1969 Wesleyan Cardinals football team
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- Donald Russell (6th season)
| 1969 Wesleyan Cardinals football | |
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Lambert Cup co-champion Little Three champion | |
| Conference | Little Three |
| Record | 8–0 (2–0 Little Three) |
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| Captain | Jeff Diamond[1] |
| Home stadium | Andrus Field |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wesleyan $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amherst | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Williams | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 NCAA College Division 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]