1929 Missouri Tigers football team
| 1929 Missouri Tigers football | |
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| Conference | Big Six Conference |
| Record | 5–2–1 (3–1–1 Big 6) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | John D. Waldorf |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Nebraska $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 1 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1929 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Six Conference (Big 6) during the 1929 college football season. The team compiled a 5–2–1 record (3–1–1 against Big 6 opponents), finished in second place in the Big 6, and outscored opponents by a total of 78 to 28. Gwinn Henry was the head coach for the seventh of nine seasons.[1][2] The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.
The team's leading scorer was Russell Dills with 26 points.[3]
Schedule[edit]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| October 12 | at Iowa State | W 19–0 | 4,011 | |||||
| October 19 | Drake* | W 20–0 | 12,000 | [4] | ||||
| October 26 | Nebraska |
| T 7–7 | 22,000 | ||||
| November 2 | Kansas State |
| L 6–7 | |||||
| November 9 | 2:00 p.m. | at Washington University* | W 6–0 | 9,000 | [5][6][7] | |||
| November 16 | at NYU* | L 0–14 | 40,000 | [8] | ||||
| November 23 | at Kansas | W 7–0 | ||||||
| November 28 | Oklahoma |
| W 13–0 | |||||
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References[edit]
- ^ "1929 Missouri Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
- ^ "2014 Mizzou Football Records Book" (PDF). University of Missouri. p. 40. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
- ^ 2014 Mizzou Football Records Book, p. 26.
- ^ "M.U. Tigers Rout Drake 20 to 0 in First Home Game". The Sedalia, Mo., Democrat. October 20, 1929. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Johnson, Willis E. (November 9, 1929). "Washington U. to Face Missouri Today Without Ted Saussele". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 9. Retrieved July 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ Johnson, Willis E. (November 10, 1929). "Washington Rises to Heights as Tigers Eke Out 6-0 Victory". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 11. Retrieved July 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ Johnson, Willis E. (November 10, 1929). "Bears Fight Hard, but Bow to Tigers, 6-0 (continued)". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 12. Retrieved July 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Beat Tigers again". The Kansas City Star. November 17, 1929. Retrieved June 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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