1928 Drexel Dragons football team

1928 Drexel Dragons football
Conference	Independent
Record	8–2
Head coach	Walter Halas (2nd season)
Captain	Reed Heckman

1928 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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

1928 Drexel Dragons football team represented Drexel Institute—now known as Drexel University—in the 1928 college football season. Led by Walter Halas in his second season as head coach, the team compiled a record of 8–2.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	Juniata	Philadelphia, PA	W 13–0
September 29	at Muhlenberg	Allentown, PA	W 6–3
October 6	at Delaware	Frazer Field Newark, DE	W 19–0		[1]
October 13	Susquehanna	Philadelphia, PA	W 38–0
October 20	at CCNY	Lewisohn Stadium New York, NY	L 6–26	5,000	[2]
October 27	at Washington College	Chestertown, MD	W 26–0
November 3	New York Aggies	Philadelphia, PA	W 46–0	300
November 10	at Ursinus	Collegeville, PA	W 13–0
November 17	at Haverford	Haverford, PA	W 19–7
November 24	Saint Joseph's	Philadelphia, PA	L 6–12	7,000

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References

1. "Drexel Beats Delaware, 19-0, In Opener". Wilmington Morning News. October 8, 1928. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Drexel Institute eleven suffers first loss of season, bowing to C.C.N.Y." The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 21, 1928. Retrieved September 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "DREXEL GRID TEAM PLAYS TEN GAMES NEXT SEASON" (PDF). The Triangle. January 25, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
4. "DREXEL BEATS MUHLENBURG, 6-3" (PDF). The Triangle. October 3, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
5. "WASHINGTON BOWS TO 26-0 DEFEAT" (PDF). The Triangle. October 31, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved January 3, 2018.