The 1972 Middlebury Panthers football team was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

team that represented

Middlebury College Middlebury College is a private liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont. Founded in 1800 by Congregationalists, Middlebury was the first operating college or university in Vermont. The college currently enrolls 2,858 undergraduates from all ...

as an independent during the

1972 NCAA College Division football season The 1972 NCAA College Division football season was the 17th and final season of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the NCAA College Division level. Conference realignment Membership ...

. In their fourth and final year under head coach John W. Anderson, the Panthers compiled a perfect 8–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 296 to 82. It was the second undefeated season in Middlebury's 80-year football history and the first since 1936. One month after the season ended, coach John Anderson left Middlebury to become the head football coach at Brown. The team played its home games at Porter Field in

Middlebury, Vermont Middlebury is the shire town (county seat) of Addison County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 9,152. Middlebury is home to Middlebury College and the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History. History One of ...

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