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1929 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football team

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1929 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2–2
Head coach
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 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football team was an American football team that represented Washington & Jefferson College as an independent during the 1929 college football season. The team compiled a 5–2–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 142 to 33. Bill Amos was the head coach.[1]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Ohio NorthernWashington, PAW 33–0
October 5AshlandWashington, PAW 60–0
October 12at BucknellW 14–6[2]
October 19Carnegie TechWashington, PAT 0–0
October 26at TempleT 0–020,000[3]
November 2LafayetteWashington, PAW 20–0
November 9at Pittsburgh
L 0–2130,000[4]
November 16WittenbergWashington, PAW 15–0
November 28at West VirginiaL 0–615,000[5]

References

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  1. ^ "1929 Washington & Jefferson Presidents Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  2. ^ "Bucknell Loses to W. and J. Team". Harrisburg Sunday Courier. October 13, 1929. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Temple Ties W. and J.: Owls Hold W. and J. to 0-0 Tie Before Crowd of 20,000". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 27, 1929. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Hannum, Max E. (November 10, 1929). "30,000 See Old Rivals in Battle". The Pittsburgh Press. p. Sporting 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Wash & Jeff succumbs to W. Va., 6 to 0". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 29, 1929. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.