1928 Army Cadets football team
| 1928 Army Cadets football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| 1928 record | 8–2 |
| Head coach | Biff Jones (3rd season) |
| Offensive scheme | Single wing |
| Home stadium | Michie Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carnegie Tech | – | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | – | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drexel | – | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | – | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | – | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | – | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn State | – | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delaware | – | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1928 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1928 college football season. Led by head coach Biff Jones, the team finished the season with a record of 8–2. The Cadets offense scored 215 points, while the defense allowed 79 points. The 1928 season was one of the few years in which Army did not play the Navy Midshipmen in the Army–Navy Game.
Against Notre Dame at Yankee Stadium, with the game scoreless at halftime,[1] legendary Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne gave his "win one for the Gipper" speech (with reference to All-American halfback George Gipp, who died in 1920); Notre Dame went on to win, 12–6. Army participated in the best-attended college football game at Yankee Stadium on December 1, when Army lost to Stanford 26–0 before 86,000.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | |||||
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| September 29 | Boston University | Michie Stadium • West Point, NY | W 35–0 | ||||||
| October 6 | SMU | Michie Stadium • West Point, NY | W 14–13 | ||||||
| October 13 | Providence | Michie Stadium • West Point, NY | W 44–0 | ||||||
| October 20 | at Harvard | Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA | W 15–0 | ||||||
| October 27 | at Yale | Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT | W 18–6 | ||||||
| November 3 | DePauw | Michie Stadium • West Point, NY | W 38–12 | ||||||
| November 10 | vs. Notre Dame | Yankee Stadium • Bronx, NY [1] (Rivalry) | L 6–12 | 78,188 | |||||
| November 17 | Carleton | Michie Stadium • West Point, NY | W 32–7 | ||||||
| November 24 | Nebraska | Michie Stadium • West Point, NY | W 13–3 | ||||||
| December 1 | vs. Stanford | Yankee Stadium • Bronx, NY [2] | L 0–26 | 86,000 | |||||
References
- 1 2 Getty, Frank (November 11, 1928). "Notre Dame beats Army eleven". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. p. 1, sports.
- 1 2 Getty, Frank (November 2, 1928). "Stanford scores smashing victory over Army, 26 to 0". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. p. 1, sports.