2020 Delaware State Hornets football team

2020 Delaware State Hornets football
2020 Delaware State Hornets football
Conference	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record	2–3 (2–2 MEAC)
Head coach	Rod Milstead (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Steve Azzanesi (1st season)
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium
	Seasons ← 2019 2021 →

2020 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
Delaware State	2	–	2	2	–	3
Howard*	0	–	2	0	–	2
South Division
South Carolina State	2	–	0	3	–	1

Notes: Due to COVID-19, the Mid-Eastern Athletic suspended the fall 2020 football season. Florida A&M, Bethune–Cookman, North Carolina Central, North Carolina A&T, Morgan State, and Norfolk State opted out of the spring season. The MEAC suspended the spring season on February 11, due to only having three schools playing in the spring. * – Ineligible for FCS postseason play due to NCAA sanctions Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2020 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Rod Milstead and played their home games at Alumni Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC).

On July 16, 2020, the MEAC announced that it would cancel its fall sports seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The league did not rule out the possibility of playing in the spring,^[1] and later released its spring schedule on December 14, 2020.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result
February 27	12:00 p.m.	Howard	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	ESPN3	W 17–10
March 13	1:30 p.m.	at South Carolina State	Oliver C. Dawson Stadium Orangeburg, SC	ESPN3	L 9–17
April 3	1:00 p.m.	at Howard	William H. Greene Stadium Washington, D.C.	ESPN3	W 37–28
April 10	6:00 p.m.	No. 8 Delaware*	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE (Route 1 Rivalry)	ESPN2	L 14–34
April 17	6:00 p.m.	South Carolina State	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	ESPN3	L 28–31^OT
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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References

^ "MEAC suspends all fall sports for indefinite period". ESPN.com. July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
^ "MEAC Releases Updated Spring 2021 Football Schedule". meacsports.com. December 14, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
^ "2020 Delaware State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 30, 2021.

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[1] "MEAC suspends all fall sports for indefinite period". ESPN.com. July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.

[2] "MEAC Releases Updated Spring 2021 Football Schedule". meacsports.com. December 14, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2021.

[3] "2020 Delaware State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 30, 2021.

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