1929 San Jose State Spartans football team

1929 San Jose State Spartans football
ConferenceFar Western Conference
Record3–3–1 (2–1–1 FWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumSpartan Field
Seasons
← 1928
1930 →
1929 Far Western Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cal Aggies $ 5 0 0 6 2 0
Nevada 2 1 0 2 5 1
San Jose State 2 1 1 3 3 1
Pacific (CA) 1 3 1 3 4 1
Chico State 1 3 0 3 5 0
Fresno State 1 4 0 1 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1929 San Jose State Spartans football team represented State Teachers College at San Jose[note 1] during the 1929 college football season.

San Jose State competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC)[note 2] for the first time in 1929. They had previously been a member of the California Coast Conference (CCC) from 1922 to 1928. The team was led by first-year head coach Mush Crawford, and they played home games at Spartan Field in San Jose, California. The team finished the season with a record of three wins, three losses and one tie (3–3–1, 2–1–1 FWC). The Spartans outscored their opponents 104–78 for the season.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 12Cal Aggies
L 0–13[1]
October 19at Sacramento*Sacramento, CAL 6–20
October 26Pacific (CA)
  • Spartan Field
  • San Jose, CA
T 6–6
November 2at Stanford JV*Stanford, CAL 6–25
November 11at Chico State
W 6–0[2]
November 16at Fresno StateW 26–14
November 22Cal Poly*
  • Spartan Field
  • San Jose, CA
W 54–0
  • *Non-conference game

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Notes

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  1. ^ San Jose State University was known as State Teachers College at San Jose from 1921 to 1934.
  2. ^ The Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) was known as the Far Western Conference (FWC) from its founding in 1925 to 1982.

References

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  1. ^ "San Jose Teachers Lose to Cal. Aggies". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. October 13, 1929. p. 2-D. Retrieved February 28, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  2. ^ "Football Results". Santa Cruz Evening News. Santa Cruz, California. November 12, 1929. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  3. ^ "San Jose State 2016 Football Media Guide". Retrieved December 16, 2016.