1928 Missouri Tigers football team
The 1928 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Six Conference (Big 6) during the 1928 college football season. The team compiled a 4–4 record (3–2 against Big 6 opponents), finished in a tie for second place in the Big 6, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 138 to 102. Gwinn Henry was the head coach for the fifth of nine seasons.[1][2] The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.
| 1928 Missouri Tigers football | |
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| Conference | Big Six Conference |
| Record | 4–4 (3–2 Big 6) |
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| Captain | Miller Brown |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The team's leading scorer was Robert Mehrle with 32 points.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| October 13 | Centre* | W 60–0 | |||||
| October 20 | Iowa State |
| W 28–19 | 6,002 | |||
| October 27 | at Nebraska | L 0–24 | 38,000 | ||||
| November 3 | Drake* |
| L 0–6 | [4] | |||
| November 10 | at Kansas State | W 19–6 | |||||
| November 17 | at NYU* | L 6–27 | [5] | ||||
| November 24 | Kansas |
| W 25–6 | ||||
| November 29 | at Oklahoma | L 0–14 | |||||
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References
- "1928 Missouri Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
- "2014 Mizzou Football Records Book" (PDF). University of Missouri. p. 40. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
- 2014 Mizzou Football Records Book, p. 26.
- "Drake Scores 6-0 Victory Over Missouri: Bulldogs Get Touchdown In Last 2 Minutes of Play". Joplin Globe. November 4, 1928. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Missouri Tigers defeated by New York U., 27 to 6". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 18, 1928. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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