1975 Wittenberg Tigers football team

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1975 Wittenberg Tigers football team - Wikipedia

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1975 Wittenberg Tigers football
NCAA Division III champion OAC Blue Division champion
OAC championship game, L 0–9 vs. Muskingum
Stagg Bowl, W 28–0 vs. Ithaca
Conference	Ohio Athletic Conference
Division	Blue Division
Record	12–1 (4–0 OAC)
Head coach	Dave Maurer (7th season)
Home stadium	Wittenberg Stadium
Seasons ← 1974 1976 →

1975 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Blue Division
Wittenberg xy$^	4	–	0	–	0	12	–	1	–	0
Denison	3	–	1	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Mount Union	2	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Ohio Wesleyan	1	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Capital	0	–	4	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Red Division
Muskingum xy	4	–	1	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Baldwin–Wallace	4	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Marietta	3	–	2	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Heidelberg	3	–	2	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Otterbein	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Wooster	0	–	5	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Not competing for championship
Ohio Northern			–			4	–	4	–	1
Kenyon			–			3	–	6	–	0
Oberlin			–			2	–	4	–	0
Championship: Muskingum 9, Wittenberg 0
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

The 1975 Wittenberg Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Wittenberg University in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1975 NCAA Division III football season. In their fifth year under head coach Dave Maurer, the Tigers compiled a 12–1 record, lost to Muskingum in the OAC championship game, and qualified for the first NCAA Division III playoffs. In the playoffs, they defeated Indiana Central in the first round, Millsaps in the semifinals, and Ithaca in the national championship game.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 13	Baldwin–Wallace*	Wittenberg Stadium Springfield, OH	W 19–0	2,850	^[1]
September 20	at Delaware*	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	W 14–8	20,132	^[2]
September 27	Muskingum*	Wittenberg Stadium Springfield, OH	W 20–16
October 4	at West Liberty*	West Liberty, WV	W 34–6		^[3]
October 11	at Hillsdale*	Hillsdale, MI	W 10–7
October 18	Denison	Wittenberg Stadium Springfield, OH	W 24–0	2,200	^[4]
October 25	at Mount Union	Alliance, OH	W 17–10		^[5]
November 1	Ohio Wesleyan	Wittenberg Stadium Springfield, OH	W 45–16	6,200	^[6]
November 8	at Capital	Columbus, OH	W 24–19		^[7]
November 15	vs. Muskingum*	George Finnie Stadium Berea, OH (OAC championship game)	L 0–9		^[8]
November 22	Indiana Central*	Wittenberg Stadium Springfield, OH (NCAA Division III Quarterfinal)	W 14–13	1,750	^[9]
December 1	Millsaps*	Wittenberg Stadium Springfield, OH (NCAA Division III Semifinal)	W 55–22	2,500	^[10]
December 6	vs. Ithaca*	Garrett–Harrison Stadium Phenix City, AL (NCAA Division III Championship Game)	W 28–0	6,000	^[11]
*Non-conference game

v t e Wittenberg Tigers football
Venues	Edwards–Maurer Field
People	Head coaches
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