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1923 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
Seasons← 19221924 →
1923 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Davis & Elkins     8 0 0
King     8 0 1
VMI     9 1 0
Tennessee Docs     6 0 2
West Virginia     7 1 1
Loyola (LA)     5 1 1
Navy     5 1 3
Middle Tennessee State Normal     4 1 0
Quantico Marines     7 2 1
Wake Forest     6 3 0
West Tennessee State Normal     6 3 0
William & Mary     6 3 0
Louisville     5 3 0
Delaware     5 3 1
Trinity (NC)     5 4 0
Western Kentucky State Normal     5 4 0
Union (TN)     4 4 1
Catholic University     4 4 0
Mississippi Normal     3 3 0
Texas Mines     3 4 0
Richmond     3 5 0
Georgetown     3 6 0
East Tennessee State Normal     3 6 0
Davidson     3 7 0
George Washington     2 8 0
Birmingham–Southern     1 5 2
Marshall     1 7 0
Spring Hill     1 7 0

The 1923 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team was an American football team that represented the University of Delaware in the 1923 college football season. In its second season under head coach William McAvoy, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 76 to 45.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 29Saint Joseph'sNewark, DEL 0–4
October 6MuhlenbergNewark, DEW 6–0
October 13UrsinusNewark, DEW 14–7
October 20at CCNYW 18–0
October 27St. John's (MD)Newark, DET 0–0
November 3at HaverfordHaverford, PAW 19–6
November 10at William & MaryWilliamsburg, VA (rivalry)L 0–14
November 17George WashingtonW 19–7
November 27DickinsonWilmington, DEL 0–7

References

  1. "2012 Blue Hens Football Media Guide". University of Delaware. 2012. p. 156. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  2. "City College snowed under by Delaware". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 21, 1923. Retrieved September 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Delaware gridders beat Geo. Washington". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 18, 1923. Retrieved September 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Rupp Plows Along Winning Game For Dickinson Eleven". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 25, 1923 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
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