1972 Heidelberg Student Princes football team

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]

1972 Heidelberg Student Princes football
OAC champion
OAC Red Division champion
Stagg Bowl champion
OAC Championship Game, W 24–0 vs. Muskingum
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
DivisionRed Division
Record11–0 (5–0 OAC)
Head coach
  • Armin Riesen (2nd season)
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 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, OHW 14–33,000
September 23Otterbein*Tiffin, OHW 69–133,500
September 30at Muskingum*New Concord, OHW 34–143,000
October 7at Marietta*Marietta, OHW 34–93,000
October 14CapitalTiffin, OHW 42–164,000
October 21Baldwin–WallaceTiffin, OHW 10–74,500
October 28at WoosterWooster, OHW 31–213,000
November 4WittenbergTiffin, OHW 7–04,500
November 11at Mount UnionAlliance, OHW 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]

References

  1. "1972 - Heidelberg (OH)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 13, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  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. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. 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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