1929 All-Pacific Coast football team explained

The 1929 All-Pacific Coast football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pacific Coast teams for the 1929 college football season. The organizations selecting teams in 1934 included the Associated Press (AP), the Newspaper Enterprise Association, and the United Press (UP).

All-Pacific Coast selections

Quarterback

• Marshall Duffield, USC (AP-1; UP-1)
• Russ Saunders, USC (NEA-1)

Halfbacks

• Benny Lom, California (AP-1; NEA-1; UP-1)
• Merle Hufford, Washington (AP-1; NEA-1)
• Stud Stennett, St. Mary's (UP-1)

Fullback

• Charles O. Smalling, Stanford (NEA-1; UP-1)
• Elmer Schwartz, Washington State (AP-1)

Ends

• Francis Tappaan, USC (AP-1; NEA-1; UP-1)
• Donald "Mush" Muller, Stanford (AP-1; NEA-1)
• Norton (UP-1)

Tackles

• Austin Colbert, Oregon (AP-1; NEA-1)
• George Ackerman, St. Mary's (AP-1; UP-1)
• M. Shields, Oregon (NEA-1 [guard]; UP-1)
• Paul Schwegler, Washington (NEA-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)

Guards

• Bert Schwarz, California (AP-1; NEA-1; UP-1)
• Nate Barragar, USC (AP-1; UP-1)

Centers

• Roy Riegels, California (AP-1; NEA-1; UP-1)

Key

AP = Associated Press^[1]

NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association, "compiled from selections by sports writers of NEA client newspapers"^[2]

UP = United Press^[3]

Bold = Consensus first-team selection by at least two of the AP, NEA and UP

See also

• 1929 College Football All-America Team

Notes and References

1. News: Bears and Trojans Given Three Places Each on all-Pacific Coast Team Named by Associated Press; Riegels Favored. The Tribune-Republican, Greeley, Colorado. December 3, 1929. 8.
2. News: Many Stars on Coast Eleven. The Ogden Standard-Examiner. December 8, 1929. 15.
3. News: United Press Picks All-Coast Grid Team. Richard G. Baldwin. Oakland Tribune. December 2, 1929. 26.