1928 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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1928 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Illinois $	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
No. 4 Wisconsin	3	–	1	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
Minnesota	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Iowa	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Ohio State	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	2	–	1
Purdue	2	–	2	–	1			5	–	2	–	1
Northwestern	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Michigan	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	4	–	1
Indiana	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Chicago	0	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1928 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1928 college football season. In their second year under head coach Dick Hanley, the Wildcats compiled a 5–3 record (2–3 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in a tie for seventh place in the Big Ten Conference.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 6	Butler*	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 14–0
October 13	Ohio State	Dyche Stadium Evanson, IL	L 0–10
October 20	Kentucky*	Dyche Stadium Evanson, IL	W 7–0
October 27	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry)	L 0–6
November 3	Minnesota	Dyche Stadium Evanson, IL	W 10–9
November 10	Purdue	Dyche Stadium Evanson, IL	W 7–6
November 17	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 0–6
November 24	Dartmouth*	Dyche Stadium Evanson, IL	W 27–6
*Non-conference game