1929 NYU Violets football team

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The 1929 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1929 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Chick Meehan, the team compiled a 7–3 record.[1] Prior to the start of the season, halfback Edwin "Dutch" Hill accidentally shot and killed himself when he took a police officer's gun away from him as a practical joke.[2][3]

ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Headcoach
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1929 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Field
Polo Grounds
Yankee Stadium
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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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28VermontW 77–015,000[4]
October 5West Virginia WesleyanW 26–035,000[5]
October 12at Fordham
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
L 0–2657,000[6]
October 19Penn StateW 7–035,000[7]
October 26Butler
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 13–625,000[8]
November 2Georgetown
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–1450,000[9]
November 9Georgia
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 27–1942,000[10]
November 16Missouri
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 14–040,000[11]
November 23Rutgers
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 20–715,000[12]
November 28Carnegie Tech
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–2055,000[13]
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