# 2019 Delaware State Hornets football team

The 2019 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Rod Milstead and played their home games at Alumni Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (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.
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | North Carolina A&T | 304 (12) |
| 2 | Bethune–Cookman | 237 (1) |
| 3 | Florida A&M | 204 (2) |
| 4 | Howard | 166 |
| 5 | North Carolina Central | 161 (1) |
| 6 | South Carolina State | 152 |
| 7 | Norfolk State | 119 (1) |
| 8 | Morgan State | 87 (1) |
| 9 | Delaware State | 46 |

### Preseason All–MEAC teams

The Hornets had eight players selected to the preseason all-MEAC teams.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 29 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 22 Delaware* | Delaware StadiumNewark, DE (Route 1 Rivalry) | FloSports | L 13–31 | 15,894 |
| September 14 | 4:00 p.m. | Lincoln (PA)* | Alumni StadiumDover, DE | YouTube | W 58–12 | 2,078 |
| September 21 | 2:00 p.m. | Howard | Alumni StadiumDover, DE | ESPN3 | L 9–24 | 4,142 |
| September 26 | 7:30 p.m. | at No. 17 North Carolina A&T | BB&T StadiumGreensboro, NC | ESPNU | L 0–37 | 16,567 |
| October 5 | 7:00 p.m. | South Carolina State | Alumni StadiumDover, DE | ESPN+ | L 24–38 | 985 |
| October 12 | 1:00 p.m. | at Morgan State | Hughes StadiumBaltimore, MD | ESPN3 | L 3–34 | 8,762 |
| October 19 | 2:00 p.m. | Merrimack* | Alumni StadiumDover, DE | ESPN+ | L 21–30 | 1,158 |
| October 26 | 2:00 p.m. | at North Carolina Central | O'Kelly–Riddick StadiumDurham, NC | ESPN3 | L 23–30 | 5,026 |
| November 2 | 4:00 p.m. | at No. 17 Florida A&M | Bragg Memorial StadiumTallahassee, FL | ESPN3 | L 30–52 | 7,412 |
| November 9 | 2:00 p.m. | Bethune–Cookman | Alumni StadiumDover, DE | ESPN+ | W 16–13 | 879 |
| November 16 | 2:00 p.m. | Norfolk State | Alumni StadiumDover, DE | ESPN+ | L 17–33 | 827 |
| November 23 | 2:00 p.m. | Saint Francis (PA)* | Alumni StadiumDover, DE | ESPN+ | L 21–35 | 527 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Game summaries
### At Delaware

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hornets | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| No. 22 Fightin' Blue Hens | 3 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 31 |

### Lincoln (PA)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lions | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Hornets | 28 | 3 | 21 | 6 | 58 |

### Howard

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bison | 0 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 24 |
| Hornets | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |

### At North Carolina A&T

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hornets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No. 17 Aggies | 7 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 37 |

### South Carolina State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 10 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
| Hornets | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 |

### At Morgan State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hornets | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Bears | 7 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 34 |

### Merrimack

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Warriors | 7 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 30 |
| Hornets | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 |

### At North Carolina Central

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hornets | 3 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 23 |
| Eagles | 0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 30 |

### At Florida A&M

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hornets | 0 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 30 |
| No. 17 Rattlers | 14 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 52 |

### Bethune–Cookman

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| Hornets | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 |

### Norfolk State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Spartans | 0 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 33 |
| Hornets | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 |

### Saint Francis (PA)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Red Flash | 14 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 35 |
| Hornets | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 |