1929 Arizona Wildcats football team

1929 Arizona Wildcats football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1
Head coach
CaptainWendell P. Acuff
Home stadiumArizona Stadium
Seasons
← 1928
1930 →
1929 Western college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Mary's     8 0 1
Arizona     7 1 0
Loyola (CA)     6 3 0
Santa Clara     5 3 0
Gonzaga     4 3 0
Hawaii     4 3 0
New Mexico A&M     3 2 3
St. Ignatius (CA)     4 3 1
Santa Barbara State     4 4 1
New Mexico     2 4 2
Regis     3 7 0
Humboldt State     1 4 1
Arizona State     0 6 0
Columbia (OR)        

The 1929 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona as an independent during the 1929 college football season. In their fifteenth season under head coach Pop McKale, the Wildcats compiled a 7–1 record and outscored their opponents 182 to 22, with six shutouts. The team captain was Wendell P. Acuff.[1]

The 1929 team was the first to play at the new Arizona Stadium in Tucson; the first game was a 35–0 victory over Caltech on October 12.[2][3][4] The team also participated in the first night game played at the Rose Bowl, a 16–7 victory over Occidental in the season opener on Friday, September 27.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Arizona Football 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Arizona. 2016. pp. 102, 104. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  2. ^ "Dedicate new Ariz. stadium". Prescott Sunday Courier. (Arizona). Associated Press. October 13, 1929. p. 1.
  3. ^ "Arizona downs Cal Tech 35–0". Prescott Sunday Courier. (Arizona). Associated Press. October 13, 1929. p. 5.
  4. ^ 2016 Media Guide, p 97.
  5. ^ "Arizona squad wins on Coast". Prescott Evening Courier. (Arizona). Associated Press. September 28, 1929. p. 4.
  6. ^ "Arizona Bumps Occidental Footballers, 16–7: Night Contest Makes Big Hit". Los Angeles Times. September 28, 1929. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.

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