Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football, 1889–99

The Delaware football[1] team represented Delaware College (now the University of Delaware) in college football. Playing their home games in Newark and Wilmington, Delaware, the football program started in 1889. Delaware was coached by Ira Pierce in 1896 and Herbert Rice from 1897 to 1899. They compiled a 14−13−4 record in the seven seasons before employing a head coach. Pierce coached the team to a 0−6−0 record in 1897, and Rice finished with a 9−12−3 record in his first three seasons as head coach. Rice went on to have a 16−20−4 record as head coach for five total seasons.

Contents: 1889 -1890 - 1891 - 1892 - 1893 - 1894 - 1895 - 1896 - 1897 - 1898 - 1899

1889
1889 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
ConferenceIndependent
1889 record1–1–1
Head coachUnknown
DateOpponentSiteResult
October 26at Del. Field Club of WilmingtonWilmington, DelawareL 0–74
November 26Warren Athletic Club of WilmingtonW 30–0
December 7Conference Club of DoverT 0–0

1890
1890 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
ConferenceIndependent
1890 record3–2–0
Head coachUnknown
DateOpponentSiteResult
October 4at SwarthmoreSwarthmore, PennsylvaniaL 0–54
October 11Swarthmore SophomoresL 0–30
October 18at Del. Field Club of WilmingtonWilmington, DelawareW 6–0
October 23at Wilmington Friends SchoolWilmington, DelawareW 12–0
November 20Delaware Sophomores
W 8–0

1891
1891 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
ConferenceIndependent
1891 record5–3–1
Head coachUnknown
DateOpponentSiteResult
October 3at HaverfordHaverford Township, PennsylvaniaL 0–18
October 10Wilmington YMCAW 58–0
October 17St. John'sL 4–16
October 24at Shortlidge AcademyMedia, Pennsylvania[2]L 0–6
October 27Franklin (Baltimore)T 6–6
October 31Del. Field Club of WilmingtonWilmington, DelawareW 4–0
November 6Washington CollegeW 10–0
November 14Warren Club of WilmingtonWilmington, DelawareW 30–0
November 21Shortlidge AcademyW 14–12
1891 Delaware College football team

1892
1892 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
ConferenceIndependent
1892 record1–2–2
Head coachNone
DateOpponentSiteResult
October 15at HaverfordHaverford Township, PennsylvaniaL 0–40
October 22Philadelphia YMCAL 4–6
October 29at Wilmington YMCAWilmington, DelawareW 14–0
November 10Washington CollegeT 6–6
December 3vs. Del. Field Club of WilmingtonDelaware City, DelawareT 0–0

1893
1893 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
ConferenceIndependent
1893 record2–1–0
Head coachUnknown
DateOpponentSiteResult
October 23at Warren Athletic Club of WilmingtonWilmington, DelawareL 0–2
November 11at Philadelphia Manual Training SchoolPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaW 44–0
November 18at Conference Academy of DoverDover, DelawareW 56–0

1894
1894 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
ConferenceIndependent
1894 record1–1–0
Head coachUnknown
DateOpponentSiteResult
October 6at HaverfordHaverford Township, PennsylvaniaL 0–36
October 27HahnemannW 38–0

1895
1895 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
ConferenceIndependent
1895 record1–3–0
Head coachUnknown
DateOpponentSiteResult
October 5SwarthmoreL 0–14
October 12SwarthmoreL 12–31
November 15Delaware AlumniNewark, DelawareL 0–2
November 23VillanovaW 10–6

1896
1896 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
ConferenceIndependent
1896 record0–6–0
Head coachIra Pierce (1st season)
DateOpponentSiteResult
October 3VillanovaL 0–14
October 17at SwarthmoreSwarthmore, PennsylvaniaL 0–44
October 24HaverfordNewark, DelawareL 0–24
October 31Conference AcademyL 0–12
November 18at Pennsylvania Military CollegeChester, PennsylvaniaL 0–14
November 21HaverfordWilmington, DelawareL 0–6

1897
1897 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
ConferenceIndependent
1897 record1−5–1[3]
Head coachHerbert Rice (1st season)
DateOpponentSiteResult
October 2HaverfordNewark, DelawareL 0–16
October 6SwarthmoreWilmington, DelawareL 6–12
October 16UrsinusNewark, DelawareW 4–0
October 23at HaverfordHaverford Township, PennsylvaniaL 0–48
October 30−31UrsinusL
November 5St. John's CollegeT 14−14
November 13at Pennsylvania Military CollegeChester, PennsylvaniaL 0–18

1898
1898 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
ConferenceIndependent
1898 record2–5–2
Head coachHerbert Rice (2nd season)
DateOpponentSiteResult
October 1at SwarthmoreSwarthmore, PennsylvaniaL 0–22
October 8Conference AcademyW 29–0
October 14St. John's CollegeT 0–0
October 15at Pennsylvania Military CollegeChester, PennsylvaniaL 0–6
October 22Conference AcademyW 46–0
October 29UrsinusCollegeville, PennsylvaniaL 0–46
November 5at SwarthmoreSwarthmore, PennsylvaniaT 0–0
November 12at HaverfordHaverford Township, PennsylvaniaL 0–18
November 24at Pennsylvania Military CollegeChester, PennsylvaniaL 5–11

1899
1899 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
ConferenceIndependent
1899 record6–2–0
Head coachHerbert Rice (3rd season)
DateOpponentSiteResult
September 30at Wilmington High SchoolWilmington, DelawareW 5–0
October 7Tome InstituteW 76–0
October 14at Pennsylvania Military CollegeChester, PennsylvaniaW 23–0
October 18at SwarthmoreSwarthmore, PennsylvaniaL 0–17
October 21Conference AcademyW 56–0
October 28HaverfordL 0–23
November 8Maryland A&MW 34–0
November 18at Conference AcademyPrincess Anne, MarylandW 35–0

Notes
  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 BEATEN" (PDF). New York Times. October 25, 1891. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
  3. p. 123 Delaware College Yearbook 1899
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