1929 Syracuse Orangemen football team

1929 Syracuse Orangemen football
1929 Syracuse Orangemen football
Conference	Independent
1929 record	6–3
Head coach	Lew Andreas (3rd season);
Captain	Albert VanNess
Home stadium	Archbold Stadium
	Seasons ← 1928 1930 →

The 1929 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1929 college football season. The Orangemen were led by third-year head coach Lew Andreas and played their home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York.^[2]^[1] Andreas was succeeded as football coach by Vic Hanson after the season, but remained as the Syracuse basketball coach for 21 more years.^[3]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 28	Hobart	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 77–0	25,000
October 5	St. Lawrence	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 55–0	12,000
October 12	Nebraska	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	L 6–13	20,000
October 19	Johns Hopkins	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 85–6	18,000
October 26	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 6–0
November 2	Penn State	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	L 4–6	12,000
November 9	Niagara	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 20–0	12,000
November 16	Colgate	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	L 0–21	35,000
November 28	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	W 6–0	20,000

^ ^a ^b 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 146.
^ "1929 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
^ "Andreas Is Reappointed: To Coach Basketball at Syracuse--Hanson New Football Mentor". New York Times. February 12, 1930. p. 32.

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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