1933 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team

The 1933 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team represented the Carnegie Institute of Technology—now known as Carnegie Mellon University—as an independent during the 1933 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Howard Harpster, the Tartans compiled a record of 4–3–2.[1]

1933 Carnegie Tech Tartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3–2
Head coach
Home stadiumPitt Stadium
Seasons
← 1932
1934 →
1933 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Princeton     9 0 0
Duquesne     10 1 0
No. 9 Army     9 1 0
Boston College     8 1 0
Columbia     8 1 0
Pittsburgh     8 1 0
Colgate     6 1 1
Bucknell     7 2 0
Fordham     6 2 0
Tufts     6 2 0
Villanova     7 2 1
Harvard     5 2 1
Drexel     5 3 0
Massachusetts State     5 3 0
Temple     5 3 0
Manhattan     5 3 1
Cornell     4 3 0
Carnegie Tech     4 3 2
La Salle     3 3 2
Syracuse     4 4 0
Yale     4 4 0
Penn State     3 3 1
Brown     3 5 0
Vermont     3 5 0
Franklin & Marshall     4 5 0
NYU     2 4 1
Penn     2 4 1
Northeastern     1 3 1
Boston University     2 5 0
Washington & Jefferson     2 7 1
CCNY     1 5 1
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 7at TempleW 25–0
October 14XavierW 3–010,000[2]
October 21Notre Dame
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 7–057,000[3]
October 28at Washington & JeffersonT 0–0
November 4at PurdueL 7–1718,000
November 11at Michigan StateT 0–0
November 18at GeorgetownW 19–0[4]
November 25at NYUL 0–715,000[5]
November 30at Pittsburgh
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 0–1642,000[6]

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References

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  1. ^ "1933 Carnegie Mellon Tartans Schedules and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
  2. ^ "Field goal by Stewart saves Tech". The Pittsburgh Press. October 15, 1933. Retrieved May 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Biederman, Lester (October 22, 1933). "Tartans upset Notre Dame, 7-0". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 1, sports. Retrieved March 24, 2020 – via Google News.
  4. ^ "Skibos Held to 19-0 Score by Hoyas: Aerials Net Two Carnegie Tallies". The Sunday Star. November 19, 1933. p. V-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Skibos miss three chances to score". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. November 26, 1934. p. 2-1. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Jess Carver (December 1, 1933). "Win Over Tech Gives Pitt City Title". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. p. 36. Retrieved February 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Carnegie Mellon Year-By-Year scores" (PDF). cmu.athletics.com. Retrieved September 24, 2019.