1929 Dartmouth Indians football team

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1929 Dartmouth Indians football
ConferenceIndependent
1929 record7–2
Head coach
CaptainEllsworth Armstrong
Home stadiumMemorial Field
Seasons
← 1928
1930 →
1929 Eastern college football independents records
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Pittsburgh   –   9 – 1 – 0
Colgate   –   8 – 1 – 0
Fordham   –   7 – 0 – 2
Bucknell   –   8 – 2 – 0
Penn   –   7 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   7 – 2 – 1
Villanova   –   7 – 2 – 1
Cornell   –   6 – 2 – 0
Tufts   –   5 – 1 – 2
Harvard   –   5 – 2 – 1
Yale   –   5 – 2 – 1
NYU   –   7 – 3 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   6 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 3 – 0
Syracuse   –   6 – 3 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   5 – 2 – 2
Drexel   –   6 – 3 – 1
Temple   –   6 – 3 – 1
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 3 – 1
Army   –   6 – 4 – 1
Brown   –   5 – 5 – 0
Columbia   –   4 – 5 – 0
CCNY   –   2 – 4 – 2
Princeton   –   2 – 4 – 1
Boston University   –   3 – 6 – 0
Vermont   –   2 – 7 – 0

The 1929 Dartmouth Indians football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College as an independent during the 1929 college football season. In their third season under head coach Jackson Cannell, the Indians compiled a 7–2 record. Ellsworth Armstrong was the team captain.[1]

Al Marsters was the team's leading scorer, with 109 points, from 16 touchdowns and 13 kicked extra points.[2]

Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28 Norwich
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 67–0 [1]
October 5 Hobart
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 68–0 [1]
October 12 Allegheny
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 53–0 [1]
October 19 at Columbia
W 34–0 40,000 [3]
October 26 at Harvard
W 34–7 60,000 [4]
November 2 at Yale
L 12–16 78,000 [5]
November 9 at Brown
W 13–6 20,000 [6]
November 16 Cornell
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH (rivalry)
W 18–14 14,000 [7]
November 30 vs. Navy
L 6–13 35,000 [8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Season-by-Season Results: 1881-1939". Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  2. ^ "Annual Scoring Leaders (Since 1925)". Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  3. ^ Danzig, Allison (October 20, 1929). "Columbia Crushed by Dartmouth, 34-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  4. ^ Richardson, William D. (October 27, 1929). "Dartmouth Upsets Harvard by 34 to 7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. ^ Kelley, Robert F. (November 3, 1929). "Ellis's 80-Yard Run Wins for Yale, 16-12, in Dartmouth Game". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. ^ Nichols, Joseph C. (November 10, 1929). "Dartmouth Rally Stops Brown, 13-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. ^ Nichols, Joseph C. (November 17, 1929). "Dartmouth Rallies to Defeat Cornell". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. ^ Nichols, Joseph C. (December 1, 1929). "Navy Team Upsets Dartmouth, 13 to 6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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