The 1929 Dartmouth Indians football team was an

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team that represented

Dartmouth College Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native A ...

as an independent 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 ...

. In their third season under head coach

Jackson Cannell Jackson Livingston "Jack" Cannell (May 30, 1896 – March 21, 1965) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Dartmouth for seven non-consecutive years, from 1921 to 1922 and 1929 to 1933. His Dartmouth teams ama ...

, the Indians compiled a 7–2 record. Ellsworth Armstrong was the team captain. Al Marsters was the team's leading scorer, with 109 points, from 16 touchdowns and 13 kicked extra points. Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in

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Dartmouth Indians football The Dartmouth Big Green football team represents Dartmouth College in NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) college football competition as a member of the Ivy League. The team possesses a storied tradition that includes a natio ...