Hampden-Sydney Football played in the 1971 Knute Rockne Bowl, which served as the NCAA College Division (II) East Regional Championship. The Tigers completed the season with a final record of 10-1, winning the Mason-Dixon Conference Championship with a perfect 4-0 record, before falling to Bridgeport (CT) 17-12 in the Knute Rockne Bowl on November 26, 1971 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. H-SC had the top-ranked scoring defense in all NCAA divisions that fall, allowing only 3.4 points per game during the regular season with five shutouts, and the squad ranked first in total defense (115.6). The team was coached by Hall of Fame head coach J. Stokeley Fulton '55, assisted by Homer Garr, Bobby Saylor and Lou Wacker.
Team Members
Paul Abels, Bert Allen, Pem AppersonDavid Atkinson, Greg Baldwin, Larry BertramButch Beverly, George Blackburn, Jim Blandford, Martin Bounds, Rocky Bounds, Steve Bryant, Charlie Burgess, Bill Capehart, Bob Carson, Bill Cogbill, Steve Cox, Richard Drumwright, Bryan Eads, Ray Funderburk, Harry Graham, Gary Harper, Hunt Harris, Leith Hartman, Charles Henderson, Gregg Henderson, Larry Hentz, Dick Holland, Bill Houck, Lanny Junes, Ed Keefer, Jody Kincaid, Bill Kirk, Sid Kirstein, Bobby Lawler, Bill Lawler, Mike Leidy, Bobby Long, Dan Long, Scott Lowry, Steve Mapp, Ed MartinMike McGlothlin, Camm Morton, Jim Nelson, Ted Offterdinger, Guy Overstreet, Frank Overton, Frosty Owens, Paul Page, Barry Parsley, John Payne, Kirk Payne, Bill PenhaleTracy Powers, Rick Richardson, Rob Richmond, Jim Roberts, Rick Saul, Thad Shelly, Dave Shelor, Steve Shreckhise, Vaughan Stanley, Brack Stovall, Bob Taylor, Bruce Taylor, Nick Thomas, Mike Thompson, Tommy Tucker, Eddie Tyler, Lance Van de Castle, Henry WebbCarter, Whitley, Henny Winston.
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