1929 Central State Bearcats football
ConferenceMichigan Collegiate Conference
Record2–3–2 (0–3 MCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumTambling Field
Seasons
← 1928
1930 →
1929 Michigan Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Michigan State Normal + 2 – 0 – 1 5 – 1 – 2
Western State Teachers (MI) + 2 – 0 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Detroit City College 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Central State (MI) 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 3 – 2
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1929 Central State Bearcats football team represented Central State Teachers College, later renamed Central Michigan University, in the Michigan Collegiate Conference (MCC) during the 1929 college football season. The team compiled a 2–3–2 record (0–3 against MCC opponents) and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 80 to 71. The team lost to its in-state rivals Michigan State Normal (0–24), Western State Teachers (6–25) and Detroit City College (0–6), and played Northern State Teachers to a 6–6 tie.[1][2]

Butch Nowack was hired as the team's head coach in May 1929.[3] Nowack was an All-American tackle at the University of Illinois under Robert Zuppke, a member of the 1927 Illinois Fighting Illini football team that won the national championship, and captain of the 1928 team that won the Big Ten Conference championship.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at Detroit Tech
W 28–7 [4]
October 5 Michigan "B"
  • Tambling Field
  • Mount Pleasant, MI
T 0–0 [5]
October 12at Northern State Teachers (MI) Marquette, MIT 6–6 [6]
October 26at Michigan State Normal
L 0–24 [7]
November 9 Western State Teachers (MI) Mount Pleasant, MI (rivalry)L 6–253,000[8]
November 16 Toledo Mount Pleasant, MIW 31–12 [9]
November 28at Detroit City College
L 0–63,000[10]

References

  1. ^ "Central Michigan 2015 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Central Michigan University. 2015. pp. 100, 108. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  2. ^ "Central Michigan Yearly Results (1930-1934)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2018.((cite web)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ ""Butch" Nowack To Coach in Michigan Teacher's College". The Decatur Herald. May 17, 1929. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Tech Is Beaten". Detroit Free Press. September 29, 1929. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Central State Ties Michigan 'B'". Detroit Free Press. October 6, 1929. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Teachers Battle at Marquette to 6-6 Tied Score". The Escanaba Daily Press. October 13, 1929. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Ypsilanti Beats Central State". Detroit Free Press. October 27, 1929. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Frendt Stars as Kazoo Wins from Central". Detroit Free Press. November 10, 1929. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Central State Whips Toledo 'U'". Detroit Free Press. November 17, 1929. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "City Gridders Stop Teachers". Detroit Free Press. November 29, 1929. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.


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