1929 Princeton Tigers football team

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1929 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–4–1
Head coach
CaptainJohn K. Whyte Jr.
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
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 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1929 college football season. In their 16th year under head coach Bill Roper, the Tigers compiled a 2–4–1 record and were outscored by a total of 67 to 66.[1]

No Princeton players were selected as first-team honorees on the 1929 All-America college football team or the 1929 All-Eastern football team.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5 AmherstW 7–0
October 12 Brown
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 12–13
October 19at CornellL 7–13[2]
October 26 Navy
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
T 13–13[3]
November 2 Chicago
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 7–15[4][5]
November 9 Lehigh
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 20–0
November 16at Yale L 0–13[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1929 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. ^ "Cornell Outplays Princeton, Winning Thrilling Game, 13-7". New York Daily News. October 20, 1929. p. 81 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Tiger Eleven Ties Navy By Closing Rally". The Baltimore Sun. October 27, 1929. pp. 1, Sports 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Dixon Stewart (November 3, 1929). "Chicago Beats Princeton for East's Biggest Surprise: Cocky Tiger Holds Twice, Then Cracks". The Montana Standard. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Allison Danzig (November 3, 1929). "Maroons' Rally Overcomes Princeton, 15 to 7". Chicago Tribune. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Albert W. Keane (November 17, 1929). "Yale Beats Princeton 13-0 Despite Absence Of Booth From Game". The Hartford Courant. pp. I-1, IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.