1929 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team

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The 1929 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team represented the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now known as Carnegie Mellon University) in the 1929 college football season.[1] In Walter Steffen's 15th year as head coach, the Tartans compiled a 5–3–1 record, and outscored their opponents 145 to 92. Carnegie Tech played a tough schedule, facing two recognized national champions, Notre Dame (consensus) and Pittsburgh (Davis), along with a 10–2 USC team. They shut out three opponents, were shut out once, and played Washington & Jefferson to a scoreless tie.

ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Headcoach
HomestadiumForbes Field
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1929 Carnegie Tech Tartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
Home stadiumForbes Field
Seasons
← 1928
1930 â†’
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1929 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Pittsburgh â€“ 9–1–0
Colgate â€“ 8–1–0
Fordham â€“ 7–0–2
Bucknell â€“ 8–2–0
No. 11 Penn â€“ 7–2–0
Boston College â€“ 7–2–1
Villanova â€“ 7–2–1
Cornell â€“ 6–2–0
Tufts â€“ 5–1–2
Harvard â€“ 5–2–1
Yale â€“ 5–2–1
NYU â€“ 7–3–0
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 6–3–0
Penn State â€“ 6–3–0
Syracuse â€“ 6–3–0
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 5–2–2
Drexel â€“ 6–3–1
Temple â€“ 6–3–1
Carnegie Tech â€“ 5–3–1
Army â€“ 6–4–1
Providence â€“ 3–3–2
Brown â€“ 5–5–0
Columbia â€“ 4–5–0
CCNY â€“ 2–4–2
Princeton â€“ 2–4–1
Boston University â€“ 3–6–0
Vermont â€“ 2–7–0
Rankings from Dickinson System
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Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5Bethany (WV)W 21–0
October 12Thiel
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 26–0
October 19Washington & JeffersonT 0–0[2]
October 26Notre Dame
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 0–765,000–66,000[3]
November 23:00 p.m.at Washington UniversityW 19–06,000[4][5][6]
November 9at Western ReserveW 33–6
November 16at Pittsburgh
L 13–34[7]
November 28at NYUW 20–055,000[8]
December 14at USCL 13–4565,000[9]
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