1929 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team

The 1929 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team represented the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now known as Carnegie Mellon University) in the 1929 college football season.[1] In Walter Steffen's 15th year as head coach, the Tartans compiled a 5–3–1 record, and outscored their opponents 145 to 92. Carnegie Tech played a tough schedule, facing two recognized national champions, Notre Dame (consensus) and Pittsburgh (Davis), along with a 10–2 USC team. They shut out three opponents, were shut out once, and played Washington & Jefferson to a scoreless tie.

1929 Carnegie Tech Tartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
Home stadiumForbes Field
1929 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Pittsburgh   –  9 –1 –0
Colgate   –  8 –1 –0
Fordham   –  7 –0 –2
Bucknell   –  8 –2 –0
No. 11 Penn   –  7 –2 –0
Boston College   –  7 –2 –1
Villanova   –  7 –2 –1
Cornell   –  6 –2 –0
Tufts   –  5 –1 –2
Harvard   –  5 –2 –1
Yale   –  5 –2 –1
NYU   –  7 –3 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –  6 –3 –0
Penn State   –  6 –3 –0
Syracuse   –  6 –3 –0
Washington & Jefferson   –  5 –2 –2
Drexel   –  6 –3 –1
Temple   –  6 –3 –1
Carnegie Tech   –  5 –3 –1
Army   –  6 –4 –1
Providence   –  3 –3 –2
Brown   –  5 –5 –0
Columbia   –  4 –5 –0
CCNY   –  2 –4 –2
Princeton   –  2 –4 –1
Boston University   –  3 –6 –0
Vermont   –  2 –7 –0
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5Bethany (WV)
W 21–0
October 12Thiel
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 26–0
October 19Washington & Jefferson
T 0–0[2]
October 26Notre Dame
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 0–765,000–66,000[3]
November 23:00 p.m.at Washington University
W 19–06,000[4][5][6]
November 9at Western Reserve
W 33–6
November 16at Pittsburgh
L 13–34[7]
November 28at NYU
W 20–055,000[8]
December 14at USC
L 13–4565,000[9]

References
  1. "1929 Carnegie Mellon Tartans Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  2. "1929 Washington & Jefferson Presidents Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  3. Max E. Hannum (October 27, 1929). "65,000 See Notre Dame Beat Carnegie, 7-0: Elevens Wage Stubborn Fight; Savoldi Jumps Over Line for Only Score on Fourth Attempt". The Pittsburgh Press. pp. Sporting 1, 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Johnson, Willis E. (November 2, 1929). "Carnegie Team Limbers Up on Francis Field for Bears Today". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 17. Retrieved July 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. Gould, James M. (November 3, 1929). "Washington U. Holds Carnegie Tech To 19-0 Score". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 1S. Retrieved July 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. Gould, James M. (November 3, 1929). "Washington Holds Carnegie Tech To 19-0 Score (continued)". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 3S. Retrieved July 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. University of Pittsburgh 1975 football media guide. University of Pittsburgh. 1975. p. 54. Retrieved August 26, 2008.
  8. "Carnegie Tech outclasses N.Y.U. 20 to 0". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 29, 1929. Retrieved June 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 109. Retrieved January 8, 2016.


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