American college football season
The 2021 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) during the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Danny Rocco in his fifth and final season as head coach, the Fightin' Blue Hens compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, tying for ninth place in the CAA. The team played home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware. Rocco was fired at the end of the season.[1]
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| 7:00 p.m. | at Maine | No. 5 | | FloSports | W 34–24 | 5,548
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September 11 | 6:00 p.m. | Saint Francis (PA)* | No. 6 | | FloSports | W 27–10 | 13,351
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September 18 | 3:30 p.m. | at Rutgers* | No. 6 | | BTN | L 13–45 | 40,129
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October 2 | 3:00 p.m. | Albany | No. 9 | - Delaware Stadium
- Newark, DE
| NBCSPHI+/FloSports | W 20–15 | 18,080
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October 9 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 18 Rhode Island | No. 9 | | FloSports | L 15–22 | 4,917
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October 16 | 3:30 p.m. | at Stony Brook | No. 14 | | FloSports | L 17–34 | 5,590
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October 23 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 7 James Madison | No. 23 | - Delaware Stadium
- Newark, DE (rivalry)
| NBCSPHI/FloSports | L 10–22 | 15,783
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October 30 | 1:00 p.m. | Dixie State* | | - Delaware Stadium
- Newark, DE
| FloSports | W 17–10 | 8,391
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November 6 | 1:00 p.m. | No. T–20 William & Mary | | - Delaware Stadium
- Newark, DE (rivalry)
| FloSports | W 24–3 | 10,021
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November 13 | 2:00 p.m. | at Richmond | | | NBCSWA/FloSports | L 27–51 | 6,104
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November 20 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 6 Villanova | | | NBCSPHI/FloSports | L 13–21 | 11,437
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- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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