1972 Heidelberg Student Princes football team

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1972 Heidelberg Student Princes football
OAC champion
OAC Red Division champion
Stagg Bowl champion
OAC Championship Game, W 24–0 vs. Muskingum
Conference Ohio Athletic Conference
DivisionRed Division
Record11–0 (5–0 OAC)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1971
1973 →
1972 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Blue Division
Muskingum xy 4 –0 –05 –5 –0
Denison 2 –1 –17 –1 –1
Ohio Wesleyan 1 –2 –13 –5 –1
Marietta 1 –3 –04 –5 –0
Otterbein 1 –3 –02 –7 –0
Red Division
Heidelberg xy$ 5 –0 –011 –0 –0
Baldwin–Wallace 3 –2 –07 –2 –0
Wittenberg 3 –2 –05 –4 –0
Capital 3 –2 –04 –5 –0
Wooster 1 –4 –02 –6 –0
Mount Union 0 –5 –01 –8 –0
Not competing for championship
Kenyon  – 7 –0 –1
Oberlin  – 2 –7 –0
Championship: Heidelberg 24, Muskingum 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant

The 1972 Heidelberg Student Princes football team was an American football team that represented Heidelberg College as a member of the Red Division of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1972 NCAA College Division football season. In their second year under head coach Armin Riesen, the Student Princes compiled a 9–0 record in the regular season and then defeated Muskingum in the first OAC Championship Game and Fort Valley State in the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl. They outscored opponents by a total of 317 to 106. [1]

The team's statistical leaders included junior quarterback Jim Ruth with 1,742 passing yards and junior fullback Bob Hunt with 888 rushing yards and 54 points scored. [2]

The 1972 season was one of four perfect seasons in Heidelberg football history, the others being in 1930, 1948, and 1955. [3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16at Ohio Wesleyan * Delaware, OH W 14–33,000
September 23 Otterbein * Tiffin, OH W 69–133,500
September 30at Muskingum * New Concord, OH W 34–143,000
October 7at Marietta * Marietta, OH W 34–93,000
October 14 Capital Tiffin, OHW 42–164,000
October 21 Baldwin–Wallace Tiffin, OHW 10–74,500
October 28at Wooster Wooster, OH W 31–213,000
November 4 Wittenberg Tiffin, OHW 7–04,500
November 11at Mount Union Alliance, OH W 24–73,000
November 18at Muskingum*Tiffin, OH (OAC Championship Game)W 24–0 [4]
November 24vs. Fort Valley State *
W 28–164,500 [5]
  • *Non-conference game

[2]

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References

  1. ↑ "1972 - Heidelberg (OH)". College Football Data Warehouse . Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Final 1972 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Heidelberg (OH) Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Muskingum Blanked 24-0 In Conference Title Game". The Sunday Times Recorder. November 19, 1972. p. B1.
  5. ↑ Jerry Hill (November 25, 1972). "Opportunistic Princes victor". Columbus Ledger. pp. 11, 12 – via Newspapers.com.
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