1928 Army Cadets football team

The 1928 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1928 college football season. Led by head coach Biff Jones, the team finished the season with a record of 8–2. The Cadets offense scored 215 points, while the defense allowed 79 points. The team was ranked No. 9 in the nation in the Dickinson System ratings released in December 1928.[1] The 1928 season was one of the few years in which Army did not play the Navy Midshipmen in the Army–Navy Game.

1928 Army Cadets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–2
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainMortimer Sprague
Home stadiumMichie Stadium
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

Against Notre Dame at Yankee Stadium, with the game scoreless at halftime,[2] legendary Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne gave his "win one for the Gipper" speech (with reference to All-American halfback George Gipp, who died in 1920); Notre Dame went on to win, 12–6. Army participated in the best-attended college football game at Yankee Stadium on December 1, when Army lost to Stanford 26–0 before 86,000.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Boston UniversityW 35–0
October 6SMU
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 14–13
October 13Providence College
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 44–0[3]
October 20at HarvardW 15–0
October 27at YaleW 18–6
November 3DePauw
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 38–12
November 10vs. Notre DameL 6–1278,188[2]
November 17Carleton
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 32–7
November 24Nebraska
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 13–3
December 1vs. Stanford
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–2686,000[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Trojans Rated as Leading College Team in Country". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. December 9, 1928. p. 42 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b Getty, Frank (November 11, 1928). "Notre Dame beats Army eleven". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. p. 1, sports.
  3. ^ "Army puts Providence to rout by 44–0 count". Daily News. October 14, 1928. Retrieved May 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Stanford smothers Army team in international classic of grid season". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. December 2, 1928. p. 17. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  5. ^ Getty, Frank (November 2, 1928). "Stanford scores smashing victory over Army, 26 to 0". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. p. 1, sports.