1972 Franklin & Marshall Diplomats football team

1972 Franklin & Marshall Diplomats football
MAC Southern Division champion
ConferenceMiddle Atlantic Conference
DivisionSouthern Division
Record9–0 (8–0 MAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumWilliamson Field
1972 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Northern Division
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 Division
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.

The 1972 Franklin & Marshall Diplomats football team was an American football team that represented Franklin & Marshall College . The team competed as a member of the Southern Division of the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) during the 1972 NCAA College Division football season. It played its home games at Williamson Field in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

In its second season under head coach Bob Curtis, this team compiled a 9–0 record, including an 8–0 against MAC opponents. It won the MAC Southern Division championship. This was the third perfect season in the school's history. Additional perfect seasons were 1950, 1964, and 1974.

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