1938 Hillsdale Dales football | |
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Conference | Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
Record | 8–0 (4–0 MIAA) |
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Hillsdale $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albion | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kalamazoo | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hope | 0 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1938 Hillsdale Dales football team was an American football team that represented Hillsdale College as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1938 college football season. In their 12th year under head coach Dwight Harwood,[1] the Dales compiled a perfect 8–0 (5–0 in conference games), won the MIAA championship, shut out five opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 224 to 27.[2][3]
Halfback Albert Rizzardi was selected as a NAIA All-American, the first Hillsdale player to be so honored. Six Hillsdale players received all-conference honors: Rizzardi, Billy Trau, and Gordon Piatt at back; Jerome Zaiser at center; Ronald Larson at end; and Spencer Pratt at tackle.[2][4]
The team was inducted as a group into the Hillsdale College Hall of Fame in 1998.[2]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source | ||
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September 24 | Bluffton* | Hlllsdale, MI | W 18–0 | [5] | ||
October 1 | at Olivet* | Olivet, MI | W 32–7 | [6] | ||
October 8 | Adrian* | Hillsdale, MI | W 52–0 | [7] | ||
October 15 | at Grand Rapids JC* | Grand Rapids, MI | W 28–14 | [8] | ||
October 22 | Kalamazoo | Hillsdale, MI | W 14–6 | [9] | ||
October 29 | at Alma | Alma, MI | W 20–0 | [10] | ||
November 5 | at Albion |
| W 27–0 | [11] | ||
November 12 | Hope | Hillsdale, MI | W 33–0 | [12] | ||
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National championship seasons in bold |