1928 Princeton Tigers football team

1928 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–1–2
Head coach
CaptainCharles Howe
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
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
  –   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 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1928 college football season. The Tigers finished with a 5–1–2 record under 15th-year head coach Bill Roper.[1] Princeton center Charles Howe was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team honoree on the 1928 College Football All-America Team.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6 Vermont
W 50–0[3]
October 13 Virginia
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
T 0–0[4]
October 20 Lehigh
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 47–0
October 27 Cornell
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 3–0
November 3at Ohio State
T 6–674,000[5]
November 10 Washington and Lee
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 25–12
November 17 Yale
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
W 12–260,000[6]
November 24vs. Navy
L 0–9[7]

References

  1. ^ "1928 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. ^ Alan J. Gould (December 8, 1928). "Associated Press Gives Views on America's Best Gridders". The Salt Lake Tribune.
  3. ^ "Tigers claw Vermonters at will in 50–0 parade". Daily News. October 7, 1928. Retrieved June 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Tigers Held To 0-0 Tie By U. of Virginia: Roper Machine Unable to Crash Cavalier Line". New York Daily News. October 14, 1928. p. 68 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Grantland Rice (November 4, 1928). "Tigers Battle Ohio to 6-All Deadlock Before 74,000 Fans". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Perry Lewis (November 18, 1928). "Tigers Top Eli: Tiger Thrusts Rend Bulldogs Before 60,000". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Perry Lewiss (November 25, 1928). "Navy Vanquishes Tiger Foemen by 9 to 0: "Whitey" Lloyd Ties Knot in Tiger's Tail with 76-Yard Gallop". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
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