1928 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

The 1928 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented Fresno State Normal School—now known as California State University, Fresno—during the 1928 college football season.

1928 Fresno State Bulldogs football
ConferenceFar Western Conference
Record2–5–1 (0–3–1 FWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumFresno State College Stadium
1928 Far Western Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Saint Mary's $ 2 –0 –05 –4 –0
Cal Aggies 3 –1 –06 –3 –0
St. Ignatius (CA) 3 –1 –04 –4 –0
Pacific (CA) 2 –1 –05 –2 –0
Fresno State 0 –3 –12 –5 –1
Nevada 0 –4 –10 –7 –1
  • $ – Conference champion

Fresno State competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC).[note 1] The 1928 team was led by head coach Arthur W. Jones in his eighth and last year at the helm. They played home games at Fresno State College Stadium[note 2] on the campus of Fresno City College in Fresno, California. They finished with a record of two wins, five losses and one tie (2–5–1, 0–3–1 FWC). The Bulldogs were outscored by their opponents 56–288 for the season and were shut out in five of the eight games.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 29Cal Poly*
W 37–0
October 6Santa Barbara State*
  • Fresno State College Stadium
  • Fresno, CA
W 7–0[1]
October 13at St. Ignatius (CA)
L 0–19[2]
October 27at Stanford*
L 0–47
November 3at Pacific (CA)
L 0–13[3]
November 10Nevada
  • Fresno State College Stadium
  • Fresno, CA
T 12–12[4]
November 23at Santa Clara*
L 0–83[5]
November 29Cal Aggies
  • Fresno State College Stadium
  • Fresno, CA
L 0–13
  • *Non-conference game

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Notes
  1. The Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) was known as the Far Western Conference (FWC) from its founding in 1925 to 1982.
  2. Ratcliffe Stadium was known as Fresno State College Stadium from 1926 to 1940.

References
  1. "Fresno State Beats Santa Barbara, 7-0". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 7, 1928. p. I.a-2. Retrieved April 11, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  2. Wilson J. O'Brien (October 14, 1928). "St. Ignatius Eleven Overwhelms Fresno State, 19 to 0: Anderson and Kleckner Star for Gray Fog". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 36 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Pacific Wins Over Fresno State". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 4, 1928. p. I-5. Retrieved March 8, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  4. "Fresno State Ties Nevada". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 11, 1928. p. I-5. Retrieved March 8, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  5. "Broncs Humble Fresno Teachers, Winning 83-0". Modesto News-Herald. Modesto, California. November 24, 1928. p. 10. Retrieved March 8, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  6. "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.


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