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] The team was ranked No. 10 in the nation in the Dickinson System ratings released in December 1928.[3]

1928 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–2
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Field
Yankee Stadium
1928 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Boston College   –  9 –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

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

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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Trojans Rated as Leading College Team in Country". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. December 9, 1928. p. 42 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "N.Y.U. eleven nips Niagara, 21–0". Daily News. September 30, 1928. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Violet crushes Mountaineers, 26–7". Daily News. October 7, 1928. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "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.
  7. "N.Y.U. takes dear old Rutgers, 48–0". Daily News. October 21, 1928. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Colgate is crushed by N.Y.U. team". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 28, 1928. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Georgetown upsets N.Y.U., 7–2". The Brooklyn Daily Times. November 4, 1928. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Violet crushes Alfred, 71 to 0". The Brooklyn Daily Times. November 11, 1928. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Missouri Tigers defeated by New York U., 27 to 6". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 18, 1928. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Violet ace too good for Tech". The Pittsburgh Press. November 25, 1928. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Oregon State whips East's champs 25–13". Statesman Journal. November 30, 1928. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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