1928 Cornell Big Red football team

1928 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–3–2
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Base defense6–3–2
CaptainDudley Schoales
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
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 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1928 college football season. In their eighth season under head coach Gil Dobie, the Big Red compiled a 3–3–2 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 86 to 72.[1][2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6ClarksonW 20–0
October 13Niagara
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 34–0
October 20Hampden–Sydney
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 18–6
October 27at PrincetonL 0–3
November 3at ColumbiaT 0–022,000[3]
November 10St. Bonaventure
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
T 0–0
November 17Dartmouth
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
L 0–28
November 29at PennL 0–49

References

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  1. ^ "Cornell Yearly Results (1925–1929)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "1928 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  3. ^ "Cornell, Columbia in Scoreless Draw: Red Eleven Stopped on 1-Yard Line". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. November 4, 1928. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.