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2007 Delaware State Hornets football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	2007
team	Delaware State Hornets
sport	football
image	Delaware State Hornets wordmark.svg
image_size	250
conference	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
short_conf	MEAC
TSNRank	15
record	10–2
conf_record	9–0
head_coach	Al Lavan
hc_year	4th
off_coach	Doug Sams
oc_year	1st
def_coach	Rayford Petty
dc_year	1st
stadium	Alumni Stadium
champion	Black college national champion
MEAC champion
bowl	[NCAA Division I First Round](2007-ncaa-division-i-fcs-football-season-postseason)
bowl_result	L 7–44 vs. [Delaware](2007-delaware-fightin-blue-hens-football-team)

MEAC champion The 2007 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State University as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Al Lavan and played their home games at Alumni Stadium. They finished the season with 10–2 overall, won the MEAC title with a 9–0 mark in conference play and lost to Delaware in the First Round of the NCAA Division I playoffs. The 2007 Hornets squad won the black college football national championship as awarded by the American Sports Wire and as the national runner-up behind Tuskegee as awarded by SBN.

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References

(November 20, 2007). "Tuskegee Golden Tigers named 2007 SBN national champions". Google News.
(January 18, 2008). "DSU chosen No. 1 in black college poll". ProQuest.
(September 3, 2007). "Just out of reach; Chanticleers' late rally comes up short in season-opening loss to Delaware State". Sun-News.
(September 9, 2007). "Rattlers blast Delaware St.". Florida Today.
(September 16, 2007). "Flashes thrash Hornets". The Akron Beacon Journal.
(September 30, 2007). "DSU finds solace in big win over Hampton". The News Journal.
(October 5, 2007). "Delaware St. avoids B–CU's upset bid". The Daytona Beach News-Journal.
(October 14, 2007). "DSU's defense too much for Aggies". The News Journal.
(October 21, 2007). "Green's sprint saves DSU". The News Journal.
(October 28, 2007). "Last-second kick denies S.C. State". The Charlotte Observer.
(November 4, 2007). "A stinging defeat; Hornets slip past Rams 23–20 on final play". Winston-Salem Journal.
(November 11, 2007). "Delaware St. rallies, beats Norfolk State". Martinsville Bulletin.
(November 18, 2007). "Delaware St. shakes off slow start". Daily Press.
(November 24, 2007). "Dominating; Cuff leads Blue Hens past Delaware State in first meeting". The News Journal.

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