1928 NYU Violets football team

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1928 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–2
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Field
Yankee Stadium
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

The 1928 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1928 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Chick Meehan, the team compiled a 8–2 record.[1] Ken Strong led the nation in scoring.[2] The team was ranked No. 10 in the nation in the Dickinson System ratings released in December 1928.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Niagara
W 21–013,000[4]
October 6West Virginia Wesleyan
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 26–717,500[5]
October 13vs. Fordham
W 34–750,000[6]
October 20Rutgers
W 48–022,500[7]
October 27Colgate
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 47–652,000[8]
November 3Georgetown
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 2–750,000[9]
November 10
Alfred
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 71–0[10]
November 17Missouri
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 27–6[11]
November 24at Carnegie Tech
W 27–13[12]
November 29Oregon State
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 13–2540,000[13]

References

  1. ^ "1928 NYU Violets Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 16, 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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