On this date in 1972, Former Shanley star Mike Deutsch was poised to break a 22-year-old scoring record as he led North Dakota in a highly anticipated matchup against NDSU.

Here is the complete story as it appeared in the paper that day:

This is the weekend a lot of North Dakota State University football fans are traveling to Grand Forks to watch how Ron Erhardt and company fares against a highly touted North Dakota Sioux squad.

And this is the weekend that these Fargo fans along with the Sioux fans will be focusing their attention on a Fargo running back who, based on his season’s performance thus far, will be carrying the ball in a manner to be reckoned with.

The Fargo fans will look on this with mixed emotions, because former Shanley High School star Mike Deutsch will be gaining yardage for the University of North Dakota.

If Deutsch scores a touchdown Saturday he will break a 22-year-old conference season scoring record held by S.D. State’s Warren Williamson. Deutsch currently leads all College Division players in scoring with an average of 20 points per game.

If Deutsch should not break this record the outcome of Saturday’s game very likely will be different than many people anticipate.

How is Deutsch reacting to all this? At a practice earlier this week it was apparent that both he and the team are very much aware of the attention Deutsch is getting. Deutsch breezed through the afternoon session joshing with his teammates and sometimes giving the impression of not working too hard.

But then his feet started digging and he crashed against the line.

Deutsch looked ready!