The 1948 Heidelberg Student Princes football team was an American football team that represented

Heidelberg College Heidelberg University is a private university in Tiffin, Ohio. Founded in 1850, it was known as Heidelberg College until 1889 and from 1926 to 2009. It is affiliated with the United Church of Christ. History Heidelberg University was founded b ...

as a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the

1948 college football season The 1948 college football season finished with two unbeaten and untied teams: Michigan and Clemson. Michigan was the first-place choice for the majority of the voters (192 of 333) in the AP Poll, but did not play in the postseason because of a no ...

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

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

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{{Reflist Heidelberg Heidelberg Student Princes football seasons Ohio Athletic Conference football champion seasons College football undefeated seasons Heidelberg Student Princes football