1928 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1928 Penn State Nittany Lions football
1928 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
1928 record	3–5–1
Head coach	Hugo Bezdek (11th season);
Captain	Donn Greenshields, Steven Hamas
Home stadium	New Beaver Field
	Seasons ← 1927 1929 →

The 1928 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1928 college football season.^[1] The team was coached by Hugo Bezdek and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Lebanon Valley	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 25–0	4,000
October 6	Gettysburg	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 12–0	5,000
October 13	Bucknell	New Beaver Field State College, PA	L 0–6	12,000
October 20	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–14	65,000
October 27	Syracuse	New Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	T 6–6	15,000
November 3	vs. Notre Dame	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–9	30,000
November 10	George Washington	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 50–0	5,000	^[2]^[3]
November 17	at Lafayette	Fisher Field Easton, PA	L 0–7
November 29	at Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	L 0–26	32,209	^[4]
Homecoming

References[]

^ "Penn State Yearly Results (1925-1929)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
^ "Despite gallant fight G.E. goes down before attack of Penn eleven". The University Hatchet. November 14, 1928. Retrieved February 13, 2021 – via Internet Archive.
^ "Penn State wallops George Washington". The Morning Call. November 11, 1928. Retrieved February 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Pitt Hands State 26 to 0 Lacing In Turkey Day Clash". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 30, 1928. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.

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[1] "Penn State Yearly Results (1925-1929)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.

[2] "Despite gallant fight G.E. goes down before attack of Penn eleven". The University Hatchet. November 14, 1928. Retrieved February 13, 2021 – via Internet Archive.

[3] "Penn State wallops George Washington". The Morning Call. November 11, 1928. Retrieved February 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[4] "Pitt Hands State 26 to 0 Lacing In Turkey Day Clash". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 30, 1928. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.

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v t Penn State Nittany Lions football
Venues	Old Main lawn (until 1891) Beaver Field (1892–1908) New Beaver Field (1909–1959) Beaver Stadium (1960–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama Maryland Michigan State Minnesota Ohio State Pittsburgh Syracuse Temple West Virginia
Culture & lore	Nittany Lion "Fight On, State" Penn State Blue Band Uplifting Athletes Joe Paterno statue Something for Joey 1982 Nebraska game Penn State child sex abuse scandal 2016 Ohio State game Paterno White Out 2021 Illinois game
People	Head coaches All-Americans Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 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 2022
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