1928 Colgate football team

1928 Colgate football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–3
Head coach	Earl Abell (1st season)
Captain	Bruce Dumont

1928 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
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 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1928 college football season. In it first season under head coach Earl Abell, Colgate compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 175 to 107.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
Septtember 29	St. Lawrence	Hamilton, NY	W 33–6
October 6	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	L 7–12
October 13	VPI	Hamilton, NY	W 35–14
October 20	at Michigan State	College Field East Lansing, MI	W 16–0	10,000
October 27	at NYU	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	L 6–47
November 3	Wabash	Hamilton, NY	W 14–6
November 10	Hobart	Hamilton, NY	W 21–0
November 17	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 30–6
November 29	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 13–16