1969 Defiance Yellow Jackets football team
| 1966 Mid-Ohio Conference | |
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| Record | 9–0 (3–0 MOC) |
| Head coach | (3rd season) |
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| No. 16 Defiance $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wilmington (OH)
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The 1969 Defiance Yellow Jackets football team was an
Mid-Ohio Conference (MOC) during the 1969 NAIA football season. In their third year under head coach Roger Merb, the Yellow Jackets compiled a 9–0 record (3–0 against conference opponents), won the MOC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 283 to 61.[1]
At the end of the season, Merb was selected as the MOC bootball coach of the year. In addition, 14 Defiance players, including quarterback Jerry Griffith, were named to the 1969 MOC all-star team.[2]
The 1969 season was one of three perfect seasons in Defiance football history, the others being in 1953 and 1966.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 13 | Hope* | Defiance, OH | W 40–7 | [4] | |||
| September 20 | at Adrian* | Adrian, MI | W 49–13 | ||||
| September 27 | Alma* | Defiance, OH | W 14–7 | [5] | |||
| October 4 | at Findlay | Findlay, OH | W 14–13 | [6] | |||
| October 11 | Wilmington (OH) | Defiance, OH | W 31–0 | [7] | |||
| October 18 | Manchester* | Defiance, OH | W 36–6 | ||||
| October 25 | Bluffton | Defiance, OH | W 35–0 | ||||
| November 1 | at Central State* | Wilberforce, OH | W 21–0 | [8] | |||
| November 8 | at Anderson* | Anderson, IN | W 43–15 | [9][10] | |||
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References
- ^ "1966 - Defiance (OH)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
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- ^ "Defiance (OH) Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
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