2007 Delaware State Hornets football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 2007
| team = Delaware State Hornets
| sport = football
| image= Delaware State Hornets wordmark.svg
| image_size= 250
| conference = Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
| short_conf = MEAC
| TSNRank = 15
| record = 10–2
| conf_record = 9–0
| head_coach= Al Lavan
| hc_year = 4th
| off_coach =
| oc_year =
| off_scheme =
| def_coach = Rayford Petty
| dc_year = 1st
| def_scheme =
| captain =
| stadium = Alumni Stadium
| champion = Black college national champion
MEAC champion
| bowl = NCAA Division I First Round
| bowl_result = L 7–44 vs. Delaware
}}
{{2007 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings}}
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.{{cite news |title=Tuskegee Golden Tigers named 2007 SBN national champions |page=B1 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FegkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nxMGAAAAIBAJ&pg=899%2C5340734 |newspaper=The Tuskegee News |publisher=Google News |date=November 20, 2007 |access-date=December 1, 2012}}{{cite news |title=DSU chosen No. 1 in black college poll |page=C5 |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/delawareonline/access/1743579211.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+18%2C+2008&author=&pub=The+News+Journal&desc=DSU+chosen+No.+1+in+black+college+poll&pqatl=google |archive-url=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 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |newspaper=The News Journal |publisher=ProQuest |date=January 18, 2008 |access-date=December 1, 2012 }}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 2007
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FCS
| poll = The Sports Network
| timezone = Eastern
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 1
| time = 7:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Coastal Carolina
| site_stadium = Alumni Stadium
| site_cityst = Dover, DE
| tv =
| score = 23–18
| attend = 3,248
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 8
| time = 6:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=2007|team=Florida A&M Rattlers|title=Florida A&M}}
| site_stadium = Bragg Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Tallahassee, FL
| tv =
| score = 20–7
| attend = 14,327
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 15
| time = 4:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Kent State
| site_stadium = Dix Stadium
| site_cityst = Kent, OH
| tv =
| score = 7–38
| attend = 8,455
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 29
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=2007|team=Hampton Pirates|title=Hampton}}
| site_stadium = Armstrong Stadium
| site_cityst = Hampton, VA
| tv =
| score = 24–17
| attend = 7,195
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 4
| time = 7:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=2007|team=Bethune-Cookman Wildcats|title=Bethune-Cookman}}
| site_stadium = Alumni Stadium
| site_cityst = Dover, DE
| tv = ESPNU
| score = 24–10
| attend = 3,239
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 13
| time = 1:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=2007|team=North Carolina A&T Aggies|title=North Carolina A&T}}
| site_stadium = Aggie Stadium
| site_cityst = Greensboro, NC
| tv =
| score = 27–0
| attend = 9,934
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 20
| time = 3:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| homecoming = y
| rank = 15
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=2007|team=Morgan State Bears|title=Morgan State}}
| site_stadium = Alumni Stadium
| site_cityst = Dover, DE
| tv = Comcast CN8
| score = 25–17
| attend = 5,446
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 27
| time = 1:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 12
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=2007|team=South Carolina State Bulldogs|title=South Carolina State}}
| site_stadium = Dawson Bulldog Stadium
| site_cityst = Orangeburg, SC
| tv =
| score = 17–16
| attend = 15,388
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 3
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| rank = 12
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=2007|team=Winston-Salem State Rams|title=Winston-Salem State}}
| site_stadium = Bowman Gray Stadium
| site_cityst = Winston-Salem, NC
| tv =
| score = 23–20
| attend = 15,432
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 10
| time = 12:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| rank = 10
| opponent = Norfolk State
| site_stadium = Alumni Stadium
| site_cityst = Dover, DE
| tv =
| score = 28–21
| overtime = OT
| attend = 6,682
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 17
| time = 12:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| rank = 10
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=2007|team=Howard Bison|title=Howard}}
| site_stadium = Alumni Stadium
| site_cityst = Dover, DE
| tv = Comcast/SND (tape delay)
| score = 29–13
| attend = 1,985
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 24
| time = 1:30 p.m.
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| rank = 9
| opponent = Delaware
| opprank = 13
| site_stadium = Delaware Stadium
| site_cityst = Newark, DE
| gamename = NCAA Division I First Round, rivalry
| tv = ESPN
| score = 7–44
| attend = 19,765
}}
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Delaware State Hornets football navbox}}
{{Black college football national champion navbox}}
{{Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football champions}}
Category:Delaware State Hornets football seasons
Category:Black college football national champions
Category:Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football champion seasons