In its fourth season under head coach Dick Harlow, the team compiled a perfect 11–0 record and shut out eight of its eleven opponents.
The 1929 season preceded the era of the AP poll, but Western Maryland was the only undefeated team to play an 11-game schedule.
After the season the Associated Press wrote: "Western Maryland With 11 Straight Victories Leads the List.
"[3] Key players included Stoney Willis, Rip Engle, Havens, and Paul L. Bates.
Western Maryland's 1929 season was part of a 27-game undefeated streak that started in 1928 and continued into 1931.