1929 San Diego State Aztecs football team
American college football season
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The 1929 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State Teachers College[note 1] during the 1929 college football season.
ConferenceSouthern California Conference
Record3â5 (1â5 SCC)
Headcoach
- Charles E. Peterson (9th season)
HomestadiumBalboa Stadium
Navy "Sports"Field
Navy "Sports"Field
| 1929 San Diego State Aztecs football | |
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| Conference | Southern California Conference |
| Record | 3â5 (1â5 SCC) |
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| Home stadium | Balboa Stadium Navy "Sports"Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occidental $ | 4 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pomona | 5 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Whittier | 3 | â | 2 | â | 1 | 4 | â | 4 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Redlands | 2 | â | 2 | â | 1 | 3 | â | 4 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Caltech | 3 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 6 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 1 | â | 5 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 5 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| La Verne | 0 | â | 5 | â | 0 | 0 | â | 5 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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San Diego State competed in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC). The 1929 San Diego State team was led by head coach Charles E. Peterson in his ninth season as football coach of the Aztecs.[note 2] They played five home games at Balboa Stadium and one at Navy "Sports" Field.[note 3] The Aztecs finished the season with three wins and five losses (3â5, 1â5 SCIAC). Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 81â96 points for the season.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 28 | California Christian* | W 26â18 | [1] | |
| October 5 | at Whittier |
| L 7â13 | [2] |
| October 12 | at Redlands |
| L 0â7 | [3] |
| October 19 | Santa Barbara State |
| W 7â6 | [4] |
| November 2 | Occidental |
| L 0â20 | [5] |
| November 9 | La Verne |
| W 35â0 | [6] |
| November 16 | Pomona |
| L 0â13 | [7] |
| November 28 | Caltech* |
| L 6â19 | [8] |
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Notes
- San Diego State University was known as San Diego State Teachers College from 1924 to 1934.
- San Diego State's Peterson Gym, which opened in 1961, was named after coach Peterson. At various times during his 37-year career with the Aztecs, Peterson was the athletic director, football coach, basketball coach, track coach, and Dean of Men.
- Navy "Sports" Field was the original name of what became Lane Field in downtown San Diego. It was converted to a baseball-only configuration in 1936.
- This stadium is the predecessor to the current Ted Runner Stadium on the University of Redlands campus, which was opened for the 1968 season