1928 Princeton Tigers football team

The 1928 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1928 college football season. The Tigers finished with a 5–1–2 record under 15th-year head coach Bill Roper.[1] Princeton center Charles Howe was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team honoree on the 1928 College Football All-America Team.[2]

1928 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
1928 record5–1–2
Head coachBill Roper (15th season)
CaptainCharles Howe
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
1928 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Boston College      9 0 0
Villanova      7 0 1
Brown      8 1 0
Duquesne      8 1 0
Penn      8 1 0
Carnegie Tech      7 1 0
Army      8 2 0
Drexel      8 2 0
NYU      8 2 0
Temple      7 1 2
Lafayette      6 1 2
Princeton      5 1 2
Pittsburgh      6 2 1
Harvard      5 2 1
Tufts      5 2 1
Colgate      6 3 0
Rutgers      6 3 0
Columbia      5 3 1
Syracuse      4 4 1
Yale      4 4 0
Cornell      3 3 2
Fordham      4 5 0
Franklin & Marshall      4 5 0
Penn State      3 5 1
Lehigh      3 6 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 6 VermontW 50–0
October 13 Virginia
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
T 0–0
October 20 Lehigh
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 47–0
October 27 Cornell
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 3–0
November 3at Ohio StateT 6–6
November 10 Washington and Lee
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 25–12
November 17 Yale
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
W 12–2
November 24vs. NavyL 0–9

References

  1. "1928 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. Alan J. Gould (1928-12-08). "Associated Press Gives Views on America's Best Gridders". The Salt Lake Tribune.
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