1929 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team

American college football season

1929 Carnegie Tech Tartans football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–3–1
Head coach	Walter Steffen (15th season)
Home stadium	Forbes Field
Seasons← 1928 1930 →

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 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team represented the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now known as Carnegie Mellon University) in the 1929 college football season. In Walter Steffen's 15th year as head coach, the Tartans compiled a 5–3–1 record, and outscored their opponents 145 to 92. Carnegie Tech played a tough schedule, facing two recognized national champions, Notre Dame (consensus) and Pittsburgh (Davis), along with a 10–2 USC team. They shut out three opponents, were shut out once, and played Washington & Jefferson to a scoreless tie.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
October 5		Bethany (WV)	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 21–0
October 12		Thiel	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 26–0
October 19		Washington & Jefferson	College Field Washington, PA	T 0–0
October 26		Notre Dame	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–7	65,000–66,000
November 2	3:00 p.m.	at Washington University	Francis Field (Missouri) St. Louis, MO	W 19–0	6,000
November 9		at Western Reserve	League Park Cleveland, OH	W 33–6
November 16		at Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 13–34
November 28		at NYU	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 20–0	55,000
December 14		at USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 13–45	65,000
All times are in Eastern time

References

"1929 Carnegie Mellon Tartans Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
"1929 Washington & Jefferson Presidents Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
Max E. Hannum (October 27, 1929). "65,000 See Notre Dame Beat Carnegie, 7-0: Elevens Wage Stubborn Fight; Savoldi Jumps Over Line for Only Score on Fourth Attempt". The Pittsburgh Press. pp. Sporting 1, 6 – via Newspapers.com.
Johnson, Willis E. (November 2, 1929). "Carnegie Team Limbers Up on Francis Field for Bears Today". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 17. Retrieved July 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
Gould, James M. (November 3, 1929). "Washington U. Holds Carnegie Tech To 19-0 Score". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 1S. Retrieved July 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
Gould, James M. (November 3, 1929). "Washington Holds Carnegie Tech To 19-0 Score (continued)". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 3S. Retrieved July 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
University of Pittsburgh 1975 football media guide. University of Pittsburgh. 1975. p. 54. Retrieved August 26, 2008.
"Carnegie Tech outclasses N.Y.U. 20 to 0". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 29, 1929. Retrieved June 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 109. Retrieved January 8, 2016.

v t e Carnegie Mellon Tartans football
Venues	Forbes Field Pitt Stadium Gesling Stadium (1990–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1939 Sugar Bowl Case Western Reserve: Academic Bowl
People	Head coaches
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