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1929 NYU Violets football team

The 1929 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1929 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Chick Meehan, the team compiled a 7–3 record.[1] Prior to the start of the season, halfback Edwin "Dutch" Hill accidentally shot and killed himself when he took a police officer's gun away from him as a practical joke.[2][3]

1929 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Field
Polo Grounds
Yankee Stadium
Seasons
← 1928
1930 →
1929 Eastern college football independents records
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

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Vermont
W 77–015,000[4]
October 5West Virginia Wesleyan
W 26–035,000[5]
October 12at Fordham
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
L 0–2657,000[6]
October 19Penn State
W 7–035,000[7]
October 26Butler
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 13–625,000[8]
November 2Georgetown
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–1450,000[9]
November 9Georgia
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 27–1942,000[10]
November 16Missouri
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 14–040,000[11]
November 23Rutgers
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 20–715,000[12]
November 28Carnegie Tech
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–2055,000[13]

References

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  1. ^ "1929 NYU Violets Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  2. ^ "Hill, N.Y.U. Athlete, Shot Dead in Prank". The New York Times. May 8, 1929.
  3. ^ "Hill's Death Casts Gloom Over N.Y.U.". The New York Times. May 9, 1929.
  4. ^ "N.Y.U. displays new aces in 77–0 win over Vermont". Times Union. September 29, 1929. Retrieved June 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "N.Y.U. shaken badly at start, wins by 26 to 0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 6, 1929. Retrieved June 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Fordham Rams N.Y.U., 26–0". Daily News. October 13, 1929. Retrieved June 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Violet bloom but Lion fails to roar". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 20, 1929. Retrieved June 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "New York U. 13, Butler 6; Two long runs upset scrappy Bulldog squad". The Indianapolis Star. October 27, 1929. Retrieved June 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Georgetown vanquishes N.Y.U." The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 3, 1929. Retrieved June 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Georgia loses, 19 to 27, in spectacular game". The Atlanta Constitution. November 10, 1929. Retrieved June 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Beat Tigers again". The Kansas City Star. November 17, 1929. Retrieved June 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "N.Y.U. eleven beats Rutgers, 20–7". Daily News. November 24, 1929. Retrieved June 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Carnegie Tech outclasses N.Y.U. 20 to 0". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 29, 1929. Retrieved June 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


 

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