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1929 Army Cadets football team

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1929 Army Cadets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–4–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainChris Cagle
Home stadiumMichie 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 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1929 college football season. Led by head coach Biff Jones, the Cadets offense scored 276 points, while the defense allowed 132 points. The club started the season with three wins and one tie but finished with a 6–4–1 record.

The 1929 game between Army and Notre Dame had the highest attendance in the series at 79,408.[1]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Boston UniversityW 26–0
October 5Gettysburg
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 33–7
October 12Davidson
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 23–7[2]
October 19at HarvardT 20–20
October 26at YaleL 13–21
November 2South Dakota
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 33–6
November 9at IllinoisL 7–17
November 16Dickinson
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 89–7
November 23Ohio Wesleyan
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 19–6
November 30vs. Notre DameL 0–779,408–82,000[3]
December 28at StanfordL 13–34

References

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  1. ^ Notre Dame football media guide (PDF copy available at und.cstv.com Archived February 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine)
  2. ^ "Army regulars rout Davidson, 23–7". Daily News. October 13, 1929. Retrieved September 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Paul Gallico (December 1, 1929). "Notre Dame Nips Army, 7-0: Elder's 98-Yard Run On Intercepted Pass Saves Day for Irish". pp. 80, 82 – via Newspapers.com.