1928 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1928 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1928 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Hugo Bezdek and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

1928 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–1
Head coach
CaptainDonn Greenshields, Steven Hamas
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
Seasons
← 1927
1929 →
1928 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Boston College     9 0 0
West Chester     8 0 0
Villanova     7 0 1
Brown     8 1 0
No. 11 Penn     8 1 0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech     7 1 0
No. 9 Army     8 2 0
Drexel     8 2 0
No. 10 NYU     8 2 0
Temple     7 1 2
Lafayette     6 1 2
Princeton     5 1 2
CCNY     4 1 2
Pittsburgh     6 2 1
Harvard     5 2 1
Tufts     5 2 1
Colgate     6 3 0
Rutgers     6 3 0
Bucknell     5 2 3
Columbia     5 3 1
Boston University     3 3 2
Cornell     3 3 2
Syracuse     4 4 1
Yale     4 4 0
Fordham     4 5 0
Franklin & Marshall     4 5 0
Penn State     3 5 1
Lehigh     3 6 0
Washington & Jefferson     2 5 2
Providence     1 5 3
Vermont     1 7 2
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Lebanon ValleyW 25–04,000
October 6Gettysburg
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 12–05,000
October 13Bucknell
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
L 0–6> 10,000[2]
October 20at PennL 0–1465,000
October 27Syracuse 
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
T 6–615,000
November 3vs. Notre Dame
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
L 0–930,000
November 10George Washington
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 50–05,000[3][4]
November 17at LafayetteL 0–7
November 29at PittsburghL 0–2632,209[5]
  •  Homecoming

References

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  1. ^ "Penn State Yearly Results (1925-1929)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "Bucknell Gridders Nip Penn State, 6-0". New York Daily News. October 14, 1928. p. 67 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Despite gallant fight G.E. goes down before attack of Penn eleven". The University Hatchet. November 14, 1928. Retrieved February 13, 2021 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ^ "Penn State wallops George Washington". The Morning Call. November 11, 1928. Retrieved February 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Pitt Hands State 26 to 0 Lacing In Turkey Day Clash". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 30, 1928. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.