1972 Heidelberg Student Princes football team

American college football season March 2026 August 2023 1972 Heidelberg Student Princes football Ohio Athletic Conference Red Division OAC 11–0 5–0 Armin Riesen 2nd OAC championOAC Red Division championStagg Bowl champion OAC Championship Game W 24–0 vs. 1972 Muskingum Fighting Muskies Muskingum Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl W 28–16 vs. 1972 Fort Valley State Wildcats Fort Valley State 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 1972 Muskingum Fighting Muskies Muskingum in the first OAC Championship Game and 1972 Fort Valley State Wildcats Fort Valley State in the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl. They outscored opponents by a total of 317 to 106.1972 - Heidelberg (OH) College Football Data Warehouse May 30, 2023 http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/incomplete_data/game_by_game_current.php?teamid=1420&year=1972 September 13, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150913040336/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/incomplete_data/game_by_game_current.php?teamid=1420&year=1972 dead 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. The 1972 season was one of four perfect seasons in Heidelberg football history, the others being in 1930, 1948, and 1955.Heidelberg (OH) Records by Year College Football Data Warehouse May 29, 2023 http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/incomplete_data/year_by_year_current.php?teamid=1420 September 6, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150906172249/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/incomplete_data/year_by_year_current.php?teamid=1420 dead Schedule y y September 16 at 1972 Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops Ohio Wesleyan<ncg> Delaware, OH W 14-3 3,000 September 23 1972 Otterbein Cardinals Otterbein<ncg> Tiffin, OH W 69-13 3,500 September 30 at 1972 Muskingum Fighting Muskies Muskingum<ncg> New Concord, OH W 34-14 3,000 October 7 at 1972 Marietta Pioneers Marietta<ncg> Marietta, OH W 34-9 3,000 October 14 1972 Capital Crusaders Capital Tiffin, OH W 42-16 4,000 October 21 1972 Baldwin–Wallace Yellow Jackets Baldwin–Wallace Tiffin, OH W 10-7 4,500 October 28 at 1972 Wooster Fighting Scots Wooster Wooster, OH W 31-21 3,000 November 4 1972 Wittenberg Tigers Wittenberg Tiffin, OH W 7-0 4,500 November 11 at 1972 Mount Union Purple Raiders Mount Union Alliance, OH W 24-7 3,000 November 18 at Muskingum<ncg> Tiffin, OH (OAC Championship Game) W 24-0 Muskingum Blanked 24-0 In Conference Title Game The Sunday Times Recorder November 19, 1972 B1 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-recorder-muskingum-blanked-24/125559576/ November 24 vs 1972 Fort Valley State Wildcats Fort Valley State<ncg> Municipal Stadium Phenix City, AL (Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl) W 28-16 4,500 Opportunistic Princes victor Columbus Ledger Jerry Hill November 25, 1972 11, 12 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-columbus-ledger-opportunistic-prince/125559843/ Newspapers.com Final 1972 Cumulative Football Statistics Report https://stats.ncaa.org/team/278/stats/13168 National Collegiate Athletic Association May 30, 2023 References Heidelberg Category:Heidelberg Student Princes football seasons Category:Ohio Athletic Conference football champion seasons Category:College football undefeated seasons Heidelberg Student Princes football