1929 Syracuse Orangemen football team

1929 Syracuse Orangemen football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–3
Head coach	Lew Andreas (3rd season)
Captain	Albert VanNess[1]
Home stadium	Archbold Stadium

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 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	Source
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	[4]

References

1. 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 146.
2. "1929 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
3. "Andreas Is Reappointed: To Coach Basketball at Syracuse--Hanson New Football Mentor". New York Times. February 12, 1930. p. 32.
4. Pat Robinson (November 29, 1929). "Syracuse Beats Columbia, 6 to 0, in Fumbling Tilt". New York Daily News. pp. 57, 59 – via Newspapers.com.