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1929 college football season

1929 Big 6 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Nebraska $ 3 0 2     4 1 3
Missouri 3 1 1     5 2 1
Kansas State 3 2 0     3 5 0
Oklahoma 2 2 1     3 3 2
Kansas 2 3 0     4 4 0
Iowa State 0 5 0     1 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1929 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#2 Purdue $ 5 0 0     8 0 0
#5 Illinois 3 1 1     6 1 1
Minnesota 3 2 0     6 2 0
Northwestern 3 2 0     6 3 0
Iowa 2 2 2     4 2 2
Ohio State 2 2 1     4 3 1
Michigan 1 3 1     5 3 1
Indiana 1 3 1     2 6 1
Chicago 1 3 0     7 3 0
Wisconsin 1 4 0     4 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System
1929 New England Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
New Hampshire $ 2 0 0     7 2 0
Rhode Island 1 1 0     5 2 1
Connecticut 1 2 0     4 4 0
Maine 1 2 0     2 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1929 PCC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
USC $ 6 1 0     10 2 0
Stanford 5 1 0     9 2 0
Oregon 4 1 0     7 3 0
California 4 1 0     7 1 1
Washington State 4 2 0     10 2 0
UCLA 1 3 0     4 4 0
Oregon State 1 4 0     5 4 0
Idaho 1 4 0     4 5 0
Montana 0 4 1     3 5 1
Washington 0 5 1     2 6 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1929 RMFAC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Utah $ 6 0 0     7 0 0
Colorado 4 1 1     5 1 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1929 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Tulane $ 6 0 0     9 0 0
Tennessee 6 0 1     9 0 1
North Carolina 7 1 0     9 1 0
Florida 6 1 0     8 2 0
Vanderbilt 5 1 0     7 2 0
Kentucky 3 1 1     6 1 1
Georgia 4 2 0     6 4 0
VMI 4 2 0     8 2 0
Duke 2 1 0     4 6 0
LSU 3 2 0     6 3 0
Alabama 4 3 0     6 3 0
Clemson 3 3 0     8 3 0
VPI 2 3 0     5 4 0
Georgia Tech 3 5 0     3 6 0
South Carolina 2 5 0     6 5 0
Virginia 1 3 2     4 3 2
Maryland 1 3 1     4 4 2
Washington and Lee 1 4 1     3 5 1
Ole Miss 0 4 2     1 6 2
Mississippi A&M 0 3 1     1 5 2
Sewanee 0 4 1     2 5 2
NC State 0 5 0     1 8 0
Auburn 0 7 0     2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1929 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
TCU $ 4 0 1     9 0 1
SMU 3 0 2     6 0 4
Arkansas 3 2 0     7 2 0
Texas 2 2 2     5 2 2
Baylor 2 2 1     7 3 1
Texas A&M 2 3 0     5 3 0
Rice 0 5 0     2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1929 NCAA football season saw a number of unbeaten and untied teams. Purdue, Tulane, Notre Dame and Pittsburgh all finished the regular season with wins over all their opponents. Notre Dame was recognized as national champion under the Dickinson System and by a United Press writer while Pitt was considered a national champion by several others due to Pitt possessing a greater scoring differential over the two teams' only common regular season opponent. Following the season, Pitt traveled to Pasadena to meet USC in the Rose Bowl, at that time the only postseason college football game and held between the perceived best teams of east and west. Despite Pitt's losing 47–14 to the Trojans, as bowls were still considered exhibitions by many, college football historian Parke H. Davis, whose national championship selections are recognized by the official NCAA records book, named the Panthers as that season's national champion while several other retroactive selectors recognized by the NCAA records book have selected Notre Dame. Both Notre Dame and Pitt claim a national championship for the 1929 season and both are recognized in the NCAA Records Book and by College Football Data Warehouse.

A major change in the rules for 1929 was that a fumbled ball was dead as soon as it struck the ground. Previously, a defending player could run with a recovered fumble, as in the case of Roy Riegels in the 1929 Rose Bowl.

September 21 In Dallas, Southern Methodist University (SMU) opened its season with a 13-3 win over North Texas State.

September 28

SMU and Howard Payne College played to a 13-13 tie, and TCU rolled over visiting Daniel Baker College, 61-0. In Los Angeles, USC opened its season against crosstown rival UCLA, rolling over the Bruins 76-0. Pittsburgh beat Waynesburg State, 53-0 California beat Santa Clara 27-6 Pennsylvania beat Franklin & Marshall 14-7 Tulane opened with a win over Northwestern State, 40-6


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