1944 Delaware State Hornets football team

1944 Delaware State Hornets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–3
Head coach
CaptainHenry Clay Aldridge
1944 Southern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Virginia    6 1 2
No. 4 Navy    6 3 0
West Virginia    5 3 1
Delaware State    2 3 0
Tennessee Tech    1 2 0
North Texas Aggies    2 6 0
Miami (FL)    1 7 1
Millsaps    1 5 0
Sewanee    0 3 1
Howard (AL)    0 5 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1944 Delaware State Hornets football team represented the State College for Colored Students—now known as Delaware State University—in the 1944 college football season as an independent. Led by first-year head coach Tom Conrad, the Hornets compiled a 2–3 record. The team's captain was Henry Clay Aldridge. Conrad had been hired the year before, but Delaware State did not field a football team in 1943.