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The 2024 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware as a member of the Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference (CAA) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Ryan Carty and played their home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware.
On November 28, 2023, Delaware and Conference USA (CUSA) announced that the Blue Hens would start a transition to the Football Bowl Subdivision after the 2023 season and join CUSA in 2025. UD will play in CAA Football in 2024 but will not be eligible for the FCS playoffs due to NCAA rules for transitioning programs. [16] [17]
The Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, representing the University of Delaware, has had 29 players drafted into the National Football League (NFL) since the league began holding drafts in 1936. [1] [A 1] This includes one player taken in the first round, Joe Flacco in the 2008 NFL draft. [1]
With its roots in soccer and rugby, football was “a college game” that spread to southern Delaware and beyond. How it rose to the game we know now.
Football is the most popular and most successful sport at Delaware. The Fighting Blue Hens football teams have won six national titles, including the 2003 NCAA Division I Football Championship. In 2007, the Delaware Blue Hens returned to the championship game, but were defeated by defending champion Appalachian State.
The 2024 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State University as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Hornets were coached by second-year head coach Lee Hull and played at Alumni Stadium in Dover, Delaware .
This is a list of seasons completed by the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). Since the team's creation in 1889, the Fightin' Blue Hens have participated in more than 1,100 officially sanctioned games.
The 2023 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware as a member of the Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference (CAA) during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Ryan Carty and played their home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware.