1948 Heidelberg Student Princes football team

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1948 Heidelberg Student Princes football
OAC champion
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record9–0 (7–0 OAC)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1947
1949 →
1948 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Heidelberg $ 7 0 0 9 0 0
Denison 6 0 0 8 0 0
Kent State 3 0 0 6 2 1
Ohio Wesleyan 2 0 0 6 2 0
Wilmington (OH) 1 0 0 5 3 1
Mount Union 6 2 0 6 3 0
Ohio Northern 2 2 0 5 3 1
Muskingum 3 3 1 3 4 1
Capital 3 4 0 4 4 0
Findlay 1 2 0 4 3 1
Marietta 1 2 0 4 4 0
Wooster 2 5 1 3 6 1
Oberlin 1 3 0 3 5 0
Akron 1 4 0 2 6 0
Wittenberg 1 6 0 1 7 0
Otterbein 0 4 0 2 6 1
Kenyon 0 3 0 1 6 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1948 Heidelberg Student Princes football team was an American football team that represented Heidelberg College as a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1948 college football season. In their third year under head coach Paul Hoernemann, the Student Princes compiled a 9–0 record, won the OAC championship, shut out five of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 299 to 26.[1][2]

The 1948 season was the second perfect season in Heidelberg football history. Other perfect seasons were 1930, 1955, and 1972.[3]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Ashland*Tiffin, OHW 23–0
October 2MuskingumTiffin, OHW 21–8
October 9CapitalTiffin, OHW 51–6
October 16at OtterbeinWesterville, OHW 19–6
October 23at WittenbergSpringfield, OHW 14–0
October 30Ohio NorthernTiffin, OHW 61–0[4]
November 6at WoosterWooster, OHW 7–6[5]
November 13at Rio Grande*Rio Grande, OHW 69–0
November 20at Akron
W 34–0[6]
  • *Non-conference game

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "1948 - Heidelberg (OH)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 13, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  2. ^ "Heidelberg Claims Ohio Title Over Denison Bid". Times Recorder. Zanesville, Ohio. Associated Press. November 22, 1948. p. 13. Retrieved July 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Heidelberg (OH) Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  4. ^ "Princes, 61-0". Mansfield News-Journal. October 31, 1948. p. 34 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Heidelberg Nips Wooster, 7-6". The Akron Beacon Journal. November 7, 1948. p. 35 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Lincoln Hackim (November 21, 1948). "Heidelberg Mauls Zips, 34-0". Akron Beacon Journal. pp. 1C, 3C – via Newspapers.com.