Delaware·CAA

2018 — The 2018 Season

Delaware's 2018 season (7-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-5
Final result No postseason
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -9.3 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L vs Rhod Isl 19-21 W vs Lafaye 37-0 W vs Cornell 27-10 L @ Nort Sta 10-38 W @ Richmond 43-28 W vs Elon 28-16 W @ New Ham 38-14 W vs Towson 40-36 W @ UAlbany 21-16 L @ Ston Bro 3-17 L vs Villan 21-42 L @ Jame Mad 6-20
Defining moments
The statement

The 2018 season's largest margin: Delaware 37, Lafayette 0. A 37-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Delaware 10, North Dakota State 38. A 28-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Fear the Hen"
— Delaware fanbase voice · 2018· synthesized
What it meant

2018 is a middle chapter for Delaware — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.