1928 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–1
Head coach
CaptainDonn Greenshields, Steven Hamas
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
Seasons
← 1927
1929 →
1928 Eastern college football independents records
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 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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Lebanon Valley
W 25–04,000
October 6Gettysburg
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 12–05,000
October 13Bucknell
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
L 0–6> 10,000[2]
October 20at Penn
L 0–1465,000
October 27Syracusedagger
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
T 6–615,000
November 3vs. Notre Dame
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
L 0–930,000
November 10George Washington
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 50–05,000[3][4]
November 17at Lafayette
L 0–7
November 29at Pittsburgh
L 0–2632,209[5]
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  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. ^ "Bucknell Gridders Nip Penn State, 6-0". New York Daily News. October 14, 1928. p. 67 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Penn State wallops George Washington". The Morning Call. November 11, 1928. Retrieved February 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "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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