The 1928 season
582 games on file. The AP poll didn’t exist yet. Detroit, Georgia Tech and USC claim the national title. Share
Scoreboards
Conference champions
Major college
- Big Six
- Nebraska
- Missouri Valley Conference
- Drake
- Pacific Coast Conference
- USC
- Rocky Mountain Conference
- Utah
- Southern Conference
- Georgia Tech
- Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
- Chattanooga
- Southwest Conference
- Texas
- Western Conference
- Illinois
Small college
- Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
- Hampton
- Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- Eastern Illinois
- Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- Northern Iowa
- Michigan Collegiate Conference
- Eastern Michigan
- Mississippi Valley Conference
- Murray State
- Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association
- Missouri State
- New England Conference
- UConn
- North Central Conference
- North Dakota
- Northwest Ohio League
- Bowling Green
- West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- Marshall
From each program’s Wikipedia article, with the conference’s name that season. Titles come from the articles of today’s FBS and FCS programs, so a title shared with a school outside them lists only one champion.
Consensus All-Americans
- EIrvine Phillips, California
- EWes Fesler, Ohio State
- OTOtto Pommerening, Michigan
- OTMike Getto, Pittsburgh
- OGSeraphim Post, Stanford
- OGDon Robesky, Stanford
- OGEdward Burke, Navy
- CPeter Pund, Georgia Tech
- QBHoward Harpster, Carnegie Tech
- RBChris Cagle, Army
- RBChuck Carroll, Washington
- RBPaul Scull, Penn
- RBKen Strong, New York Univ
Players picked by enough of the major selectors to count as consensus, shown in bold in Wikipedia’s 1928 All-America article. Every selector’s teams, first to last, are on the 1928 All-America teams page.
From the newspapers
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NEBRASKA VICTIM OF eagle & CO” ,” Cornhuskers Defeated by Cadets on West Point Field by 13 to 3. w VEST POINT, N. Y, November XAI 24.-The redshirted giants wv of Nebraska tried to stop the red-headed terror of the Army today but failed after a gallant start. AS result, Christian Keener tRed) eagle led West Point to smashing 13 to victory over the Cornhuskers and gave another boost to his all-American rating ror 1928. The Cadets scored all their points in last-half rush, led by eagle, that put Nebraska to route after the red -jerseyed Cornhuskers had battled the soldiers to standstill in the first half and finally taken the lead on beautiful 20-yard placement kick by Clair Sloan, star halfback 1t took just two plays for eagle and the Army to overcome this deficit in the third period and take lead that never was relinquished. The first play was pass, tossed by eagle to Messenger for a gain of 26 yeardS. The second was a slashing, twisting 36-yard dash off tackle by eagle, who left would-be tao klers strewn in his wake as he traveled SO yards for what proved to be the winning touchdown. Game Ends in Darkness. Just to make ii more decisive, Hutch inson, eagles successor, threw 20-yard pass to Halfback Allan for a second touchdown in the final quarter, and the soldiers we’re marching toward another ! score when the game ended in complete | darkness. Nebraska, tied a week ago by Pitts burgh suffered its first defeat of the season in spectacular battle before notable crowd Of $4,000 spectators occupying the new Niche Stadium, set high in the historic, rockbound fast nesses of the Military Academy reservation. Vice President Charles G. Dawes, smoking his famous pipe, occupied a box with friends and q host of , high Army officers who were guests OF Maj. Gen. w. r. Smith, the commandant. Army. facing one of the biggest and most rugged lines in the country, built its attack almost entirely around the passing game, first with eagle and then The cadet outplayed the CornhuSkers in all but the second period, when the invaders “shot the works. but sue ceeded in getting only field goal. Army had thin margin on first downs, 13 to H. but produced 10 OF them on passes. mostly of the long and sensational variety Cadet passes paved the way for eagles touchdown, produced the second and constantly threat ened the CornhuSkers ! With eagles throwing arm in fine form, Army four times swept into Ne braska territory in the first quarter without thing to show for it. Three of the Red Heads passes, with OKeefe, ! Messenger and Gibner on the receiving ! ends. gained SO, As and % yards. re- Spectively. But twice the Cornhuskers
Bowls and playoff
Scoreboard| Jan 1, 1929 | Georgia Tech 8, California 7Rose Bowl |