1969 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

1969 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
1969 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
MAC University Division champion; Lambert Cup co-champion
Boardwalk Bowl, W 31–13 vs. North Carolina Central
Conference	Middle Atlantic Conference
	University Division
Record	9–2 (6–0 MAC)
Head coach	Tubby Raymond (4th season);
Captain	Joe Purzycki
Home stadium	Delaware Stadium
	Seasons ← 1968 1970 →

1969 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
University
No. 10 Delaware x	6	–	0	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Gettysburg	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Bucknell	3	–	2	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
Lehigh	2	–	2	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
Temple	1	–	2	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Lafayette	1	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Hofstra	0	–	5	–	0	0	–	10	–	0
West Chester *	0	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
College–Northern
Wilkes x	5	–	0	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Susquehanna	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Wagner	4	–	1	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Juniata	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Delaware Valley	4	–	3	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Upsala	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Albright	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Lycoming	1	–	7	–	0	1	–	7	–	0
College–Southern
Johns Hopkins x	5	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Lebanon Valley x	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Ursinus x	5	–	2	–	0	5	–	2	–	1
Moravian	6	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Dickinson	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Muhlenberg	4	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Drexel	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Swarthmore	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Western Maryland	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Pennsylvania Military	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	7	–	0
Haverford	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	6	–	0

x – Division champion/co-champions * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games Rankings from AP Poll

The 1969 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team was an American football team that represented the University of Delaware in the Middle Atlantic Conference during the 1969 NCAA College Division football season. In its fourth season under head coach Tubby Raymond, the team compiled a 9–2 record (6–0 against MAC opponents), won the MAC University Division championship, defeated North Carolina Central in the Boardwalk Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 383 to 156. Joe Purzycki was the team captain.^[1]^[2] The team played its home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	Gettysburg		Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	W 52–0	12,495	^[3]
September 27	Villanova	No. 8	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE (rivalry)	L 33–36	14,017	^[4]
October 4	at UMass*	No. 12	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	W 33–21	10,000	^[5]
October 11	at Hofstra	No. 6	Hofstra Stadium Hempstead, NY	W 28–13	2,657	^[6]
October 18	West Chester	No. 6	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE (rivalry)	W 24–8	12,706	^[7]
October 25	Temple	No. 8	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	W 33–0	15,182	^[8]
November 1	Rutgers*	No. 7	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	W 44–0	14,490	^[9]
November 8	Lehigh	No. 3	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE (rivalry)	W 42–14	14,093	^[10]
November 15	at Boston University*	No. 3	Nickerson Field Boston, MA	L 14–30	9,264	^[11]
November 22	at Bucknell	No. 14	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 49–21	5,100	^[12]
December 13	vs. North Carolina Central*	No. 10	Atlantic City Convention Center Atlantic City, NJ (Boardwalk Bowl)	W 31–13	10,585	^[13]
*Non-conference game Rankings from UPI Coaches Poll released prior to the game