1945 Delaware State Hornets football team

1945 Delaware State Hornets football
Conference	Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	4–3 (3–3 CIAA)
Head coach	Tom Conrad (2nd season)

1945 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Virginia State $	6	–	0	–	1			7	–	0	–	2
West Virginia State	4	–	0	–	2			5	–	1	–	2
North Carolina College	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Johnson C. Smith	3	–	3	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Morgan State	5	–	2	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Howard	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Virginia Union	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Delaware State	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Lincoln (PA)	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
North Carolina A&T	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
Hampton	2	–	6	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Bluefield State	1	–	5	–	0			1	–	6	–	0
Shaw	0	–	6	–	0			0	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1945 Delaware State Hornets football team represented the State College for Colored Students—now known as Delaware State University—as a member of Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) in the 1945 college football season. The Hornets compiled a 4–3 record under coach Tom Conrad.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 29	at North Carolina Central	Durham, NC	W 13–12
October 6	at Morgan State	Baltimore, MD	L 0–27
October 13	Lincoln (PA)	Dover, DE	L 13–25
October 27	at Hampton	Armstrong Stadium Hampton, VA	W 14–0
November 3	at Howard	Washington, DC	L 19–25
November 17	at Winston-Salem*	Winston-Salem, NC	W ?
November 22	Bluefield State	Dover, DE	W 26–0
*Non-conference game