1929 Providence Friars football team

The 1929 Providence Friars football team was an American football team that represented Providence College as an independent during the 1929 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Archie Golembeski, the team compiled a 3–3–2 record.

1929 Providence Friars football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–3–2
Head coach
Home stadiumHendricken Field
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 28at Rutgers
L 0–178,000[1]
October 5at Holy CrossL 6–148,000[2]
October 12Canisius
T 0–0[3]
October 26at Colgate
L 0–525,000[4]
November 2Middlebury
  • Hendricken Field
  • Providence, RI
W 33–0[5]
November 9at Coast GuardNew London, CTW 32–0[6]
November 16St. John's
  • Hendricken Field
  • Providence, RI
W 19–6[7]
November 22at Lowell TextileLowell, MAT 12–12[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Rutgers is winner in first game". The Sunday Times. September 29, 1929. Retrieved May 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Holy Cross wins from Providence by 14 to 6 score". The Hartford Courant. October 6, 1929. Retrieved May 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Providence battles Canisius to a tie". The Knoxville Journal. October 13, 1929. Retrieved May 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Maroon too strong for Providence". Democrat and Chronicle. October 27, 1929. Retrieved May 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Providence 33, Middlebury 0". The Burlington Free Press. November 4, 1929. Retrieved May 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Providence Friars run wild to trounce Coast Guard Academy". The Hartford Courant. November 10, 1929. Retrieved May 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Providence beats St. John's, 19–6". The Brooklyn Daily Times. November 17, 1929. Retrieved May 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Lowell Textile and Providence tie, 12–12". The Hartford Courant. November 24, 1929. Retrieved May 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.