The 1929 Central State Bearcats football team represented Central State Teachers College, later renamed Central Michigan University, in the Michigan Collegiate Conference (MCC) during the 1929 college football season. The team compiled a 2âÂÂ3âÂÂ2 record (0âÂÂ3 against MCC opponents) and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 80 to 71. The team lost to its in-state rivals Michigan State Normal (0âÂÂ24), Western State Teachers (6âÂÂ25) and Detroit City College (0âÂÂ6), and played Northern State Teachers to a 6âÂÂ6 tie.
Butch Nowack was hired as the team's head coach in May 1929. Nowack was an All-American tackle at the University of Illinois under Robert Zuppke, a member of the 1927 Illinois Fighting Illini football team that won the national championship, and captain of the 1928 team that won the Big Ten Conference championship.