1928 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1928 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
Offensive schemeNotre Dame Box
Base defense7–2–2
CaptainFred Miller
Home stadiumCartier Field
Seasons
← 1927
1929 →
1928 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Detroit     9 0 0
Butler     6 2 0
John Carroll     6 3 0
Kent State     4 2 2
Marquette     5 3 1
Ball Teachers     3 2 2
Notre Dame     5 4 0
DePaul     4 4 1
Haskell     5 5 0
Michigan Tech     2 2 1
Saint Louis     4 4 1
Wabash     4 4 1
Loyola (IL)     4 4 0
Lombard     3 4 1
Michigan State     3 4 1
Detroit City College     2 5 1
Valparaiso     1 6 0

The 1928 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1928 college football season. Led by eleventh-year head coach Knute Rockne, the independent Irish compiled an uncharacteristic 5–4 record and were outscored 99 to 107. The defeat of Army was the Win one for the Gipper game.

In Cartier Field's final game on November 17, Notre Dame lost its first game on campus in 23 years, upset 27–7 by undefeated Carnegie Tech.[1]

  1. ^ Mickelson, Paul R. (November 18, 1928). "Carnegie Tech beats Rockne's 'Irish', 27 to 7". Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. p. 1, sports.