1986 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team
1986 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football | |
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Yankee Conference co-champion | |
NCAA I–AA Quarterfinal, L 14–55 vs. Arkansas State | |
Conference | Yankee Conference |
Ranking | |
Sports Network | No. 13 |
1986 record | 9–4 (5–2 Yankee) |
Head coach | Tubby Raymond (21st year) |
Offensive coordinator | Ted Kempski (19th year) |
Offensive scheme | Delaware Wing–T |
Home stadium |
Delaware Stadium (Capacity: 22,000) |
1986 Yankee Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#13 Delaware +^ | 5 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMass + | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#19 Connecticut + | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 4 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 3 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richmond | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston University | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 0 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1986 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Division I-AA college football in its first season as a member of the Yankee Conference, after having been an Independent for the previous 16 seasons. They were led by Tubby Raymond, who was in his 21st season as head coach of the Fightin' Blue Hens. Quarterback Rich Gannon was a senior, and followed this season with an 18-year NFL career. The team played its home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | |||||
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September 6 | Rhode Island | Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE | W 44–10 | ||||||
September 13 | New Hampshire | Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE | L 21–28 OT | ||||||
September 20 | West Chester* | Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE (Rivalry) | W 33–31 | ||||||
September 27 | at Richmond | University of Richmond Stadium • Richmond, VA | W 20–19 | ||||||
October 11 | at Massachusetts | Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium • Hadley, MA | W 41–13 | 13,888 | |||||
October 18 | William & Mary* | Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE (Rivalry) | L 18–24 | 23,045 | |||||
October 25 | Lehigh* | Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE | W 28–17 | ||||||
November 1 | at Maine | Alumni Stadium • Orono, ME | W 34–31 | ||||||
November 8 | Connecticut | Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE | W 35–7 | ||||||
November 15 | at Navy* | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD | W 27–14 | ||||||
November 22 | at Boston University | Nickerson Field • Boston, MA | L 35–45 | ||||||
November 29 | at William & Mary* | Cary Field • Williamsburg, VA (NCAA I–AA First Round, Rivalry) | W 51–17 | ||||||
December 6 | Arkansas State* | Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE (NCAA I–AA Quarterfinal) | L 14–55 | ||||||
#Rankings from Associated Press. |
References
- ↑ "1986 Schedule". UD Athletics. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
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