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1929 Colgate football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1
Head coach
CaptainJohn Cox
Home stadiumWhitnall 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 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1929 college football season. In its first season under head coach Andrew Kerr, the team compiled an 8–1 record, shut out seven of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 315 to 19. John Cox was the team captain. [1] [2] The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28 St. Lawrence
W 59–0
October 5at WisconsinL 6–13
October 12 Michigan State
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 31–0
October 19at IndianaW 21–6
October 26 Providence
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 52–05,000 [3]
November 2 Hampden–Sydney
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 60–0
November 9at ColumbiaW 33–0 [4]
November 16at SyracuseW 21–035,000
November 30at Brown
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 32–0

References

  1. ^ "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 127. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. ^ "1929 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ^ "Maroon too strong for Providence". Democrat and Chronicle. October 27, 1929. Retrieved May 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Jimmy Powers (November 10, 1929). "Colgate Swamps Columbia, 33-0: Maroon Runs Wild Against Crowley Team". New York Daily News. pp. 75, 78 – via Newspapers.com.