The 1929 Central State Bearcats football team represented Central State Teachers College, later renamed

Central Michigan University Central Michigan University (CMU) is a public research university in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Established in 1892 as the Central Michigan Normal School and Business Institute, the private normal school became a state institution and renamed Cen ...

, in the

Michigan Collegiate Conference The Michigan Collegiate Conference (MCC) was an athletic conference that existed in the United States for four seasons, from 1927 through 1931. History Formed in December 1926, the members were the Michigan State Normal Hurons (now Eastern Mic ...

(MCC) during the

1929 college football season The 1929 college football season saw a number of unbeaten and untied teams. Purdue, Tulane, Notre Dame and Pittsburgh all finished the regular season with wins over all their opponents. Notre Dame was recognized as national champion by two of thre ...

. 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 Wayne State University (WSU) is a public research university in Detroit, Michigan. It is Michigan's third-largest university. Founded in 1868, Wayne State consists of 13 schools and colleges offering approximately 350 programs to nearly 25,000 ...

(0–6), and played Northern State Teachers to a 6–6 tie.

Butch Nowack Albert J. "Butch" Nowack (1904 – September 28, 1952) was an American football player and coach. A native of Pana, Illinois, he played college football as a tackle at the University of Illinois under Robert Zuppke and was a member of the 19 ...

was hired as the team's head coach in May 1929. Nowack was an All-American tackle at the University of Illinois under

Robert Zuppke Robert Carl Zuppke (July 2, 1879 – December 22, 1957) was an American football coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign from 1913 until 1941, compiling a career college football record of 131–81 ...

, a member of the

1927 Illinois Fighting Illini football team The 1927 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois in the 1927 Big Ten Conference football season. The Fighting Illini compiled a 7–0–1 record (5–0 against Western Con ...

that won the national championship, and captain of the 1928 team that won the

Big Ten Conference The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representati ...

championship.

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