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 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1928 college football season. In it first season under head coach Earl Abell, Colgate compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 175 to 107.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	St. Lawrence	Hamilton, NY	W 33–6
October 6	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	L 7–12
October 13	VPI	Hamilton, NY	W 35–14		^[2]^[3]
October 20	at Michigan State	College Field East Lansing, MI	W 16–0	10,000	^[4]
October 27	at NYU	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	L 6–47	52,000	^[5]
November 3	Wabash	Hamilton, NY	W 14–6
November 10	Hobart	Hamilton, NY	W 21–0
November 17	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 30–6
November 29	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 13–16

References

^ "1928 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
^ "Maroon Eleven Turns Back V.P.I., 35–14, To Gain Revenge For Last Year's Defeat". Colgate Maroon. Colgate University. October 17, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
^ "Colgate Extended To Win Over V. P. I." The Sunday Star. Library of Congress. October 14, 1928. p. 92. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
^ "Colgate Beats State Eleven". Detroit Free Press. October 21, 1928. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Colgate is crushed by N.Y.U. team". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 28, 1928. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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