1929 Princeton Tigers football team

1929 Princeton Tigers football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–4–1
Head coach	Bill Roper (16th season)
Captain	John K. Whyte Jr.
Home stadium	Palmer 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 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1929 college football season. In their 16th year under head coach Bill Roper, the Tigers compiled a 2–4–1 record and were outscored by 67 to 66.^[1]

No Princeton players were selected as first-team honorees on the 1929 All-America college football team or the 1929 All-Eastern football team.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 5	Amherst	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 7–0
October 12	Brown	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 12–13
October 19	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 7–13		[2]
October 26	Navy	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	T 13–13		[3]
November 2	Chicago	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 7–15		[4][5]
November 9	Lehigh	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 20–0
November 16	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	L 0–13		[6]

References

1. "1929 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
2. "Cornell Outplays Princeton, Winning Thrilling Game, 13-7". New York Daily News. October 20, 1929. p. 81 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Tiger Eleven Ties Navy By Closing Rally". The Baltimore Sun. October 27, 1929. pp. 1, Sports 2 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Dixon Stewart (November 3, 1929). "Chicago Beats Princeton for East's Biggest Surprise: Cocky Tiger Holds Twice, Then Cracks". The Montana Standard. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Allison Danzig (November 3, 1929). "Maroons' Rally Overcomes Princeton, 15 to 7". Chicago Tribune. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Albert W. Keane (November 17, 1929). "Yale Beats Princeton 13-0 Despite Absence Of Booth From Game". The Hartford Courant. pp. I-1, IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.