1972 Franklin & Marshall Diplomats football team

The 1972 Franklin & Marshall Diplomats football team was an American football team that represented Franklin & Marshall College as a member of the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC), College Division Southern, during the 1972 NCAA College Division football season. In their second season under head coach Bob Curtis, the Diplomats compiled a 9–0 record (8–0 against MAC opponents) and won the MAC College Division Southern championship. It was the third perfect season in the school's history. Additional perfect seasons were 1950, 1964, and 1974.

1972 Franklin & Marshall Diplomats football
MAC College Division Southern champion
ConferenceMiddle Atlantic Conference
Record9–0 (8–0 MAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumWilliamson Field
1972 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Northern
Albright x 7 0 08 1 0
Juniata 5 1 06 3 0
Wilkes 4 2 04 5 0
Delaware Valley 4 4 04 4 0
Upsala 3 4 03 5 0
Susquehanna 2 4 03 6 0
Lycoming 2 5 02 6 0
Wagner * 2 1 07 3 0
Southern
Franklin & Marshall x 8 0 09 0 0
Widener 6 1 08 1 0
Johns Hopkins 5 2 06 3 0
Ursinus 5 3 05 3 0
Dickinson 4 3 04 4 0
Lebanon Valley 4 5 04 5 0
Moravian 3 6 03 7 0
Muhlenberg 2 7 01 8 0
Swarthmore 1 7 00 7 0
Western Maryland 0 5 03 6 1
Haverford0 7 00 0 0
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible due to insufficient conference games
    † – Haverford forfeited all games on schedule; opponents received conference victory but overall record not affected.

Franklin & Marshall's Bob Olender was the leading passer in the MAC, completing 103 of 197 passes for 1,275 yards and 12 touchdowns.

The team played its home games at Williamson Field in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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