1929 Maine Black Bears football team

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1929 Maine Black Bears football
Conference New England Conference, Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record2–5 (1–2 New England, 1–2 MIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Field
Seasons
  1928
1930  
1929 New England Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
New Hampshire $ 2 0 07 2 0
Rhode Island State 1 1 05 2 1
Connecticut 1 2 04 4 0
Maine 1 2 02 5 0
Massachusetts 0 0 03 4 1
  • $ Conference champion

The 1929 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the New England Conference and Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association during the 1929 college football season. In its ninth season under head coach Fred Brice, the team compiled a 2–5 record (1–2 against New England and 1–2 against MIAA conference opponents). The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Orono, Maine. Lavon Zakarian was the team captain. [1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
September 28 Rhode Island State
W 6–0 [2]
October 52:00 p.m.at Boston College *L 0–42 [3]
October 12at Connecticut
L 7–20
October 19 New Hampshire
L 7–21 [4]
October 26at Bates L 0–6
November 2at Colby *
L 7–13
November 9 Bowdoin
  • Alumni Field
  • Orono, ME
W 25–6

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References

  1. "2019 Maine Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Maine. 2019. p. 86. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
  2. "Maine Tops Rhode Island By 7-0 Score". Portland Sunday Telegram and Sunday Press Herald. September 29, 1929. p. 17 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Boston College to Present Powerful Team Against Inexperience Maine Eleven at Fenway Today". The Boston Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. October 5, 1929. p. 10. Retrieved May 29, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  4. "New Hampshire Is Victor Over Maine". The Birmingham News . Birmingham, Alabama. UP. October 20, 1929. p. 25. Retrieved February 1, 2020 via newspapers.com.