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1929 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2–1
Head coach
CaptainJames E. Barrett
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
Seasons← 19281930 →
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 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1929 college football season. 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
October 19Army
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
T 20–20
October 26Dartmouth
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
L 7–3460,000
November 2Florida
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 14–035,000
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

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.
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