1929 Arizona Wildcats football team

The 1929 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona as an independent during the 1929 college football season. In their fifteenth season under head coach Pop McKale, the Wildcats compiled a 7–1 record and outscored their opponents 182 to 22, with six shutouts. The team captain was Wendell P. Acuff.^[1]

1929 Arizona Wildcats football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–1
Head coach	Pop McKale (15th season)
Captain	Wendell P. Acuff
Home stadium	Arizona Stadium
Seasons ← 1928 1930 →

1929 Western college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Saint Mary's			–					8	–	0	–	1
Arizona			–					7	–	1	–	0
Loyola (CA)			–					6	–	3	–	0
Santa Clara			–					5	–	3	–	0
Gonzaga			–					4	–	3	–	0
Hawaii			–					4	–	3	–	0
New Mexico A&M			–					3	–	2	–	3
St. Ignatius (CA)			–					4	–	3	–	1
Santa Barbara State			–					4	–	4	–	1
New Mexico			–					2	–	4	–	2
Regis			–					3	–	7	–	0
Humboldt State			–					1	–	4	–	1
Arizona State			–					0	–	6	–	0
Columbia (OR)			–							–

The 1929 team was the first to play at the new Arizona Stadium in Tucson; the first game was a 35–0 victory over Caltech on October 12.^[2][3][4] The team also participated in the first night game played at the Rose Bowl, a 16–7 victory over Occidental in the season opener on Friday, September 27.^[5][6]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	at Occidental	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	W 16–7	20,000	[5][6]
October 12	Caltech	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	W 35–0	8,000	[2][3][7]
October 19	Texas Mines	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	W 19–0		[8][9]
October 26	New Mexico A&M	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	W 28–0	2,500	[10][11]
November 2	Arizona State	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ (rivalry)	W 26–0		[12]
November 9	vs. Pomona	Phoenix High School Stadium Phoenix, AZ	L 12–15	7,000	[13][14]
November 23	at New Mexico	University Field Albuquerque, NM (rivalry)	W 6–0	3,000	[15][16][17]
November 28	Whittier	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	W 40–0	7,000	[18]