1928 Western State Teachers Hilltoppers football team
American college football season
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The 1928 Western State Teachers Hilltoppers football team represented Western State Teachers College (later renamed Western Michigan University) as an independent during the 1928 college football season. In their fifth and final season under head coach Earl Martineau, the Hilltoppers compiled a 5â2 record and outscored their opponents, 119 to 32.[1][2] Center Dick Frankowski was the team captain.[3]
ConferenceMichigan Collegiate Conference
Record5â2 (2â1 MCC)
Headcoach
- Earl Martineau (5th season)
CaptainDick Frankowski
| 1928 Western State Teachers Hilltoppers football | |
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| Conference | Michigan Collegiate Conference |
| Record | 5â2 (2â1 MCC) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Dick Frankowski |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan State Normal $ | 3 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 7 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western State Teachers | 2 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central State (MI) | 1 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detroit City College | 0 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 2 | â | 5 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coach Martineau left Western State after the 1928 season to accept an assistant coaching position at Purdue. In five years at Western State, Martineau compile a 26â10â2 record.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source | ||
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| September 29 | Chicago YMCA College | W 26â0 | [4] | |||
| October 6 | Ferris Institute |
| W 14â0 | [5] | ||
| October 13 | Lombard |
| L 0â14 | [6] | ||
| October 27 | at Detroit City College |
| W 45â0 | [7] | ||
| November 3 | Michigan "B" |
| W 6â0 | [8] | ||
| November 10 | at Michigan State Normal | Ypsilanti, MI | L 9â18 | [9] | ||
| November 24 | Central State (MI) |
| W 19â0 | [10] | ||
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