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1928 Dartmouth Indians football team

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1928 Dartmouth Indians football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
CaptainRichard Black
Home stadiumMemorial 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 Dartmouth Indians football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College as an independent during the 1928 college football season. In their sixth and final season under head coach Jesse Hawley, the Indians compiled a 5–4 record. Richard Black was the team captain.[1]

Al Marsters was the team's leading scorer, with 67 points, from 11 touchdowns and one kicked extra point.[2]

Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29 Norwich
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 39–6 [1]
October 6 Hobart
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 44–0 [1]
October 13 Allegheny
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 37–12 [1]
October 20 Columbia
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 21–7 [3]
October 27 at Harvard L 7–19 53,000 [4]
November 3 at Yale L 0–18 45,000 [5]
November 10 Brown
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
L 0–14 [1]
November 17 at Cornell W 28–0 [1]
November 24 at Northwestern L 6–27 45,000 [6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Season-by-Season Results: 1881-1939". Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  2. ^ "Annual Scoring Leaders (Since 1925)". Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  3. ^ Vidmer, Richards (October 21, 1928). "Dartmouth Defeats Columbia by 21-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  4. ^ Vidmer, Richards (October 28, 1928). "Harvard Repulses Dartmouth by 19-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  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. ^ "Dartmouth Beaten by Northwestern". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 25, 1928. p. S2.