1928 Drake Bulldogs football team
American college football season
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The 1928 Drake Bulldogs football team represented Drake University in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1928 college football season. In its eighth season under head coach Ossie Solem, the team compiled a 7â1 record (3â0 against MVC opponents), won the MVC championship, and outscored all opponents by a total of 141 to 52.[1] The team's only loss was against Knute Rockne's Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record7â1 (3â0 MVC)
Headcoach
- Ossie Solem (8th season)
HomestadiumDrake Stadium
| 1928 Drake Bulldogs football | |
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MVC champion | |
| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 7â1 (3â0 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Drake Stadium |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake $ | 3 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 7 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Creighton | 2 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 5 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grinnell | 1 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 3 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 0 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 1 | â | 7 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington University | 0 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 2 | â | 5 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Key players included halfback Dick Nesbitt and guard Lester Jones.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| October 6 | Simpson* | W 40â6 | 8,000 | [2] | ||
| October 13 | at Marquette* | W 26â7 | 6,000 | [3] | ||
| October 20 | Grinnell |
| W 19â7 | 10,000 | [4] | |
| October 27 | at Notre Dame* | L 6â32 | 15,000 | [5] | ||
| November 3 | at Missouri* | W 6â0 | [6] | |||
| November 10 | 2:00 p.m. | Washington University |
| W 20â0 | [7][8] | |
| November 24 | Iowa State* |
| W 18â0 | [9] | ||
| November 29 | at Creighton | W 6â0 | [10] | |||
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