Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football, 1900–09

The Delaware football[1] team represented Delaware College (now the University of Delaware) in college football competition. Playing their home games in Newark and Wilmington, Delaware, the football program started in 1889. Delaware was coached by Herbert Rice from 1900 to 1901, Clarence A. Short in 1902 and 1906, Nathan Mannakee in 1903 to 1905, E. Pratt King in 1907, and William McAvoy from 1908 to 1909. The five head coaches compiled a 27−41−7 record from 1900−1909. Rice recorded a combined 7−7−1 record from 1900 to 1901, finishing his Delaware coaching career with a 16−20−4 record in five seasons. Short had an 8−6−1 record in his two years as coach, Mannakee posted an 8−13−2 record in three seasons, Pratt had a 0−5−1 record in his one year, and McAvoy tallied a 4−10−2 record in his first two seasons as head coach. McAvoy went on to have a 42−43−13 as Delaware head coach in twelve total seasons.

1900
1900 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
ConferenceIndependent
1900 record2–3–1
Head coach
DateOpponentSiteResult
October 6at Franklin & MarshallLancaster, PennsylvaniaL 10–28
October 13at Johns HopkinsBaltimore, MarylandL 0–5
October 27at Pennsylvania Military CollegeChester, PennsylvaniaW 17–0
November 7at HaverfordHaverford, PennsylvaniaT 5–5
November 10at UrsinusCollegeville, PennsylvaniaL 0–12
November 29HahnemannNewark, DelawareW 34–0

1901
1901 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
ConferenceIndependent
1901 record5–4–0
Head coach
DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 21WilliamsonNewark, DelawareW 5–0
October 5Maryland Agricultural CollegeNewark, DelawareW 24–6
October 12at SwarthmoreSwarthmore, PennsylvaniaL 0–10
October 19HaverfordNewark, DelawareW 6–0
October 29Franklin & MarshallNewark, DelawareL 2–21
November 2at RutgersNew Brunswick, New JerseyW 6–5[2]
November 9Johns HopkinsNewark, DelawareL 0–28
November 16St. John'sNewark, DelawareL 5–32
November 29Lebanon ValleyNewark, DelawareW 5–0

1902
1902 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
ConferenceIndependent
1902 record3–5–1
Head coach
DateOpponentSiteResult
October 4at SwarthmoreSwarthmore, PennsylvaniaL 0–12
October 11WashingtonNewark, DelawareW 27–0
October 18at HaverfordHaverford, PennsylvaniaL 0–41
October 25Maryland (Baltimore)Newark, DelawareW 6–0
November 1at FordhamNew York, New YorkW 17–10
November 8at St. John'sAnnapolis, MarylandL 0–10[3]
November 15RutgersNew Brunswick, New JerseyL 12–15
November 19at Pennsylvania Military CollegeChester, PennsylvaniaL 12–17
November 28Maryland Agricultural CollegeCollege Park, MarylandT 0–0

1903
1903 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
ConferenceIndependent
1903 record4–4
Head coach
DateOpponentSiteResult
October 3WashingtonNewark, DelawareW 27–0
October 10RutgersWilmington, DelawareW 5–0
October 14Wilmington Conference AcademyNewark, DelawareW 23–0
October 17at SwarthmoreSwarthmore, PennsylvaniaL 0–11
October 24St. John'sWilmington, DelawareL 0–5
November 7Western MarylandWilmington, DelawareL 6–16
November 14at HaverfordHaverford, PennsylvaniaL 0–37
November 27Maryland Agricultural CollegeWilmington, DelawareW 16–0

1904
1904 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
ConferenceIndependent
1904 record1–5–1
Head coach
DateOpponentSiteResult
October 8at Pennsylvania Military CollegeChester, PennsylvaniaL 0–4
October 15at SwarthmoreSwarthmore, PennsylvaniaL 0–41
October 22at FordhamNew York, New YorkL 0–12
October 29at Seton HallSouth Orange, New JerseyL 0–26
November 5at RutgersNew Brunswick, New JerseyT 6–6
November 11at HaverfordHaverford, PennsylvaniaL 0–17
November 24Maryland Agricultural CollegeWilmington, DelawareW 18–0

1905
1905 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
ConferenceIndependent
1905 record3–4–1
Head coach
DateOpponentSiteResult
October 7WilliamsonNewark, DelawareW 17–0
October 14at Johns HopkinsBaltimore, MarylandL 0–11
October 21at WashingtonChestertown, MarylandT 6–6
October 28RutgersNewark, DelawareL 0–10
November 4WashingtonNewark, DelawareW 11–0
November 8at Pennsylvania Military CollegeChester, PennsylvaniaL 6–12
November 18at FordhamNew York, New YorkL 0–4
November 30Maryland Agricultural CollegeNewark, DelawareW 12–0

1906
1906 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
ConferenceIndependent
1906 record5–1–0
Head coach
DateOpponentSiteResult
September 29Medico–Chirurgical CollegeNewark, DelawareW 10–0
October 13at Johns HopkinsBaltimore, MarylandW 5–0
October 20at WashingtonChestertown, MarylandW 9–0
October 27at RutgersNew Brunswick, New JerseyW 4–0
November 3at Pennsylvania Military CollegeChester, PennsylvaniaW 12–0
November 10at FordhamNew York, New YorkL 4–16

1907
Main article: 1907 Delaware football team

1908
Main article: 1908 Delaware football team

1909
Main article: 1909 Delaware football team

Decade totals
  • Final record:27–41–7
  • Points scored:458
  • Points against:790
  • Point differential:–332

References
  1. From the program's first season in 1889 through the 1910 season, Delaware did not have an official nickname. It was not until 1911 that they became known as the Fightin' Blue Hens.
  2. "Delaware College Wins: Defeats Rutgers After a Hard Game, Six to Five". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 3, 1901. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. p. 67 Delaware College Yearbook 1904
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