1928 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team

The 1928 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team represented the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now known as Carnegie Mellon University) in the 1928 college football season.[1] The team was ranked No. 6 in the nation in the Dickinson System ratings released in December 1928.[2]

1928 Carnegie Tech Tartans football
ConferenceIndependent
1928 record7–1
Head coach
CaptainHoward Harpster
Home stadiumForbes Field
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
Penn    8 1 0
Carnegie Tech    7 1 0
Army    8 2 0
Drexel    8 2 0
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
Vermont    1 7 2

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Westminster (PA)
W 32-6[3]
October 6AshlandW 65–0
October 13Thiel
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 39–13
October 20Washington & Jefferson
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 19–0
October 27at Pittsburgh
W 6–045,000[4]
November 10vs. Georgetown
W 13–02,000[5]
November 17at Notre DameW 27–7[6]
November 24NYU
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 13–2740,000[7]

References

  1. "1928 Carnegie Mellon Tartans Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  2. "Trojans Rated as Leading College Team in Country". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. December 9, 1928. p. 42 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Carver, Jess (September 30, 1928). "Tartans Defeat Westminster, 32-6". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. p. Part 2-1 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Carnegie Tech Downs Panther". The Pittsburgh Press. October 28, 1928. p. 1 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Hunt, Marshall (November 11, 1928). "Carnegie Tech Tips Georgetown, 13 To 0". New York Daily News. New York, New York. p. 82. Retrieved November 2, 2019 via Newspapers.com .
  6. Mickelson, Paul R. (November 18, 1928). "Carnegie Tech beats Rockne's 'Irish', 27 to 7". Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. p. 1, sports.
  7. "Violet ace too good for Tech". The Pittsburgh Press. November 25, 1928. Retrieved February 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
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