The 1998 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State University as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by second-year head coach John McKenzie, the Hornets compiled an overall record of 0âÂÂ11, with a mark of 0âÂÂ8 in conference play, and finished ninth in the MEAC.