1928 Colgate football team

The 1928 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1928 college football season. In it first season under head coach Earl Abell, Colgate compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 175 to 107.[1]

1928 Colgate football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
CaptainBruce DuMont
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 29St. LawrenceHamilton, NYW 33–6
October 6at VanderbiltL 7–12
October 13VPIHamilton, NYW 35–14[2][3]
October 20at Michigan StateW 16–010,000[4]
October 27at NYUL 6–4752,000[5]
November 3WabashHamilton, NYW 14–6
November 10HobartHamilton, NYW 21–0
November 17at SyracuseW 30–6
November 29at BrownL 13–16

References

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  1. ^ "1928 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  2. ^ "Maroon Eleven Turns Back V.P.I., 35–14, To Gain Revenge For Last Year's Defeat". Colgate Maroon. Colgate University. October 17, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  3. ^ "Colgate Extended To Win Over V. P. I." The Sunday Star. Library of Congress. October 14, 1928. p. 92. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
  4. ^ "Colgate Beats State Eleven". Detroit Free Press. October 21, 1928. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Colgate is crushed by N.Y.U. team". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 28, 1928. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.