1928 NYU Violets football team

The 1928 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1928 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Chick Meehan, the team compiled a 8–2 record.[1] Ken Strong led the nation in scoring.[2]

1928 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
1928 record8–2
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Field
Yankee Stadium
1928 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Boston College      9 0 0
Villanova      7 0 1
Brown      8 1 0
Penn      8 1 0
Carnegie Tech      7 1 0
Army      8 2 0
Drexel      8 2 0
NYU      8 2 0
Temple      7 1 2
Lafayette      6 1 2
Princeton      5 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
Syracuse      4 4 1
Yale      4 4 0
Cornell      3 3 2
Fordham      4 5 0
Franklin & Marshall      4 5 0
Penn State      3 5 1
Lehigh      3 6 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29NiagaraW 21–013,000[3]
October 6West Virginia Wesleyan
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 26–717,500[4]
October 13vs. FordhamW 34–750,000[5]
October 20at RutgersW 48–022,500[6]
October 27Colgate
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 47–652,000[7]
November 3Georgetown
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 2–750,000[8]
November 10Alfred
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 71–0[9]
November 17Missouri
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 27–6[10]
November 24at Carnegie TechW 27–13[11]
November 29Oregon State
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 13–2540,000[12]

References

  1. "1928 NYU Violets Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 16, 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "N.Y.U. eleven nips Niagara, 21–0". Daily News. September 30, 1928. Retrieved February 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Violet crushes Mountaineers, 26–7". Daily News. October 7, 1928. Retrieved February 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "N.Y.U. batters way to 34–7 victory over Fordham eleven". The Brooklyn Daily Times. October 14, 1928. Retrieved February 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "N.Y.U. takes dear old Rutgers, 48–0". Daily News. October 21, 1928. Retrieved February 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Colgate is crushed by N.Y.U. team". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 28, 1928. Retrieved February 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Georgetown upsets N.Y.U., 7–2". The Brooklyn Daily Times. November 4, 1928. Retrieved February 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Violet crushes Alfred, 71 to 0". The Brooklyn Daily Times. November 11, 1928. Retrieved February 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Missouri Tigers defeated by New York U., 27 to 6". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 18, 1928. Retrieved February 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Violet ace too good for Tech". The Pittsburgh Press. November 25, 1928. Retrieved February 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Oregon State whips East's champs 25–13". Statesman Journal. November 30, 1928. Retrieved February 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
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