1929 Cornell Big Red football team

1929 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–2
Head coach	Gil Dobie (10th season)
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Base defense	6–3–2
Captain	Sam Wakeman
Home stadium	Schoellkopf Field

1929 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Pittsburgh			–					9	–	1	–	0
Colgate			–					8	–	1	–	0
Fordham			–					7	–	0	–	2
Bucknell			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 11 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
Providence			–					3	–	3	–	2
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
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1929 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1929 college football season. In their tenth season under head coach Gil Dobie, the Big Red compiled a 6–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 204 to 60.^[1][2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 28	Clarkson	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 60–0
October 5	Niagara	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 22–6
October 12	Hampden–Sydney	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 40–6
October 19	Princeton	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 13–7	[3]
November 2	Columbia	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 12–6	[4]
November 16	Western Reserve	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 36–0
November 23	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	L 14–18
November 28	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 7–17

References

1. "Cornell Yearly Results (1925–1929)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
2. "1929 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
3. "Cornell Outplays Princeton, Winning Thrilling Game, 13-7". New York Daily News. October 20, 1929. p. 81 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Jack Farrell (November 3, 1929). "Cornell's Air Attack Beats Columbia". New York Daily News. p. 88 – via Newspapers.com.