1929 Harvard Crimson football team

1929 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2–1
Head coach
CaptainJames E. Barrett
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
1929 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   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
  –   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

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.

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 icon
  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 icon
  6. ^ "1929 Harvard Football Schedule". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on September 1, 2014. Retrieved April 12, 2016.