Year: | 1930 |
Team: | Heidelberg Student Princes |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Ohio Athletic Conference |
Short Conf: | OAC |
Record: | 8–0 |
Conf Record: | 2–0 |
Head Coach: | Ted Turney |
Hc Year: | 1st |
The 1930 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 1930 college football season. In their first year under head coach Ted Turney, the Student Princes compiled an 8–0 record, shut out six of eight opponents (including five consecutive shutouts to finish the season), and outscored all opponents by a total of 292 to 20.[1] [2] They concluded the 1930 season as the only college football team in Ohio with a perfect record.[3] They did not qualify for the OAC championship as they played only two games against conference opponents.
The team was led on offense by quarterback Dwight Haley with 83 points scored and fullback Otto Vokaty with 79 points scored.[3]
The 1930 season was the first perfect season in Heidelberg football history. Other perfect seasons followed in 1948, 1955, and 1972.[4]