1928 North Dakota Flickertails football team
The 1928 North Dakota Flickertails football team, also known as the Nodaks, was an American football team that represented the University of North Dakota in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1928 college football season. In its first year under head coach Charles A. West, the team compiled a 6–1–1 record (4–0 against NCC opponents), won the program's first conference championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 210 to 37.[1]
| 1928 North Dakota Flickertails football | |
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NCC champion | |
| Conference | North Central Conference |
| 1928 record | 6–1–1 (4–0 NCC) |
| Head coach | Charles A. West (1st season) |
| Captain | Willis Shepard |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morningside | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota Agricultural | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Three North Dakota players were selected as first-team players on the 1928 All-North Central Conference football team: center Stuart MacMillan; end Willis Shepard; and tackle Eddie Showers.[2] Shepard was also the team captain.[3]
Back Cy Kahl became the first North Dakota athlete to play in the National Football League, signing with the Portsmouth Spartans in 1930.[4] Two other members of the 1928 team went on to play in the Canadian Football League: Bill Mjogdalen and Curt Schave.[5]
The 1928 team was inducted in 2003 into the University of North Dakota Athletic Hall of Fame.[6]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source | ||
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| September 22 | Manitoba* | W 63–4 | ||||
| September 29 | Jamestown* |
| W 80–0 | |||
| October 6 | Carleton* |
| T 0–0 | |||
| October 13 | Morningside |
| W 25–13 | |||
| October 20 | South Dakota State |
| W 6–0 | [7] | ||
| October 27 | at North Dakota Agricultural | W 18–0 | ||||
| November 10 | at South Dakota |
| W 6–0 | [8] | ||
| November 17 | Mount St. Charles* |
| L 12–20 | |||
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References
- "2019 North Dakota Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of North Dakota. 2019. p. 176.
- 2019 Media Guide, p. 107.
- 2019 Media Guide, p. 109.
- 2019 Media Guide, p. 135.
- 2019 Media Guide, pp. 142-143.
- 2019 Media Guide, p. 122.
- "N.D. Beats S.D. State in Last Two Minutes". The Minneapolis Sunday Tribune. October 21, 1928 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Flickertails Defeat South Dakota, 6-0". The Great Falls Tribune. November 11, 1928. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.