In their fourth year under head coach William D. Murray, the Blue Hens compiled a perfect 10–0 record, won the Maxon-Dixon Conference championship, defeated Rollins in the Cigar Bowl, and were selected by the Associated Press as the small college national champion.
82 among all college football teams in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.
[1] Delaware ranked fifth nationally among small-college teams in total offense with an average of 335.1 yards per game.
It ranked 14th nationally in total defense, giving up an average of 163.4 yards per game.
[2] The team played the majority of its home games at Wilmington Park.