1928 Northwestern Wildcats football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1928

| team = Northwestern Wildcats

| sport = football

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| conference = Big Ten Conference

| short_conf = Big Ten

| record = 5–3

| conf_record = 2–3

| head_coach = Dick Hanley

| hc_year = 2nd

| captain = Walt Holmer{{Cite web|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/nw/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/nu-mg-07-history.pdf#page=5|title=Year-by-Year Results|date=2007|page=146|format=PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190316165052/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/nw/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/nu-mg-07-history.pdf|archive-date=March 16, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=March 14, 2019}}

| stadium = Dyche Stadium

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The 1928 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1928 college football season. In their second year under head coach Dick Hanley, the Wildcats compiled a 5–3 record (2–3 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in a tie for seventh place in the Big Ten Conference.{{cite web|title=1928 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=February 22, 2016|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/northwestern/1928-schedule.html}}

Schedule

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|October 6||{{cfb link|year=1928|team=Butler Bulldogs|title=Butler}}|Dyche Stadium|Evanston, IL|W 14 0||

|October 13||Ohio State|Dyche Stadium|Evanston, IL|L 0 10|35,000|

|October 20||Kentucky|Dyche Stadium|Evanston, IL|W 7 0||

|October 27|at|Illinois|Memorial Stadium|Champaign, IL (rivalry)|L 0 6|59,871|

|November 3||Minnesota|Dyche Stadium|Evanston, IL|W 10 9|45,000|

|November 10||Purdue|Dyche Stadium|Evanston, IL|W 7 6|30,000|

|November 17|at|Indiana|Memorial Stadium|Bloomington, IN|L 0 6||

|November 24||Dartmouth|Dyche Stadium|Evanston, IL|W 27 6|45,000|{{cite news |title=Dartmouth Beaten by Northwestern |date=November 25, 1928 |page=S2 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}

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References

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