1929 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

The 1929 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented Fresno State Normal School—now known as California State University, Fresno—during the 1929 college football season.

1929 Fresno State Bulldogs football
ConferenceFar Western Conference
Record1–7 (1–4 FWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumFresno State College Stadium
1929 Far Western Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Cal Aggies $ 5 –0 –06 –2 –0
Nevada 2 –1 –02 –5 –1
San Jose State 2 –1 –13 –3 –1
Pacific (CA) 1 –3 –13 –4 –1
Chico State 1 –3 –03 –5 –0
Fresno State 1 –4 –01 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

Fresno State competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC).[note 1] The 1929 team was led by first-year head coach Stanley Borleske and played home games at Fresno State College Stadium[note 2] on the campus of Fresno City College in Fresno, California. They finished with a record of one win and seven losses (1–7, 1–4 FWC). The Bulldogs were outscored by their opponents 40–250 for the season and were shut out in six of the eight games.

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Loyola (CA)*
L 0–20[1][2]
October 5at UCLA*
L 6–56[3]
October 12Olympic Club*
  • Fresno State College Stadium
  • Fresno, CA
L 0–60
October 19at Nevada
L 0–48
October 26at Chico State
L 0–12[5]
November 112:30 p.m.at Cal Aggies
L 0–228,000[6][7][8]
November 16San Jose State
  • Fresno State College Stadium
  • Fresno, CA (rivalry)
L 14–26
November 28Pacific (CA)
  • Fresno State College Stadium
  • Fresno, CA
W 20–6

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Notes
  1. The Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) was known as the Far Western Conference (FWC) from its founding in 1925 to 1982.
  2. Ratcliffe Stadium was known as Fresno State College Stadium from 1926 to 1940.
  3. This stadium is the predecessor to the current Mackay Stadium, which was opened for the 1966 season.[4]

References
  1. Frank Irwin (September 29, 1929). "Loyola College Hands Fresno State's Bulldogs 20 To 0 Defeat: Loyola Earns First Score; Bulldogs Give Another Pair". The Fresno Morning Republican. pp. 7, 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Loyola Wrecks Fresno Eleven: Lion Football Machine in 20-0 Grid Triumph". The Los Angeles Times. September 29, 1929. pp. VI-7, VI-9 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Bruins Swamp Fresno Eleven: U.C.L.A. Wallops Teachers by 56-6 Margin". Los Angeles Times. October 6, 1929 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Mackay Stadium". University of Nevada, Reno. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  5. "Chico State Fresno State". Woodland Daily Democrat. Woodland, California. October 28, 1929. p. 4. Retrieved November 12, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  6. Adams, Wilbur (November 9, 1929). "Aggies And Fresno State Play In Stadium Monday". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. p. 33. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. Adams, Wilbur (November 12, 1929). "Hugh Crowd Sees Aggies Defeat Fresno State 22 To 0 In Stadium". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. p. 23. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  8. "Davis Gridders Have Easy Time With Teachers". Woodland Daily Democrat. Woodland, California. November 12, 1929. p. 4. Retrieved February 28, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  9. "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.


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