1928 Washington and Lee Generals football team
{{Short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1928
| team = Washington and Lee Generals
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Southern Conference
| short_conf = SoCon
| record = 2–8
| conf_record = 1–6
| head_coach = James P. Herron
| hc_year = 3rd
| captain = Earl Fitzpatrick
| stadium = Wilson Field
}}
{{1928 Southern Conference football standings}}
The 1928 Washington and Lee Generals football team was an American football team that represented Washington and Lee University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1928 college football season. In their third season under head coach James P. Herron, Washington and Lee compiled a 2–8 record.{{cite web|title=1928 Washington & Lee Generals Schedule and Results|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=December 8, 2023|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/washington-lee/1928-schedule.html}}
Schedule
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|September 29||{{cfb link|year=1928|team=Lynchburg Hornets|title=Lynchburg}}
|October 6||NC State|Wilson Field|Lexington, VA|W 38–6|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-portsmouth-star-generals-smother-car/136481299/|work=The Portsmouth Star|title=Generals smother Carolina State Wolfpack|date=October 7, 1928|accessdate=December 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 13|at|Kentucky|Stoll Field|Lexington, KY|L 0–6|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-owensboro-messenger-kentucky-beats-w/136480408/|title=Kentucky beats Washington, Lee by score of 6–0|newspaper=The Owensboro Messenger|date=October 14, 1928|accessdate=December 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 20|vs.|West Virginia
|October 27|at|Tennessee|Shields–Watkins Field|Knoxville, TN| L 6-27|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82971629/washington-and-lee-loses-to-strong-tenne/|work=Richmond Times Dispatch|title=Washington and Lee loses to strong Tennessee eleven by count of 26 to 7|date=October 28, 1926|accessdate=August 7, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 3|at|Virginia|Lambeth Field|Charlottesville, VA|L 13–20|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-wl-fights-but-vir/136481951/|work=The Atlanta Journal|title=W.–L. fights but Virginia lead sticks|date=November 4, 1928|accessdate=December 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 10|at|Princeton
|November 17||VPI|Wilson Field|Lexington, VA|L 7–13|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-virginia-poly-wins-ano/136482495/|work=The Baltimore Sun|title=Virginia Poly wins another|date=November 18, 1928|accessdate=December 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 24|vs.|Maryland|Griffith Stadium|Washington, DC|L 0–6|{{cite news|title=U. of M. Beats W. & L.|newspaper=The Sunday Star|date=November 25, 1928|page=|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87188313/u-of-m-beats-w-l/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 29|at|Florida|Fairfield Stadium|Jacksonville, FL|L 6–60|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91861/aaron_sinton_ymca_race/|title=Florida 'Gators aock W. & L. for 60–6 Row!|page=26|date=November 30, 1928|work=Reading Times|accessdate=August 7, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
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