1929 Purdue Boilermakers football team

American college football season

1929 Purdue Boilermakers football

Big Ten champion

Conference| Big Ten Conference
Record| 8–0 (5–0 Big Ten)
Head coach|

* James Phelan (8th season)

Captain| None
Home stadium| Ross–Ade Stadium

Uniform

Seasons

<- 1928

1930 ->

1929 Big Ten Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 2 Purdue $  | 5  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 0
No. 5 Illinois | 3  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 1
Minnesota | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Northwestern | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Iowa | 2  | - | 2  | - | 2 |  |  | 4  | - | 2  | - | 2
Ohio State | 2  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 1
Michigan | 1  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Indiana | 1  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 1
Chicago | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
Wisconsin | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1929 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the 1929 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach James Phelan, the Boilermakers compiled an undefeated 8–0 record (5–0 Big Ten) and outscored their opponents by a total of 187 to 44.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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October 5| Kansas State*|

* Ross–Ade Stadium
* West Lafayette, IN

| W 26–14| 9,000|
October 12| Michigan|

* Ross–Ade Stadium
* West Lafayette, IN

| W 30–16| 18,484|
October 19| DePauw*|

* Ross–Ade Stadium
* West Lafayette, IN

| W 26–7| |
October 26| at Chicago|

* Stagg Field
* Chicago, IL (rivalry)

| W 26–0| 38,000| [1]
November 2| at Wisconsin|

* Camp Randall Stadium
* Madison, WI

| W 13–0| 30,000|
November 9| Ole Miss*|

* Ross–Ade Stadium
* West Lafayette, IN

| W 27–7| |
November 16| Iowa|

* Ross–Ade Stadium
* West Lafayette, IN

| W 7–0| 26,000|
November 23| at Indiana|

* Memorial Stadium
* Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)

| W 32–0| 25,000|

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming

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## Players

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* Horace Buttner
* Paul Calvert
* Elbert Caraway
* J. M. Christman
* Richard Chubb
* Harold Cloud
* Al Deutch
* Livy Eward
* William Fulton
* Glen Harmeson
* Harry Huntsinger
* Howard Kissell
* William Mackle
* Charles Miller
* E. A. Moon
* Lew Pope
* James Purvis
* Eddie Risk
* Les Sherbeck
* Elmer Sleight
* Don Trimble
* George VanBibber
* Sam Voinoff
* Ralph Welch
* John White
* Bill Woerner
* Alex Yunevich

## Coaches and administrators

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* Head coach: James Phelan
* Assistant coaches:

## References

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1. ^ Edward Burns (October 27, 1929). "Harmeson Gets 3 Touchdowns, Passes for 4th". Chicago Tribune. p. II-1 - via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ "2022 Purdue Football Record Book" (PDF). Purdue University Athletics. p. 83. Retrieved January 29, 2023.

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Purdue Boilermakers football

Venues|

* Stuart Field (1892–1924)
* Ross–Ade Stadium (1924–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Chicago (defunct)
* Illinois
* Indiana: Old Oaken Bucket
* Notre Dame

Culture & lore|

* Boilermaker Special
* Cradle of Quarterbacks
* Purdue Pete
* Purdue Wreck
* "Hail Purdue!"
* All-American Marching Band

People|

* Head coaches
* NFL draftees
* Statistical leaders

Seasons|

* 1887
* 1888
* 1889
* 1890
* 1891
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* 1893
* 1894
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Big Ten Conference football champions

Western Conference|

* Wisconsin (1896)
* Wisconsin (1897)
* Michigan (1898)
* Chicago (1899)
* Iowa & Minnesota (1900)
* Michigan & Wisconsin (1901)
* Michigan (1902)
* Michigan, Minnesota, & Northwestern (1903)
* Michigan & Minnesota (1904)
* Chicago (1905)
* Michigan, Minnesota, & Wisconsin (1906)
* Chicago (1907)
* Chicago (1908)
* Minnesota (1909)
* Illinois & Minnesota (1910)
* Minnesota (1911)
* Wisconsin (1912)
* Chicago (1913)
* Illinois (1914)
* Illinois & Minnesota (1915)
* Ohio State (1916)

Big Ten|

* Ohio State (1917)
* Illinois, Michigan, & Purdue (1918)
* Illinois (1919)
* Ohio State (1920)
* Iowa (1921)
* Chicago, Iowa, & Michigan (1922)
* Illinois & Michigan (1923)
* Chicago (1924)
* Michigan (1925)
* Michigan & Northwestern (1926)
* Illinois & Minnesota (1927)
* Illinois (1928)
* Purdue (1929)
* Michigan & Northwestern (1930)
* Purdue, Michigan & Northwestern (1931)
* Michigan & Purdue (1932)
* Michigan & Minnesota (1933)
* Minnesota (1934)
* Minnesota & Ohio State (1935)
* Northwestern (1936)
* Minnesota (1937)
* Minnesota (1938)
* Ohio State (1939)
* Minnesota (1940)
* Minnesota (1941)
* Ohio State (1942)
* Michigan & Purdue (1943)
* Ohio State (1944)
* Indiana (1945)

Big Nine|

* Illinois (1946)
* Michigan (1947)
* Michigan (1948)
* Michigan & Ohio State (1949)

Big Ten|

* Michigan (1950)
* Illinois (1951)
* Purdue & Wisconsin (1952)
* Illinois & Michigan State (1953)
* Ohio State (1954)
* Ohio State (1955)
* Iowa (1956)
* Ohio State (1957)
* Iowa (1958)
* Wisconsin (1959)
* Minnesota & Iowa (1960)
* Ohio State (1961)
* Wisconsin (1962)
* Illinois (1963)
* Michigan (1964)
* Michigan State (1965)
* Michigan State (1966)
* Indiana, Minnesota, Purdue (1967)
* Ohio State (1968)
* Michigan & Ohio State (1969)
* Ohio State (1970)
* Michigan (1971)
* Michigan & Ohio State (1972)
* Michigan & Ohio State (1973)
* Michigan & Ohio State (1974)
* Ohio State (1975)
* Michigan & Ohio State (1976)
* Michigan & Ohio State (1977)
* Michigan & Michigan State (1978)
* Ohio State (1979)
* Michigan (1980)
* Iowa & Ohio State (1981)
* Michigan (1982)
* Illinois (1983)
* Ohio State (1984)
* Iowa (1985)
* Michigan & Ohio State (1986)
* Michigan State (1987)
* Michigan (1988)
* Michigan (1989)
* Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, & Michigan State (1990)
* Michigan (1991)
* Michigan (1992)
* Ohio State & Wisconsin (1993)
* Penn State (1994)
* Northwestern (1995)
* Ohio State & Northwestern (1996)
* Michigan (1997)
* Michigan, Ohio State, & Wisconsin (1998)
* Wisconsin (1999)
* Michigan, Northwestern, & Purdue (2000)
* Illinois (2001)
* Ohio State & Iowa (2002)
* Michigan (2003)
* Iowa & Michigan (2004)
* Ohio State & Penn State (2005)
* Ohio State (2006)
* Ohio State (2007)
* Ohio State & Penn State (2008)
* Ohio State (2009)
* Michigan State & Wisconsin (2010)
* Wisconsin (2011)
* Wisconsin (2012)
* Michigan State (2013)
* Ohio State (2014)
* Michigan State (2015)
* Penn State (2016)
* Ohio State (2017)
* Ohio State (2018)
* Ohio State (2019)
* Ohio State (2020)
* Michigan (2021)
* Michigan (2022)
* Michigan (2023)
* Oregon (2024)

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