# 2018 Delaware State Hornets football team

The 2018 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Rod Milstead and played their home games at Alumni Stadium. The team was a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They concluded the season with a record of 3–8 overall and 2–5 in MEAC play, finishing in a tie for eighth place.

## Preseason
### MEAC preseason poll

In a vote of the MEAC head coaches and sports information directors, the Hornets were picked to finish in last place.
| Predicted finish | Team |
| 1 | North Carolina A&T |
| 2 | Howard |
| 3 | North Carolina Central |
| 4 | Bethune–Cookman |
| 5 | Florida A&M |
| 6 | Norfolk State |
| 7 | South Carolina State |
| 8 | Savannah State |
| 9 | Morgan State |
| 10 | Delaware State |

### Preseason All-MEAC Teams

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

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 6:00 p.m. | at Buffalo* | UB StadiumAmherst, NY | ESPN3 | L 10–48 | 17,959 |
| September 8 | 12:00 p.m. | at Saint Francis (PA)* | DeGol FieldLoretto, PA | NECFR | L 14–45 | 1,074 |
| September 15 | 7:00 p.m. | at Western Michigan* | Waldo StadiumKalamazoo, MI | ESPN+ | L 0–68 | 23,244 |
| September 29 | 4:00 p.m. | at Norfolk State | William "Dick" Price StadiumNorfolk, VA | ESPN3 | L 28–54 | 7,103 |
| October 6 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 11 North Carolina A&T | Alumni StadiumDover, DE | ESPN3 | L 6–34 | 2,951 |
| October 13 | 1:00 p.m. | at Howard | William H. Greene StadiumWashington, D.C. | ESPN3/SPORTSfever | L 13–55 | 4,473 |
| October 20 | 1:30 p.m. | at South Carolina State | Oliver C. Dawson StadiumOrangeburg, SC | | L 19-30 | 14,477 |
| October 27 | 2:00 p.m. | North Carolina Central | Alumni StadiumDover, DE | | W 28-13 | 1,466 |
| November 3 | 2:00 p.m. | Savannah State | Alumni StadiumDover, DE | | W 25-6 | 1,563 |
| November 10 | 1:00 p.m. | at Morgan State | Hughes StadiumBaltimore, MD | | L 0-9 | 1,008 |
| November 17 | 2:00 p.m. | Virginia–Lynchburg* | Alumni StadiumDover, DE | ESPN3 | W 41–7 | 856 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||
* Source: Schedule

## Game summaries
### At Buffalo

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hornets | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Bulls | 20 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 48 |

### At Saint Francis (PA)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hornets | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Red Flash | 28 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 45 |

### At Western Michigan

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hornets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Broncos | 14 | 14 | 16 | 24 | 68 |

### At Norfolk State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hornets | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| Spartans | 6 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 54 |

### North Carolina A&T

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 11 Aggies | 7 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 34 |
| Hornets | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |

### At Howard

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hornets | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| Bison | 23 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 55 |

### At South Carolina State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hornets | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| Bulldogs | 0 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 30 |

### Savannah State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Hornets | 3 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 27 |

### At Morgan State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hornets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bears | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 |

### Virginia–Lynchburg

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Dragons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Hornets | 20 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 41 |