1928 Cornell Big Red football team

1928 Cornell Big Red football
1928 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Independent
1928 record	3–3–2
Head coach	Gil Dobie (9th season);
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Base defense	6–3–2
Captain	Dudley Schoales
Home stadium	Schoellkopf Field
	Seasons ← 1927 1929 →

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[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 6	Clarkson	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 20–0
October 13	Niagara	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 34–0
October 20	Hampden–Sydney	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 18–6
October 27	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 0–3
November 3	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY (rivalry)	T 0–0
November 10	St. Bonaventure	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	T 0–0
November 17	Dartmouth	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 0–28
November 29	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 0–49

References[]

^ "Cornell Yearly Results (1925–1929)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
^ "1928 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.

[DW-1] "Cornell Yearly Results (1925–1929)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.

[SR-2] "1928 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.

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v t Cornell Big Red football
Venues	Schoellkopf Field (1915–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Colgate Columbia Dartmouth Penn
Culture & lore	Big Red Bear "Give My Regards to Davy" Fifth Down Game
People	NFL draftees
Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
National championship seasons in bold

1928 Eastern college football independents records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Boston College		–		9	–	0	–	0
Villanova		–		7	–	0	–	1
Brown		–		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
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
Vermont		–		1	–	7	–	2