1928 Eastern Illinois Blue and Gray football team

1928 Eastern Illinois Blue and Gray football
IIAC champion
ConferenceIllinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record7–0–1 (5–0–1 IIAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumSchahrer Field
Seasons
← 1927
1929 →
1928 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Eastern Illinois + 5 0 1 7 0 1
Millikin + 5 0 1 6 0 2
Augustana (IL) 6 1 0 7 1 0
Bradley 6 1 0 7 2 0
Monmouth (IL) 5 1 0 6 3 0
Southern Illinois 3 1 0 7 1 2
McKendree 2 1 0 5 5 0
Illinois Wesleyan 5 3 0 5 3 0
Carthage 2 2 1 2 3 2
Lake Forest 1 1 0 2 4 1
Illinois College 4 5 0 4 5 0
Eureka 3 4 1 3 4 1
North Central 2 3 1 4 3 2
Mount Morris 2 3 0 3 3 1
Western Illinois 2 3 2 2 3 3
St. Viator 1 3 0 3 5 0
Illinois State Normal 2 6 0 2 6 0
Knox (IL) 1 4 0 3 5 0
Wheaton (IL) 0 2 1 3 4 1
Northern Illinois State 0 2 1 0 6 1
Shurtleff 0 3 1 1 4 1
Lincoln (IL) 0 8 0 0 8 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1928 Eastern Illinois Blue and Gray football team represented Eastern Illinois State Teachers College (now known as Eastern Illinois University) as a member of the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1928 college football season. The team was led by seventeenth-year head coach Charles Lantz and played its home games at Schahrer Field. The Blue and Gray finished the season with a 7–0–1 record overall and a 5–0–1 record in conference play, making them conference co-champions with Millikin.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Football Record Book" (PDF). Eastern Illinois University Athletics. p. 46. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  2. ^ "How They Finished". Decatur Herald. Decatur, Illinois. December 2, 1928. p. 25. Retrieved November 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.