The 1928 Creighton Bluejays football team was an American football team that represented Creighton University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1928 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Chet A. Wynne, the team compiled a 3–5–1 record (2–1 against MVC opponents) and was outscored by a total of 128 to 86.[1] The team played its home games at Creighton Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.
| 1928 Creighton Bluejays football | |
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 3–5–1 (2–1 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Creighton Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Creighton | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grinnell | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington University | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| October 6 | at Minnesota* | L 0–49 | 20,000 | ||||
| October 13 | Oklahoma A&M |
| W 37–0 | ||||
| October 20 | Oklahoma* |
| L 0–7 | ||||
| October 27 | at Saint Louis* | L 6–16 | |||||
| November 3 | at South Dakota State* | Brookings, SD | L 7–18 | ||||
| November 10 | Utah* |
| T 7–7 | ||||
| November 23 | at Grinnell |
| W 20–19 | [2][3][4] | |||
| November 29 | Drake |
| L 0–6 | [5] | |||
| December 8 | at Marquette* | W 9–6 | 5,000 | [6] | |||
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References
edit- ^ "1928 Creighton Bluejays Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
- ^ Monroe, Jack (November 24, 1928). "Creighton Nips Grinnell in Scoring Tilt, 20-19". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. p. 7. Retrieved July 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ Monroe, Jack (November 24, 1928). "65-Yard Pass Top Pioneers' Pigskin Play (continued)". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. p. 8. Retrieved July 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ Monroe, Jack (November 24, 1928). "65-Yard Pass Top Pioneers' Pigskin Play (continued)". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. p. 9. Retrieved July 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Drake Defeats Creighton to Win Valley Title: Nesbitt Scores Touchdown in Final Period". Des Moines Tribune-Capital. November 30, 1928. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Creighton Blue Jays Vanquish Marquette Eleven, Score, 9 to 6". The Capital Times. December 9, 1928. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
