1969 Wesleyan Cardinals football | |
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Little Three champion | |
Conference | Little Three |
Record | 8–0 (2–0 Little Three) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Jeff Diamond [1] |
Home stadium | Andrus Field |
The 1969 Wesleyan Cardinals football team, also known as the Wesleyan Methodists, was an American football that represented Wesleyan University as a member of the Little Three during the 1969 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Donald Russell, the Cardinals compiled a perfect 8–0 record, won the Little Three championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 170 to 106. [2] It was Wesleyan's first perfect season since 1948.
Frank Waters played at end on offense and at halfback on defense and received the Bacon Trophy as Wesleyan's most valuable player. [3] Four Wesleyan players were selected as first-team players on the 1969 United Press International - New England Football Coaches Association All-New England college division team: offensive tackle Jeff Diamond; center Brian Hersey; and defensive backs Greg Forbes and Paul Woods. Quarterback Pete Panciera, fullback Dave Revenaugh, and linebacker Casey Watters were named to the second team. [4]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 27 | Middlebury* | W 21–20 | [5] | ||||
October 4 | at Bowdoin* |
| W 21–10 | [6] | |||
October 11 | Coast Guard* |
| W 16–7 | 3,000 | [7] | ||
October 18 | at WPI* | Worcester, MA | W 21–13 | 4,300 | [8] [9] | ||
October 25 | at Amherst | W 28–13 | 7,000 | [10] | |||
November 1 | Hamilton* |
| W 24–8 | 2,000 | [11] | ||
November 8 | Williams |
| W 18–17 | 9,000 | [12] | ||
November 15 | at Trinity (CT)* |
| W 21–18 | 7,000 | [13] | ||
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1969 Wesleyan Cardinals football | |
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Little Three champion | |
Conference | Little Three |
Record | 8–0 (2–0 Little Three) |
Head coach |
|
Captain | Jeff Diamond [1] |
Home stadium | Andrus Field |
The 1969 Wesleyan Cardinals football team, also known as the Wesleyan Methodists, was an American football that represented Wesleyan University as a member of the Little Three during the 1969 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Donald Russell, the Cardinals compiled a perfect 8–0 record, won the Little Three championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 170 to 106. [2] It was Wesleyan's first perfect season since 1948.
Frank Waters played at end on offense and at halfback on defense and received the Bacon Trophy as Wesleyan's most valuable player. [3] Four Wesleyan players were selected as first-team players on the 1969 United Press International - New England Football Coaches Association All-New England college division team: offensive tackle Jeff Diamond; center Brian Hersey; and defensive backs Greg Forbes and Paul Woods. Quarterback Pete Panciera, fullback Dave Revenaugh, and linebacker Casey Watters were named to the second team. [4]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 27 | Middlebury* | W 21–20 | [5] | ||||
October 4 | at Bowdoin* |
| W 21–10 | [6] | |||
October 11 | Coast Guard* |
| W 16–7 | 3,000 | [7] | ||
October 18 | at WPI* | Worcester, MA | W 21–13 | 4,300 | [8] [9] | ||
October 25 | at Amherst | W 28–13 | 7,000 | [10] | |||
November 1 | Hamilton* |
| W 24–8 | 2,000 | [11] | ||
November 8 | Williams |
| W 18–17 | 9,000 | [12] | ||
November 15 | at Trinity (CT)* |
| W 21–18 | 7,000 | [13] | ||
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