1928 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

American college football season

1928 Penn State Nittany Lions football

Conference| Independent
Record| 3–5–1
Head coach|

* Hugo Bezdek (11th season)

Captain| Donn Greenshields, Steven Hamas
Home stadium| New Beaver Field

Seasons

<- 1927

1929 ->

1928 Eastern college football independents records

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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
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

The 1928 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1928 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Hugo Bezdek and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 29| Lebanon Valley|

* New Beaver Field
* State College, PA

| W 25–0| 4,000|
October 6| Gettysburg|

* New Beaver Field
* State College, PA

| W 12–0| 5,000|
October 13| Bucknell|

* New Beaver Field
* State College, PA

| L 0–6| > 10,000| [2]
October 20| at Penn|

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA

| L 0–14| 65,000|
October 27| Syracuse|

* New Beaver Field
* State College, PA (rivalry)

| T 6–6| 15,000|
November 3| vs. Notre Dame|

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)

| L 0–9| 30,000|
November 10| George Washington|

* New Beaver Field
* State College, PA

| W 50–0| 5,000| [3][4]
November 17| at Lafayette|

* Fisher Field
* Easton, PA

| L 0–7| |
November 29| at Pittsburgh|

* Pitt Stadium
* Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)

| L 0–26| 32,209| [5]

* Homecoming

## References

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1. ^ "Penn State Yearly Results (1925-1929)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
2. ^ "Bucknell Gridders Nip Penn State, 6-0". New York Daily News. October 14, 1928. p. 67 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Despite gallant fight G.E. goes down before attack of Penn eleven". The University Hatchet. November 14, 1928. Retrieved February 13, 2021 - via Internet Archive.
4. ^ "Penn State wallops George Washington". The Morning Call. November 11, 1928. Retrieved February 13, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Pitt Hands State 26 to 0 Lacing In Turkey Day Clash". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 30, 1928. p. 1 - via Newspapers.com.

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Penn State Nittany Lions football

Venues|

* Old Main lawn (until 1891)
* Beaver Field (1892–1908)
* New Beaver Field (1909–1959)
* Beaver Stadium (1960–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Alabama
* Maryland
* Michigan
* Michigan State
* Ohio State
* Old Ironsides
* Pittsburgh
* Syracuse
* West Virginia

Culture & lore|

* Nittany Lion
* "Fight On, State"
* Penn State Blue Band
* Uplifting Athletes
* Joe Paterno statue
* Something for Joey
* 1982 Nebraska game
* Child sex abuse scandal
* 2016 Ohio State game
* Paterno
* White Out
* 2021 Illinois game

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