1929 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football team

1929 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–2–2
Head coach	Bill Amos (1st season)

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 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football team was an American football team that represented Washington & Jefferson College as an independent during the 1929 college football season. The team compiled a 5–2–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 142 to 33. Bill Amos was the head coach.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	Ohio Northern	Washington, PA	W 33–0
October 5	Ashland	Washington, PA	W 60–0
October 12	at Bucknell	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 14–6		[2]
October 19	Carnegie Tech	Washington, PA	T 0–0
October 26	at Temple	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	T 0–0	20,000	[3]
November 2	Lafayette	Washington, PA	W 20–0
November 9	at Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–21	30,000	[4]
November 16	Wittenberg	Washington, PA	W 15–0
November 28	at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	L 0–6	15,000	[5]

References

1. "1929 Washington & Jefferson Presidents Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
2. "Bucknell Loses to W. and J. Team". Harrisburg Sunday Courier. October 13, 1929. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Temple Ties W. and J.: Owls Hold W. and J. to 0-0 Tie Before Crowd of 20,000". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 27, 1929. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
4. Hannum, Max E. (November 10, 1929). "30,000 See Old Rivals in Battle". The Pittsburgh Press. p. Sporting 1 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Wash & Jeff succumbs to W. Va., 6 to 0". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 29, 1929. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.