The 1890 Delaware football team represented Delaware College—now known as the University of Delaware—as an independent during the 1890 college football season.[1]

1890 Delaware football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–2
Head coach
  • None
Seasons
← 1889
1891 →
1890 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Furman     2 0 0
Vanderbilt     1 0 0
Virginia     5 2 0
Navy     5 1 1
Delaware     3 2 0
Georgetown     3 3 1
Columbian     2 3 0
Johns Hopkins     0 1 0
Nashville     0 1 0
Trinity (NC)     0 1 0
Richmond     0 3 0

The game against the Swarthmore Sophomores was the first organized intercollegiate football game in Delaware. "In Newark, when news leaked out in 1889 that the college boys were going to play football Sheriff Bill Simmons swore up and down Main Street that the first corpse carried off the field would mean the end of the game."[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResult
October 4at SwarthmoreSwarthmore, PAL 0–54
October 11Swarthmore sophomoresNewark, DEL 0–30
October 18at Del. Field Club of WilmingtonWilmington, DEW 6–0
October 23at Wilmington Friends SchoolWilmington, DEW 12–0
November 20Delaware sophomores
  • Homewood Driving Park
  • Newark, DE
W 8–0

References

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  1. ^ "Delaware Yearly Results: 1890–1894". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 13, 2010. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
  2. ^ Gelbert, Doug (January 1, 1995). The Great Delaware Sports Book. Cruden Bay Books. ISBN 9780964442702 – via Google Books.