1928 Creighton Bluejays football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1928

| team = Creighton Bluejays

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Missouri Valley Conference

| short_conf = MVC

| record = 3–5–1

| conf_record = 2–1

| head_coach = Chet A. Wynne

| hc_year = 6th

| captain =

| stadium = Creighton Stadium

}}

{{1928 Missouri Valley Conference football standings}}

The 1928 Creighton Bluejays football team was an American football team that represented Creighton University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1928 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Chet A. Wynne, the team compiled a 3–5–1 record (2–1 against MVC opponents) and was outscored by a total of 128 to 86.{{cite web|title=1928 Creighton Bluejays Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=May 25, 2019|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/creighton/1928-schedule.html}} The team played its home games at Creighton Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.

Schedule

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|October 6|at|Minnesota|Memorial Stadium|Minneapolis, MN|L 0-49|20,000|

|October 13||Oklahoma A&M|Creighton Stadium|Omaha, NE|W 37-0||

|October 20||Oklahoma|Creighton Stadium|Omaha, NE|L 0-7||

|October 27|at|Saint Louis|Sportsman's Park|St. Louis, MO|L 6-16||

|November 3|at|South Dakota State||Brookings, SD|L 7-18||

|November 10||Utah|Creighton Stadium|Omaha, NE|T 7-7||

|November 23|at|Grinnell|Ward Field|Grinnell, IA|W 20-19||{{cite news |last=Monroe |first=Jack |title=Creighton Nips Grinnell in Scoring Tilt, 20-19 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-des-moines-register/127817626/ |newspaper=The Des Moines Register |location=Des Moines, Iowa |date=November 24, 1928 |page=7 |access-date=July 7, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |last=Monroe |first=Jack |title=65-Yard Pass Top Pioneers' Pigskin Play (continued) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-des-moines-register/127817776/ |newspaper=The Des Moines Register |location=Des Moines, Iowa |date=November 24, 1928 |page=8 |access-date=July 7, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |last=Monroe |first=Jack |title=65-Yard Pass Top Pioneers' Pigskin Play (continued) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-des-moines-register/127817829/ |newspaper=The Des Moines Register |location=Des Moines, Iowa |date=November 24, 1928 |page=9 |access-date=July 7, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

|November 29||Drake|Creighton Stadium|Omaha, NE|L 0-6||{{cite news|title=Drake Defeats Creighton to Win Valley Title: Nesbitt Scores Touchdown in Final Period|newspaper=Des Moines Tribune-Capital|date=November 30, 1928|page=30|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32221414/drake_defeats_creighton_to_win_valley/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|December 8|at|Marquette|Marquette Stadium|Milwaukee, WI|W 9-6|5,000|{{cite news|title=Creighton Blue Jays Vanquish Marquette Eleven, Score, 9 to 6|newspaper=The Capital Times|date=December 9, 1928|page=28|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121379478/creighton-blue-jays-vanquish-marquette/|via=Newspapers.com}}

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