1929 Missouri Tigers football team
American college football season
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The 1929 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Six Conference (Big 6) during the 1929 college football season. The team compiled a 5–2–1 record (3–1–1 against Big 6 opponents), finished in second place in the Big 6, and outscored opponents by a total of 78 to 28. Gwinn Henry was the head coach for the seventh of nine seasons.[1][2] The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.
ConferenceBig Six Conference
Record5–2–1 (3–1–1 Big 6)
Headcoach
- Gwinn Henry (7th season)
CaptainJohn D. Waldorf
| 1929 Missouri Tigers football | |
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| Conference | Big Six Conference |
| Record | 5–2–1 (3–1–1 Big 6) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | John D. Waldorf |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Nebraska $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 1 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The team's leading scorer was Russell Dills with 26 points.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| October 12 | at Iowa State | W 19–0 | 4,011 | |||||
| October 19 | Drake* | W 20–0 | 12,000 | [4] | ||||
| October 26 | Nebraska |
| T 7–7 | 22,000 | ||||
| November 2 | Kansas State |
| L 6–7 | |||||
| November 9 | 2:00 p.m. | at Washington University* | W 6–0 | 9,000 | [5][6][7] | |||
| November 16 | at NYU* | L 0–14 | 40,000 | [8] | ||||
| November 23 | at Kansas | W 7–0 | ||||||
| November 28 | Oklahoma |
| W 13–0 | |||||
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