1929 Harvard Crimson football team

1929 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–2–1
Head coach	Arnold Horween (4th season)
Captain	James E. Barrett
Home stadium	Harvard Stadium
Seasons ←  1928 1930  →

1929 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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. ^[1] 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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 5	Bates	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 48–0
October 12	New Hampshire	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 35–0		[2]
October 19	Army	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	T 20–20
October 26	Dartmouth	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 7–34	60,000	[3]
November 2	Florida	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 14–0	35,000	[4] [5]
November 9	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 12–14	85,042
November 16	Holy Cross	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 12–6
November 23	Yale	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (Rivalry)	W 10–6

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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.
5. "Harvard Beats Florida, 14-0 In Close Fight". The Anniston Star. November 3, 1929. p. 10. Retrieved August 20, 2015– via Newspapers.com.
6. "1929 Harvard Football Schedule". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on September 1, 2014. Retrieved April 12, 2016.