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.

1972 Heidelberg Student Princes football
OAC champion
OAC Red Division champion
Stagg Bowl champion
OAC Championship Game, W 24–0 vs. Muskingum
Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl, W 28–16 vs. Fort Valley State
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.

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

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