1929 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team

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1929 Carnegie Tech Tartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
Home stadiumForbes Field
Seasons
← 1928
1930 →
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
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

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.

Schedule[edit]

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[edit]

  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 icon.
  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 icon.
  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 icon.
  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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