1928 Yale Bulldogs football team

1928 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–4
Head coach	Mal Stevens (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Captain	Maxon H. Eddy[1]
Home stadium	Yale Bowl

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

The 1928 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1928 college football season. The Bulldogs finished with a 4–4 record under first-year head coach Mal Stevens.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 6	Maine	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 27–0
October 13	Georgia	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 21–6		[3]
October 20	Brown	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 32–14
October 27	Army	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 6–18	76,000	[4]
November 3	Dartmouth	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 18–0	45,000	[5]
November 10	Maryland	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–6		[6]
November 17	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 2–12	60,000	[7]
November 24	Harvard	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	L 0–17		[8]

References

1. "Year By Year Scores: 1928". Yale Football Media Guide. 1964. p. 65. Retrieved November 26, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
2. "1928 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
3. "Flashing Runs of John Garvey Lead Yale to 21-6 Conquest of Georgia Crackers". The Hartford Courant. October 14, 1928. pp. IV-1, IV-8 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Chris Cagle's Dashes Down Yale, 18 To 6". The Hartford Courant. October 28, 1928. pp. I-1, IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Richardson, William D. (November 4, 1928). "Dartmouth Bows to Yale by 18 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
6. William J. Lee (November 11, 1928). "Fighting Maryland Team Turns Back Yale, 6-0, In Amazing Upset At New Haven". The Hartford Courant – via Newspapers.com.
7. Perry Lewis (November 18, 1928). "Tigers Top Eli: Tiger Thrusts Rend Bulldogs Before 60,000". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Harvard's Sweeping Power Crushes Yale In Completely Convincing 17-0 Victory: Eli Eleven Outclassed In Everything Save Punting". The Hartford Courant. November 25, 1928. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.