1928 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1928 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record5–3 (2–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
CaptainWalt Holmer[1]
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
Seasons
← 1927
1929 →
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.[2]

  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 146. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "1928 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.