1929 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1929 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1929 college football season.[1] The Crimson were led by fourth-year head coach Arnold Horween. They played their home games in Harvard Stadium with a capacity crowd of 57,166.

1929 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2–1
Head coach
CaptainJames E. Barrett
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
(capacity: 57,166)
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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5BatesW 48–0
October 12New Hampshire
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 35–0[2]
October 19Army
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
T 20–20
October 26Dartmouth
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
L 7–3460,000[3]
November 2Florida
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 14–035,000[4][5]
November 9at MichiganL 12–1485,042
November 16Holy Cross
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 12–6
November 23Yale
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (Rivalry)
W 10–6

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References

  1. "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  2. "Harvard Batters Wildcats 35 To 0 For Second Victory". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. October 13, 1929. p. 43. Retrieved February 1, 2020 via newspapers.com.
  3. "Nation's Oldest Stadium has Colorful Past". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
  4. "Southern Foe Falls Before Harbard, 14-0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 3, 1929. p. 41. Retrieved August 20, 2015 via Newspapers.com. open access
  5. "Harvard Beats Florida, 14-0 In Close Fight". The Anniston Star. November 3, 1929. p. 10. Retrieved August 20, 2015 via Newspapers.com. open access
  6. "1929 Harvard Football Schedule". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on September 1, 2014. Retrieved April 12, 2016.


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