1929 Tuskegee Golden Tigers football team

American college football season

1929 Tuskegee Golden Tigers football

Black college national co-champion
SIAC champion

Conference| Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record| 9–0 (– SIAC)
Head coach|

* Cleveland Abbott (7th season)

Seasons

<- 1928

1930 ->

The 1929 Tuskegee Golden Tigers football team represented the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute—now known as Tuskegee University—as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) during the 1929 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Cleveland Abbott, Tuskegee compiled a 9–0 record, won the SIAC championship, shut out seven of 10 opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 249 to 45. The team was recognized as the black college national champion.

Ben Stevenson was the team captain.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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October 5| North Carolina A&T| Tuskegee, AL| W 21–0| |
October 11| 24th Infantry / Fort Benning| Tuskegee, AL| W 24–7| | [1]
October 18| vs. Clark (GA)|

* Legion Field
* Birmingham, AL

| W 21–0| 7,500| [2]
October 26| vs. Wilberforce|

* Soldier Field
* Chicago, IL

| W 6–0| 20,000| [3]
November 2| Miles Memorial| Tuskegee, AL| W 39–0| | [4]
November 9| at Morris Brown|

* Spiller Field
* Atlanta, GA

| W 32–19| | [5][6]
November 16| Florida A&M| Tuskegee, AL| W 52–0| | [7]
November 23| at Alabama State|

* Cramton Bowl
* Montgomery, AL (rivalry)

| W 20–0| 6,000| [8][9]
November 28| Bluefield|

* Alumni Bowl
* Tuskegee, AL

| W 34–0| 8,000| [10][11]

## References

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1. ^ "Tuskegee Beats Soldiers, 24-7". The Atlanta Constitution. October 12, 1929. p. 21 - via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ "7500 See Tuskegee Defeat Clark Eleven". The New York Age. October 26, 1929. p. 6 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "20,000 Witness First Colored Game in Chicago". The New York Age. November 2, 1929. p. 5 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Tuskegee Tames Miles Memorial". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 3, 1929. p. 7 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Tuskegee Licks Morris Brown". The Atlanta Constitution. November 10, 1929. p. 20 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ Some press accounts referenced a November 9 game against "Morehouse" rather than Morris Brown. College Football Data Warehouse similarly reports on a game with "Morehouse" ending in a 32-19 victory -- the same score by which Tuskegee defeated "Morris Brown".
7. ^ "Tuskegee Swamps Florida A. & M., With Second Team". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 17, 1929. p. 27 - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ "Tuskegee Upsets Normal Foe, 20-0". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 24, 1929. p. 6 - via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ "Tuskegee Wins Southern Title: Beat Ala. State; 6,000 Chilly Fans See Golden Tigers Cinch Championship". The New York Age. November 30, 1929. p. 6 - via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ "Tuskegee Trips Bluefield, 34 to 0". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 29, 1929. p. 23 - via Newspapers.com.
11. ^ "Tuskegee Wins National Title: Powerful Bluefield Eleven Beaten, 34-0, in Final Contest". The New York Age. December 7, 1929. p. 6 - via Newspapers.com.

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Black college football national champions

1920s|

* 1920: Howard / Talladega
* 1921: Talladega / Wiley
* 1922: Hampton
* 1923: Howard / Lincoln (PA) / Virginia Union
* 1924: Lincoln (PA) / Paul Quinn / Tuskegee
* 1925: Howard / Tuskegee
* 1926: Howard / Tuskegee
* 1927: Bluefield / Tuskegee
* 1928: Bluefield / Wiley
* 1929: Tuskegee

1920s|

* 1930: Tuskegee
* 1931: Wilberforce
* 1932: Wiley
* 1933: Morgan
* 1934: Kentucky State
* 1935: Kentucky State / Texas College
* 1936: Virginia State / West Virginia State
* 1937: Morgan
* 1938: Florida A&M
* 1939: Langston

1940s|

* 1940: Morris Brown
* 1941: Langston / Morris Brown
* 1942: Florida A&M
* 1943: Morgan State
* 1944: Morgan State
* 1945: Wiley
* 1946: Morgan State / Tennessee A&I
* 1947: Shaw / Tennessee A&I
* 1948: Wilberforce State / Southern
* 1949: Morgan State / Southern

1950s|

* 1950: Florida A&M / Southern
* 1951: Morris Brown / North Carolina A&T
* 1952: Florida A&M
* 1953: Florida A&M / Prairie View A&M / Tennessee A&I
* 1954: Florida A&M / North Carolina College / Prairie View A&M / Southern / Tennessee A&I
* 1955: Grambling
* 1956: Tennessee A&I
* 1957: Florida A&M
* 1958: Prairie View A&M
* 1959: Florida A&M

1960s|

* 1960: Southern
* 1961: Florida A&M
* 1962: Florida A&M / Jackson State
* 1963: Prairie View A&M
* 1964: Prairie View A&M
* 1965: Tennessee A&I
* 1966: Tennessee A&I
* 1967: Grambling / Morgan State
* 1968: Alcorn A&M / North Carolina A&T
* 1969: Alcorn A&M

1970s|

* 1970: Tennessee State
* 1971: Tennessee State
* 1972: Grambling
* 1973: Tennessee State
* 1974: Alcorn State / Grambling State
* 1975: Grambling State
* 1976: South Carolina State
* 1977: Florida A&M / Grambling State / South Carolina State
* 1978: Florida A&M
* 1979: Tennessee State

1980s|

* 1980: Grambling State
* 1981: South Carolina State / Virginia Union
* 1982: South Carolina State / Tennessee State
* 1983: Central State / Grambling State / Tennessee State
* 1984: Alcorn State / Tennessee State
* 1985: Hampton / Jackson State
* 1986: Central State
* 1987: Central State / Howard
* 1988: Central State
* 1989: Central State

1990s|

* 1990: Central State / North Carolina A&T
* 1991: Alabama State
* 1992: Central State / Grambling State
* 1993: Howard / Southern
* 1994: Hampton / South Carolina State
* 1995: Southern
* 1996: Howard / Jackson State
* 1997: Hampton / Southern
* 1998: Florida A&M / Southern
* 1999: North Carolina A&T

2000s|

* 2000: Grambling State / Tuskegee
* 2001: Florida A&M / Grambling State / Tuskegee
* 2002: Bethune–Cookman / Fayetteville State / Grambling State
* 2003: Albany State / Southern
* 2004: Albany State / Hampton
* 2005: Grambling State / Hampton / North Carolina Central
* 2006: Hampton / North Carolina Central
* 2007: Delaware State / Tuskegee
* 2008: Grambling State
* 2009: South Carolina State

2010s|

* 2010: Bethune–Cookman
* 2011: Norfolk State / Winston-Salem State
* 2012: Arkansas–Pine Bluff / Winston-Salem State
* 2013: Bethune–Cookman / Tennessee State
* 2014: Alcorn State
* 2015: North Carolina A&T
* 2016: Grambling State
* 2017: North Carolina A&T
* 2018: North Carolina A&T
* 2019: North Carolina A&T

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* 2020: Alabama A&M
* 2021: Bowie State / Florida A&M / South Carolina State
* 2022: North Carolina Central
* 2023: Florida A&M
* 2024: Jackson State

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