1929 Northwestern

6–⁠3 (3–⁠2 Western Conference), coached by Dick Hanley. Share

Schedule and results

Biggest winBeat Wabash 66–⁠0Oct 26
By 66 points, its widest win.

Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Date	Opponent	Result
Oct 4	vsCornell (IA)	W 27–⁠18	89%
Oct 5	vsButler	W 13–⁠0	93%
Oct 12	atWisconsin	W 7–⁠0	33%
Oct 19	vsMinnesota	L 14–⁠26	47%
Oct 26	vsWabash	W 66–⁠0	90%
Nov 2	vsIllinois	W 7–⁠0	44%
Nov 9	atOhio State	W 18–⁠6	44%
Nov 16	vsIndiana	L 14–⁠19	83%
Nov 23	vsNotre Dame	L 6–⁠26	38%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Notre Dame 26–⁠6; tied for 3rd in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 34th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 133 on file).

Players on this team

Frank BakerEnd

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1929.

Record: 6–⁠3
Conference: 3–⁠2 tied for 3rd in Western Conference
AP poll: Began in 1936
Points: 172–⁠95
Coach: Dick Hanley
Elo: 1533 +17 this season
SP+ rating: —
SRS: 8.7 No. 31 of 100 major-college teams
Recruiting class: —

Captain: Henry Anderson

All-Big Ten

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

Henry J. AndersonOG
Mickey EricksonCAP-1; UP-1; WE-2
Russell BerghermFBAP-1; NEA-2; UP-1; WE-1

Second team

Frank BakerENEA-2; UP-3; WE-2
Jack RileyOTWE-2

From Wikipedia’s 1929 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1929 Western Conference standings

Team	Conf.	Overall
Purdue	5–⁠0	8–⁠0
Illinois	3–⁠1–⁠1	6–⁠1–⁠1
Minnesota	3–⁠2	6–⁠2
Northwestern	3–⁠2	6–⁠3
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	7–⁠3
Wisconsin	1–⁠4	4–⁠5

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.