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{{short description|National Football League team season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}
{{Infobox NFL season
| team = Providence Steam Roller
| year = 1929
| record = 4–6–2
| league_place = 8th in [[National Football League|NFL]]
| coach = [[Jimmy Conzelman]]
| stadium =
| playoffs = 
}}

The '''[[1929 NFL season|1929]] [[Providence Steam Roller]] season''' was their fifth in the [[National Football League|league]]. The team failed to improve on their [[1928 Providence Steam Roller season|previous season]]'s output of 8–1–2, winning only four games.<ref>[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/prv/1929.htm 1929 Providence Steam Roller]</ref> They finished eighth in the league. The Steam Roller played in the first night game in league history against the Cardinals, losing 16–0.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.profootballhof.com/history/infographic-wednesday.aspx |title=Infographic: NFL on Wednesday |publisher=Profootballhof.com |date=February 7, 2010 |accessdate=September 6, 2012 |archive-date=October 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004224749/http://www.profootballhof.com/history/infographic-wednesday.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Schedule==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Providence Steam Roller|year=1929|border=2}}"| Game
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Providence Steam Roller|year=1929|border=2}}"| Date
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Providence Steam Roller|year=1929|border=2}}"| Opponent
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Providence Steam Roller|year=1929|border=2}}"| Result
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Providence Steam Roller|year=1929|border=2}}"| Record
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Providence Steam Roller|year=1929|border=2}}"| Venue
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Providence Steam Roller|year=1929|border=2}}"| Attendance
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Providence Steam Roller|year=1929|border=2}}"| Recap
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Providence Steam Roller|year=1929|border=2}}"| Sources
|-style="background:#cfc"
! 1
| September 29
| [[1929 Dayton Triangles season|Dayton Triangles]]
| '''W''' 41–0
| 1–0
| [[Cycledrome]]
| 8,500
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/192909290prv.htm Recap]
|
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 2
| October 6
| [[1929 New York Giants season|New York Giants]]
| '''L''' 0–7
| 1–1
| [[Cycledrome]]
| 14,000
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/192910060prv.htm Recap]
|
|-style="background:#cfc"
! 3
| October 13
| [[1929 Orange Tornadoes season|Orange Tornadoes]]
| '''W''' 7–0
| 2–1
| [[Cycledrome]]
| 10,000
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/192910130prv.htm Recap]
|
|-style="background:#ffc"
! 4
| October 20
| [[1929 Buffalo Bisons season|Buffalo Bisons]]
| '''T''' 7–7
| 2–1–1
| [[Cycledrome]]
| 8,500
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/192910200prv.htm Recap]
|
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 5
| October 27
| at [[1929 New York Giants season|New York Giants]]
| '''L''' 0–19
| 2–2–1
| [[Polo Grounds]]
| 25,000
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/192910270nyg.htm Recap]
|
|-style="background:#ffc"
! 6
| November 5
| at [[1929 Staten Island Stapletons season|Staten Island Stapletons]]
| '''T''' 7–7
| 2–2–2
| [[Thompson Stadium (Staten Island)|Thompson Stadium]]
| 10,000
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/192911050sis.htm Recap]
|
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 7
| November 6
| [[1929 Chicago Cardinals season|Chicago Cardinals]]
| '''L''' 0–16
| 2–3–2
| [[Kinsley Park]]
| 6,500
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/192911060prv.htm Recap]
|
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 8
| November 9
| at [[1929 Frankford Yellow Jackets season|Frankford Yellow Jackets]]
| '''L''' 0–7
| 2–4–2
| [[Frankford Stadium]]
| 6,000
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/192911090fyj.htm Recap]
| <ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-frankford-yell/162472202/ "Jackets Surprise Beating Rollers: Wally Diehl Plays Brilliant Game, Crashes Through for Winning Marker in Second Canto,"] ''Philadelphia Inquirer,'' Nov. 10, 1929, sports p. 6.</ref>
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 9
| November 10
| [[1929 Frankford Yellow Jackets season|Frankford Yellow Jackets]]
| '''L''' 6–7
| 2–5–2
| [[Cycledrome]]
|
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/192911100prv.htm Recap]
|
|-style="background:#cfc"
! 10
| November 17
| [[1929 Minneapolis Red Jackets season|Minneapolis Red Jackets]]
| '''W''' 19–16
| 3–5–2
| [[Cycledrome]]
| 8,500
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/192911170prv.htm Recap]
| <ref name=Tranter239>Greg D. Tranter, ''The Providence Steam Roller: New England's First NFL Team.'' Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2024; p. 239.</ref>
|-style="background:#cfc"
! 11
| November 24
| [[1929 Boston Bulldogs season|Boston Bulldogs]]
| '''W''' 20–6
| 4–5–2
| [[Cycledrome]]
|
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/192911240prv.htm Recap]
|
|-style=
! —
| November 28
| at [[1929 Boston Bulldogs season|Boston Bulldogs]]
| * * * ''canceled'' * * *
|
|
|
|
| <ref name=Tranter239 />
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 12
| December 1
| [[1929 Green Bay Packers season|Green Bay Packers]]
| '''L''' 0–25
| 4–6–2
| [[Cycledrome]]
| 6,500
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/192912010prv.htm Recap]
|
|}

==Standings==
{{1929 NFL standings}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==

* Greg D. Tranter, ''The Providence Steam Roller: New England's First NFL Team.'' Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2024.

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