1928 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
American college football season
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The 1928 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1928 Big Ten season. In their 16th season under head coach Robert Zuppke, the Illini compiled a 7â1 record (4â1 in conference games), won the Big Ten championship, shut out five of eight opponent, and outscored all opponents by a total of 145 to 16.[1] The team was ranked No. 6 in the Dickinson System ratings released in December 1928.[2]
- Robert Zuppke (16th season)
| 1928 Illinois Fighting Illini football | |
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Big Ten champion | |
| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Record | 7â1 (4â1 Big Ten) |
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| Captain | Butch Nowack |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Illinois $ | 4 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 7 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Wisconsin | 3 | â | 1 | â | 1 | 7 | â | 1 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 4 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Iowa | 3 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 3 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 2 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 2 | â | 2 | â | 1 | 5 | â | 2 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 2 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan | 2 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 4 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 2 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago | 0 | â | 5 | â | 0 | 2 | â | 7 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tackle Butch Nowack was the team captain.[3] Nowack also received first-team honors from the AP, UP, and Walter Eckersall on the 1928 All-Big Ten Conference football team.[4][5][6] Guard Russ Crane received second-team All-Big Ten honors from Eckersall.[6]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| October 6 | 2:30 p.m. | Bradley* | W 33â6 | 21,477 | [7][8] | |
| October 13 | Coe* |
| W 31â0 | 8,562 | [9] | |
| October 20 | Indiana |
| W 13â7 | 26,683 | [10] | |
| October 27 | at Northwestern |
| W 6â0 | 59,871â63,000 | [11] | |
| November 3 | Michigan | L 0â3 | 78,229 | [12] | ||
| November 10 | at Butler* | W 14â0 | 9,448â14,000 | [13] | ||
| November 17 | Chicago | W 40â0 | 48,714 | [14] | ||
| November 24 | at Ohio State |
| W 8â0 | 35,712 | [15] | |
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Roster
| Player | Position |
| Butch Nowack (Captain) | Tackle, Kicker |
| Russ Crane | Guard |
| Oliver M. 'Pete' Langhorst | |
| Judson Timm | Halfback |
| Fritz Humbert | Fullback |
| Rinquist | |
| Dwight Stuessy | Quarterback |
| Doug Mills | Fullback, Punter |
| Frank Walker | Fullback |
| Tom Nickol | Fullback |
| John Tarwain | End |
| James Lewis | |
| Forrest 'Frosty' Peters | Kicker, Quarterback |
| Walter Jolley | End |
| Carl H. Bergeson | |
| Keston J. Deimling | Guard |
| Rouse | |
| Ken Fields | Quarterback |
| Louis Gordon | Guard |
| L. J. Wietz | Tackle |
| L. S. Burdick | Tackle |
| Norman McClure | Guard |
| Chuck Hall | Halfback |
| Robert Z. Hickman | |
| H. E. Richman | |
| Otto R. Hills | |
| Olaf Robinson | Halfback |
| Lou Gordon | Tackle, Guard, End |
- Head coach: Robert Zuppke (15th year at Illinois)
