1929 North Dakota Flickertails football team

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1929 North Dakota Flickertails football
NCC champion
Conference North Central Conference
Record9–1 (4–0 NCC)
Head coach
CaptainStuart MacMillan
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1928
1930  
1929 North Central Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
North Dakota $ 4 0 09 1 0
South Dakota State 2 1 15 4 1
North Dakota Agricultural 1 1 24 3 2
Morningside 1 3 04 4 0
South Dakota 0 3 14 4 1
  • $ Conference champion

The 1929 North Dakota Flickertails football team, also known as the Nodaks, was an American football team that represented the University of North Dakota in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1929 college football season. In its second year under head coach Charles A. West, the team compiled a 9–1 record (4–0 against NCC opponents), won the conference championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 194 to 40. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20 Saint Mary's (MN) *W 14–75,000 [2]
September 28at Superior State *W 26–6
October 4 Haskell *
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Grand Forks, ND
L 6–137,000 [3]
October 5at Manitoba *W 27–1
October 11 South Dakota
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Grand Forks, ND
W 13–7
October 19at Morningside W 26–0
October 26 North Dakota Agricultural
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Grand Forks, ND
W 14–0
November 2at South Dakota State W 7–6
November 16 Creighton *
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Grand Forks, ND
W 54–08,000 [4]
November 30at Loyola (IL) *
W 7–0 [5]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "2022 North Dakota Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of North Dakota Athletics. 2022. p. 176. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  2. "Nodaks Defeats St. Mary's 14-7 In Night Game". The St. Cloud Daily Times and The Daily Journal-Press . St. Cloud, Minnesota. Associated Press. September 21, 1929. p. 17. Retrieved July 2, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  3. "Weller Smashes Through Flicks As Haskell Wins". The Minneapolis Journal . Minneapolis, Minnesota. October 5, 1929. p. 8. Retrieved July 2, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  4. Howard Wolff (November 17, 1929). "Bluejays Crushed: North Dakota Stages Rout and Wins, 54-0; Creighton Eleven Takes Most Severe Beating in History; Eight Thousand See Game Start but Leave Early". Omaha World-Herald. pp. 1B, 3B via Newspapers.com.
  5. "North Dakota Hands Loyola 1st Home Defeat, 7-0". Chicago Tribune. December 1, 1929. p. II-2 via Newspapers.com.