1979 Delaware State Hornets football team

1979 Delaware State Hornets football
Conference	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record	4–5–1 (1–4–1 MEAC)
Head coach	Charles Henderson (1st season)
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium

1979 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Morgan State $	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
South Carolina State	4	–	1	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
North Carolina A&T	2	–	2	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Howard	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Delaware State	1	–	4	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
North Carolina Central	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	8	–	1
Maryland Eastern Shore	0	–	0	–	0			3	–	7	–	1
$ – Conference champion Maryland Eastern Shore games did not count as conference games in 1979

The 1979 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 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by first-year head coach Charles Henderson, the Hornets compiled an overall record of 4–5–1, with a mark of 1–4–1 in conference play, and finished fifth in the MEAC.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	at South Carolina State	State College Stadium Orangeburg, SC	L 6–52
September 15	Clarion State*	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	L 12–45
September 29	at Maryland Eastern Shore	Princess Anne, MD	W 19–13
October 6	Howard	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	L 0–23
October 13	at North Carolina Central	O'Kelly Stadium Durham, NC	L 26–31
October 20	No. 7 Morgan State	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	L 0–22	1,500
October 27	Kentucky State*	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	W 16–2
November 3	Bethune–Cookman*	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	W 17–15	500
November 10	North Carolina A&T	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	T 21–21
November 17	at Livingstone*	Alumni Memorial Stadium Salisbury, NC	W 26–10
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game