Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football, 1910-19

Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
1912 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
Conference	Independent
1912 record	1–6–1
Head coach	William McAvoy (5th season)
	Seasons ← 1911 1913 →

Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
1911 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
Conference	Independent
1911 record	2–5–2
Head coach	William McAvoy (4th season)
	Seasons ← 1910 1912 →

Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
1910 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
Conference	Independent
1910 record	1-2-2
Head coach	William McAvoy (3rd season)
	Seasons ← 1909 1911 →

Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football, 1910-19[edit]

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. The football program established a permanent home stadium with the construction of Frazer Field in 1913. Delaware was coached by William McAvoy from 1910 to 1916, Stan Baumgartner in 1917, Lt. Milton Aronowitz in 1918, and Howard Shipley in 1919. The five head coaches compiled a 28−36−12 record from 1910−1919. McAvoy recorded a combined 23−24−9 record from 1910 to 1916, finishing his first tenure as head coach with a 27−34−11 record in nine seasons. Baumgartner had an 2−5 record in his single year as coach, Aronowitz posted an 1−2−2 record in his one season, and Shipley tallied a 2−5−1 record in his first season as head coach. Shipley went on to have a 5−10−2 record as Delaware head coach in two total seasons.

Contents:	1910 -1911 - 1912 - 1913 - 1914 - 1915 - 1916 - 1917 - 1918 - 1919

1910[edit]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 1	Williamson	Newark, DE	T 0–0
October 8	at Haverford	Haverford, PA	T 5–5
October 15	at Mount St. Mary's	Emmitsburg, MD	W 14–6
October 22	at Swarthmore	Swarthmore, PA	L 0–27
October 29	Muhlenberg	Newark, DE	L 10–28

1911[edit]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 23	Williamson	Newark, DE	T 0–0
September 30	at Swarthmore	Swarthmore, PA	T 0–0
October 7	Lebanon Valley	Newark, DE	W 24–0
October 14	at Haverford	Haverford, PA	L 0–17
October 21	Washington College	Newark, DE	W 24–0
October 28	at Muhlenberg	Allentown, PA	L 0–15
November 8	at Penn. Military College	Chester, PA	L 6–8
November 18	at Gettysburg	Gettysburg, PA	L 0–5
November 25	Dickinson	Newark, DE	L 0–11

1912[edit]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 28	at Lehigh	Bethlehem, PA	L 0–45
October 5	at Haverford	Haverford, PA	L 0–14
October 12	Lebanon Valley	Newark, DE	T 0–0
October 19	at Washington College	Chestertown, MD	L 0–7
October 26	Muhlenberg	Newark, DE	L 0–21
November 2	Catholic University	Newark, DE	L 0–7
November 9	at Gettysburg	Gettysburg, PA	L 0–27
November 16	Maryland (Baltimore)	Newark, DE	W 50–0

1913[edit]

1913 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
Conference	Independent
1913 record	2–4–2
Head coach	William McAvoy (6th season)
Seasons ← 1912 1914 →

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 4	Haverford	Newark, DE	L 0–7
October 11	Widener	Newark, DE	T 0–0
October 18	Temple	Frazer Field^[2] Newark, DE	W 0–19
October 25	Catholic University	Frazer Field Newark, DE	T 0–0
November 1	at Stevens Institute of Technology	Hoboken, NJ	L 0–14
November 8	Washington College	Frazer Field Newark, DE	L 0–13
November 15	Mount St. Mary's	Frazer Field Newark, DE	W 20–13
November 22	Dickinson	Newark, DE	L 7–35

1914[edit]

1914 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
Conference	Independent
1914 record	7–1–1
Head coach	William McAvoy (7th season)
Home stadium	Frazer Field
Seasons ← 1913 1915 →

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 26	at Lafayette	Easton, PA	L 0–41
October 3	Baltimore Poly	Frazer Field Newark, DE	W 27–6
October 10	Baltimore City	Frazer Field Newark, DE	W 49–0
October 17	Temple	Frazer Field Newark, DE	W 20–7
October 24	Penn. Military College	Frazer Field Newark, DE	W 13–0
October 31	at Stevens Institute of Technology	Hoboken, NJ	T 0–0
November 7	Catholic University	Frazer Field Newark, DE	W 13–0
November 14	Western Maryland	Frazer Field Newark, DE	W 17–12
November 26	Carlisle	Frazer Field Newark, DE	W 33–0

1915[edit]

1915 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
Conference	Independent
1915 record	6–3
Head coach	William McAvoy (8th season)
Home stadium	Frazer Field
Seasons ← 1914 1916 →

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 2	at Penn. Military College	Chester, PA	W 7–6
October 9	at Haverford	Haverford, PA	L 14–37
October 16	Penn. Military College	Frazer Field Newark, DE	W 13–6
October 20	at Lafayette	Easton, PA	L 0–31
October 23	Western Maryland	Frazer Field Newark, DE	W 19–6
October 30	at Catholic University	Washington, D.C.	L 0–40
November 6	Dickinson	Frazer Field Newark, DE	W 24–7
November 13	at Mount St. Mary's	Emmitsburg, MD	W 13–6
November 25	William & Mary	Frazer Field Newark, DE	W 93–0

1916[edit]

1916 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
Conference	Independent
1916 record	4–3–1
Head coach	William McAvoy (9th season)
Home stadium	Frazer Field
Seasons ← 1915 1917 →

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 7	at Penn. Military College	Chester, PA	W 21–0
October 14	Western Maryland	Frazer Field Newark, DE	L 0–16
October 21	Haverford	Frazer Field Newark, DE	T 0–0
October 28	Stevens Institute of Technology	Hoboken, NJ	W 5–0
November 4	at Dickinson	Carlisle, PA	L 0–22
November 11	St. John's	Frazer Field Newark, DE	W 14–0
November 18	Gallaudet	Frazer Field Newark, DE	W 13–6
November 30	Mount St. Mary's	Frazer Field Newark, DE	L 7–22

1917[edit]

1917 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
Conference	Independent
1917 record	2–5
Head coach	Stan Baumgartner (1st season)
Home stadium	Frazer Field
Seasons ← 1916 1918 →

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 6	at Maryland Terrapins football, 1892-1946	College Park, MD	L 0–20
October 13	at Haverford	Haverford, PA	W 7–0
October 20	Western Maryland	Frazer Field Newark, DE	L 0–10
October 27	Dickinson	Frazer Field Newark, DE	L 0–9
November 3	Gallaudet	Frazer Field Newark, DE	W 13–7
November 10	at Stevens Institute of Technology	Hoboken, NJ	L 0–35
November 17	Swarthmore	Frazer Field Newark, DE	L 0–27

1918[edit]

1918 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
Conference	Independent
1918 record	1–2–2
Head coach	Milton Aronowitz (1st season)
Home stadium	Frazer Field
Seasons ← 1917 1919 →

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
November 2	Penn. Military College	Frazer Field Newark, DE	T 0–0
November 9	USS Minnesota	Frazer Field Newark, DE	T 6–6
November 16	at Swarthmore	Swarthmore, PA	L 0–29
November 23	Ursinus	Frazer Field Newark, DE	L 0–9
November 30	U.S. Radio Training School	Frazer Field Newark, DE	W 13–0

1919[edit]

1919 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
Conference	Independent
1919 record	2–5–1
Head coach	Howard Shipley (1st season)
Home stadium	Frazer Field
Seasons ← 1918 1920 →

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 4	Franklin & Marshall	Frazer Field Newark, DE	T 0–0
October 11	at Pennsylvania	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–89
October 18	at Dickinson	Carlisle, PA	L 0–20
October 25	at Haverford	Haverford, PA	W 14–0
November 1	at Georgetown	Georgetown Field Washington, D.C.	L 7–47
November 15	Swarthmore	Frazer Field Newark, DE	L 0–17
November 22	Lebanon Valley	Frazer Field Newark, DE	W 21–7
November 27	at Penn. Military College	Chester, PA	L 0–17

Decade totals[edit]

Final record:28–36–12
Points scored:668
Points against:922
Point differential:–254

References[edit]

↑ 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.
↑ This was Delaware's first game at Frazer Field.

External links[edit]

"Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens". CFB Info. 2017. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
"All-Time Results" (PDF). University of Delaware Athletics. June 1, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 13, 2012. Retrieved 2018-11-14.

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[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] This was Delaware's first game at Frazer Field.

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