Illinois
| opprank = 23
| site_stadium = Hanson Field
| site_cityst = Macomb, IL
| score = 14–41
| attend =
| source = {{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-journal-delstate-offense-goes-f/164978212/|newspaper=The News Journal|title=DelState offense goes flat|date=September 17, 1995|accessdate=February 8, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 23
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Liberty
| site_stadium = Alumni Stadium
| site_cityst = Dover, DE
| score = 14–41
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-advance-chiles-leads-libert/164978364/|work=The News and Advance|title=Chiles leads Liberty in rout of Delaware State|date=September 24, 1995|accessdate=February 8, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 30
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1995|team=Norfolk State Spartans|title=Norfolk State}}
| site_stadium = Alumni Stadium
| site_cityst = Dover, DE
| score = 20–14
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-journal-hornets-finally-get-a-w/164978537/|work=The News Journal|title=Hornets finally get a win|date=October 1, 1995|accessdate=February 8, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 7
| w/l = l
| away = y
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Hampton
| site_stadium = Armstrong Stadium
| site_cityst = Hampton, VA
| score = 21–51
| attend = 4,114
| source = {{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-press-pirates-thump-hornets/164978698/|newspaper=Daily Press|title=Pirates thump Hornets|date=October 8, 1995|accessdate=February 8, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 14
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Florida A&M
| opprank = 21
| site_stadium = Bragg Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Tallahassee, FL
| score = 21–24
| attend = 13,181
| source = {{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tallahassee-democrat-famu-takes-first-pl/153161330/|newspaper=Tallahassee Democrat|title=FAMU takes first place in MEAC|date=October 15, 1995|accessdate=February 8, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 21
| w/l = w
| homecoming = y
| opponent = Morgan State
| site_stadium = Alumni Stadium
| site_cityst = Dover, DE
| score = 41–17
| attend = 4,810
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-delaware-state-uses-th/164978936/|work=The Baltimore Sun|title=Delaware State uses Thorne to run Morgan into ground|date=October 22, 1995|accessdate=February 8, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 28
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = South Carolina State
| site_stadium = Oliver C. Dawson Stadium
| site_cityst = Orangeburg, SC
| score = 20–7
| attend = 21,202
| source = {{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-hornets-sting-bulldogs-in-upse/164979132/|newspaper=The State|title=Hornets sting Bulldogs in upset|date=October 29, 1995|accessdate=February 8, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 4
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = North Carolina A&T
| site_stadium = Aggie Stadium
| site_cityst = Greensboro, NC
| score = 17–10
| attend = 6,526
| source = {{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-and-record-at-finds-another-way-to/164979359/|newspaper=News and Record|title=A&T finds another way to suffer a loss|date=November 5, 1995|accessdate=February 8, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 11
| w/l = w
| opponent = Bethune–Cookman
| site_stadium = Alumni Stadium
| site_cityst = Dover, DE
| score = 30–20
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune-delaware-state-passes/164979519/|work=The Tampa Tribune|title=Delaware State passes test against B–CC|date=November 12, 1995|accessdate=February 8, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 18
| w/l = w
| opponent = Howard
| site_stadium = Alumni Stadium
| site_cityst = Dover, DE
| score = 20–13
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-journal-risen-from-the-depths/164979652/|work=The News Journal|title=Risen from the depths; DelState tops Howard to clinch winning year|date=November 19, 1995|accessdate=February 8, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
}}
References
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