1928 Northern Illinois State Teachers football team

1928 Northern Illinois State Teachers football
ConferenceIllinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record0–6–1 (0–2–1 IIAC)
Head coach
CaptainLeslie Hedberg
Home stadiumGlidden 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 Northern Illinois State Teachers football team represented Northern Illinois State Teachers College as a member of the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference during the 1928 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Roland Cowell, the Teachers compiled an overall record of 0–6–1 record with a mark of 0–2–1 record in conference play, tying for 19th place in the IIAC. Northern Illinois State played home games at Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus in DeKalb, Illinois. Leslie Hedberg was the team's captain.[1]

  1. ^ "NIU Football 2020 Record Book" (PDF). Northern Illinois University Athletics. p. 185. Retrieved September 11, 2021.