The 1972 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware in the 1972 NCAA College Division football season as an independent. They were led by seventh-year head coach Tubby Raymond and played their home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware. Following their undefeated season, they were named NCAA College Division national champions in both the AP writers' poll and the UPI coaches poll. For the fifth straight year, they also won the Lambert Cup as the best football team from a mid-sized college in the East.