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1929 Southern Conference football season

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League
  
NCAA

Number of teams
  
22

Sport
  
College football

Season champions
  
Tulane

Duration
  
September 21, 1929 through December 7, 1929

The 1929 Southern Conference football season was the college football games played by the member schools of the Southern Conference as part of the 1929 college football season. The season began on September 21. Led by captain Bill Banker, the Tulane Green Wave posted a 9–0, undefeated record.

Contents

Regular season

SoCon teams in bold.

All-Americans

  • E - Vernon "Catfish" Smith, Georgia (AP-2; NEA-3)
  • E - Dale Van Sickel, Florida (CP-2)
  • T - Fred Sington, Alabama (AP-3; UP-2 [g]; INS-2 [g]; NYP-1; DW-2 [g])
  • G - Ray Farris, North Carolina (AP-3; NEA-2)
  • G - Bull Brown, Vanderbilt (NYS-2; NANA-1)
  • HB - Gene McEver, Tennessee (AP-2; UP-1; NEA-1; NANA-1; CP-1; NYP-2; DW-3)
  • HB - Bill Banker, Tulane (AP-3; UP-3 [fb]; NEA-2; INS-3; NYP-1; AAB-1; DW-1; LP-1)
  • FB - Tony Holm, Alabama (AP-1; INS-2)

    • All-Southern team

    The following includes the composite All-Southern team of more than 50 coaches and sports writers compiled by the Associated Press.

    References

    1929 Southern Conference football season Wikipedia
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