1934 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team

The 1934 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team represented the Carnegie Institute of Technology—now known as Carnegie Mellon University—as an independent during the 1934 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Howard Harpster, the Tartans compiled a record of 4–5.[1]

1934 Carnegie Tech Tartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5
Head coach
Home stadiumPitt Stadium
Seasons
← 1933
1935 →
1934 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tufts     8 0 0
Trinity (CT)     7 0 0
La Salle     7 0 1
Washington College     5 0 1
Franklin & Marshall     8 1 0
No. 4 Pittsburgh     8 1 0
No. 8 Colgate     7 1 0
Columbia     7 1 0
No. 5 Princeton     7 1 0
Duquesne     8 2 0
Holy Cross     8 2 0
No. 15 Temple     7 1 2
No. 10 Syracuse     6 2 0
Bucknell     7 2 2
No. 14 Army     7 3 0
Northeastern     6 1 1
Rochester     5 2 0
Dartmouth     6 3 0
Saint Anselm     6 3 0
Amherst     5 3 0
Fordham     5 3 0
Yale     5 3 0
Massachusetts State     5 3 1
CCNY     4 3 0
Providence     4 3 0
Drexel     4 3 1
Boston College     5 4 0
Bates     3 3 1
Middlebury     3 3 1
Penn     4 4 0
Penn State     4 4 0
Williams     4 4 0
Carnegie Tech     4 5 0
Washington & Jefferson     4 5 0
Villanova     3 4 2
NYU     3 4 1
Boston University     3 4 0
Colby     3 4 0
Springfield     2 3 3
Manhattan     3 5 1
Harvard     3 5 0
Vermont     2 4 2
Wesleyan     3 5 0
Brown     3 6 0
Geneva     2 5 2
Saint Joseph's     2 5 1
Cornell     2 5 0
Lafayette     2 6 0
Norwich     2 6 0
Bowdoin     0 6 1
Lowell Textile     0 7 1
Rankings from Associated Press

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29GenevaPittsburgh,PAW 7–0
October 6Miami (OH)Pittsburgh, PAW 13–7
October 13at Michigan StateL 0–1313,000[2]
October 20at Notre DameL 0–1311,242
October 27Purdue
L 0–206,000[3]
November 3at NYUW 6–0[4]
November 10at TempleL 6–3420,000[5]
November 17DuquesnePittsburgh, PAW 3–0
November 29at Pittsburgh
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 0–2035,562[6]

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References

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  1. ^ "1934 Carnegie Mellon Tartans Schedules and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
  2. ^ M.F. Drukenbrod (October 14, 1934). "Spartans Continue Climb by Defeating Carnegie, 13 to 0". Detroit Free Press. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Lester Biederman (October 28, 1935). "Purdue Passes Whip Tech, 20 to 0". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Carnegie Tech displays power in 6–0 victory over N.Y.U." Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. November 4, 1934. p. 23. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Stan Baumgartner (November 11, 1934). "Temple Downs Carnegie: Mowrey Stars as Owls Land Before 20,000". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Jack Sell (November 30, 1934). "Pitt Defeats Carnegie Tech, Final 20 to 0". Pittsburgh Post-Gazetee. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Carnegie Mellon Year-By-Year scores" (PDF). cmu.athletics.com. Retrieved September 24, 2019.