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1929 Purdue Boilermakers football
Big Ten champion
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1929 record8–0 (5–0 Big Ten)
Head coachJames Phelan (8th season)
Home stadiumRoss–Ade Stadium
Uniform
Seasons
← 1928
1930 →
1929 Big Ten football standings
v · d · e 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

The 1929 Purdue Boilermakera football team represented Purdue University in the 1929 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach James Phelan, the Boilermakers compiled an undefeated 8–0 record (5–0 Big Ten) and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 187 to 44.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
October 5Kansas State*W 26–14
October 12Michigan
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 30–1618,484
October 19DePauw*
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 26–7
October 26at ChicagoW 26–0
November 2at WisconsinW 13–0
November 9Ole Miss*
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 27–7
November 16Iowa
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 7–0
November 23at IndianaW 32–0
  • *Non-conference game

Players[]

  • Horace Buttner
  • Paul Calvert
  • Elbert Caraway
  • J. M. Christman
  • Richard Chubb
  • Harold Cloud
  • Al Deutch
  • Livy Eward
  • William Fulton
  • Glen Harmeson
  • Harry Huntsinger
  • Howard Kissell
  • William Mackle
  • Charles Miller
  • E. A. Moon
  • Lew Pope
  • James Purvis
  • Eddie Risk
  • Les Sherbeck
  • Elmer Sleight
  • Don Trimble
  • George VanBibber
  • Sam Voinoff
  • Ralph Welch
  • John White
  • Bill Woerner
  • Alex Yunevich

Coaches and administrators[]

References[]

  1. "Purdue Yearly Results (1925-1929)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/p/purdue/1925-1929_yearly_results.php. Retrieved August 10, 2015.

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