1929 Mississippi A&M Aggies football team

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1929 Mississippi A&M Aggies football
Conference Southern Conference
Record1–5–2 (0–3–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadium Scott Field
Municipal Stadium
Seasons
  1928
1930  
1929 Southern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 Tulane $ 6 0 09 0 0
Tennessee 6 0 19 0 1
North Carolina 7 1 09 1 0
Florida 6 1 08 2 0
Vanderbilt 5 1 07 2 0
Kentucky 3 1 16 1 1
Georgia 4 2 06 4 0
VMI 4 2 08 2 0
Duke 2 1 04 6 0
LSU 3 2 06 3 0
Alabama 4 3 06 3 0
Clemson 3 3 08 3 0
VPI 2 3 05 4 0
Georgia Tech 3 5 03 6 0
South Carolina 2 5 06 5 0
Virginia 1 3 24 3 2
Maryland 1 3 14 4 2
Washington and Lee 1 4 13 5 1
Ole Miss 0 4 21 6 2
Mississippi A&M 0 3 11 5 2
Sewanee 0 4 12 5 2
NC State 0 5 01 8 0
Auburn 0 7 02 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1929 Mississippi A&M Aggies football team was an American football team that represented the Agricultural and Mechanical College of the State of Mississippi (now known as Mississippi State University) as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1929 college football season. In their third season under head coach John W. Hancock, Mississippi A&M compiled a 1–5–2 record. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27 Henderson-Brown *L 0–7 [2]
October 5at Georgia Tech L 13–2712,000 [3]
October 12at Tulane L 0–34 [4]
October 19 LSU
L 6–31 [5]
November 2 Mississippi College *
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
W 6–0 [6]
November 9 Michigan State *
  • Municipal Stadium
  • Jackson, MS
L 19–33< 2,000 [7] [8]
November 16 Millsaps *
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
T 0–0 [9]
November 28at Ole Miss T 7–712,000 [10]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "1929 Mississippi State Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  2. "Henderson Brown wins from Mississippi Aggies". The Shreveport Times. September 28, 1929. Retrieved December 7, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Rebuilt Tech varies attack to score difficult win over A. and M." The Montgomery Advertiser. October 6, 1929. Retrieved December 7, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Tulane scoring machine clicks off 34 points against A&M eleven". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 13, 1929. Retrieved December 7, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Louisiana trounces Miss. Aggies, 31 to 6". The Commercial Appeal. October 20, 1929. Retrieved December 7, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Choctaws succumb to Aggies after battle on rain soaked field". The Clarion-Ledger. November 3, 1929. Retrieved August 28, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  7. Hewitt, Purser (November 10, 1929). "Few Upsets Crop Out In Dixie; Small Crowd Here As Aggies Lose". Daily Clarion-Ledger . Jackson, Mississippi. p. 1. Retrieved August 14, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  8. Hewitt, Purser (November 10, 1929). "Few Upsets Crop Out In Dixie; Small Crowd Here As Aggies Lose (continued)". Daily Clarion-Ledger . Jackson, Mississippi. p. 10. Retrieved August 14, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  9. "Millsaps narrowly misses victory over Aggie gridders". The Clarion-Ledger. November 17, 1929. Retrieved December 7, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Ole Miss ties rival Aggies in bitter contest". The Shreveport Times. November 29, 1929. Retrieved December 6, 2023 via Newspapers.com.