1929 BYU Cougars football
ConferenceRocky Mountain Conference
Record5–3 (4–2 RMC)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1928
1930 →
1929 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Utah $ 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 0 – 0
Colorado 4 – 1 – 1 5 – 1 – 1
Denver 4 – 1 – 1 5 – 1 – 1
Montana State 2 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
BYU 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Colorado Teachers 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Colorado College 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Colorado Agricultural 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Utah State 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Colorado Mines 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Western State (CO) 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Wyoming 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1929 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University (BYU) as a member of the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1929 college football season. In their second season under head coach G. Ott Romney, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 5–3 with a mark of 4–2 against conference opponents, tied for fourth place in the RMC, and outscored opponents by a total of 140 to 115.[1][2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at Nevada*
W 10–7> 4,000[3]
October 51:30 p.m.at Cal Aggies*
L 0–195,000[4][5][6]
October 12Montana StateProvo, UTL 12–13
October 18vs. Utah State
W 7–6[7]
October 26Western State (CO)Provo, UTW 33–12
November 2at Utah
L 13–458,000[8]
November 11Colorado TeachersProvo, UTW 25–13
November 23WyomingProvo, UTW 40–0

References

  1. ^ "1929 BYU Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  2. ^ "BYU Football 2015 Almanac" (PDF). Brigham Young University. 2015. p. 166. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  3. ^ Carol W. Cross (September 29, 1929). "Nevada Plays In Hard Luck, Loses 10 to 7". Nevada State Journal. pp. 1–2 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Aggies And Mormons Should Supply Thrilling Combat At Stadium". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. October 4, 1929. p. 32. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. ^ "Cougars Drop Coast Contest". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. Ogden, Utah. October 6, 1929. p. 14. Retrieved February 28, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  6. ^ "Aggies Win From B. Y. U. At Stadium". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. October 7, 1929. p. 14. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. ^ Al Warden (October 19, 1929). "Brigham Young Gridders Stage Rally To Trim Aggies". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Utes Vanquish Cougars 45 to 13 as Aggies Win Over Colorado 10 to 0". The Salt Lake Tribune. November 3, 1929. pp. A1, C6 – via Newspapers.com.


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