1928 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

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1928 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record6–2 (3–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPWillis Glassgow
CaptainRichard Brown
Home stadium Iowa Field
Seasons
  1927
1929  
1928 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Illinois $ 4 1 07 1 0
No. 4 Wisconsin 3 1 17 1 1
Minnesota 4 2 06 2 0
No. 6 Iowa 3 2 06 2 0
Ohio State 3 2 05 2 1
Purdue 2 2 15 2 1
Northwestern 2 3 05 3 0
Michigan 2 3 03 4 1
Indiana 2 4 04 4 0
Chicago 0 5 02 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1928 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1928 college football season. This was the last season Iowa played their home games in at Iowa Field. The team was ranked No. 6 in the nation in the Dickinson System ratings released in December 1928. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6 Monmouth (IL) *W 26–0
October 13at Chicago W 13–0
October 20 Ripon *
  • Iowa Field
  • Iowa City, IA
W 61–6
October 27 Minnesota Dagger-14-plain.png
W 7–630,000
November 3 South Dakota *
  • Iowa Field
  • Iowa City, IA
W 19–0 [2]
November 10at Ohio State W 14–747,000
November 17 Wisconsin L 0–13
November 24at Michigan L 7–1053,572
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

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References

  1. "Trojans Rated as Leading College Team in Country". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. December 9, 1928. p. 42 via Newspapers.com.
  2. Sec Taylor (November 4, 1928). "Iowa Spills Coyotes by 19 to 0 Score: Pape, Jensvold Star for Old Gold". Des Moines Register. pp. 1S, 6S via Newspapers.com.