1928 Yale Bulldogs football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1928
| team = Yale Bulldogs
| sport = football
| image = Max_Eddy,_Marvin_A._Stevens,_and_William_A._Webster,_1928.jpg
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| conference = Independent
| record = 4–4
| head_coach = Mal Stevens
| hc_year = 1st
| off_scheme = Single-wing
| def_scheme =
| captain = Maxon H. Eddy{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/yale1964/page/n33/mode/2up |magazine=Yale Football Media Guide |title=Year By Year Scores: 1928 |page=65 |date=1964 |accessdate=November 26, 2024 |via=Internet Archive}}
| stadium = Yale Bowl
}}
{{1928 Eastern college football independents records}}
The 1928 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1928 college football season. The Bulldogs finished with a 4–4 record under first-year head coach Mal Stevens.{{cite web|title=1928 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=February 27, 2017|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/yale/1928-schedule.html}}
Schedule
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|October 6| |Maine|Yale Bowl|New Haven, CT|W 27–0||
|October 13| |Georgia|Yale Bowl|New Haven, CT|W 21–6||{{cite news|title=Flashing Runs of John Garvey Lead Yale to 21-6 Conquest of Georgia Crackers|newspaper=The Hartford Courant|date=October 14, 1928|pages=IV-1, IV-8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107393770/flashing-runs-of-john-garvey-lead-yale/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 20| |Brown |Yale Bowl|New Haven, CT|W 32–14||
|October 27| |Army|Yale Bowl|New Haven, CT|L 6–18|76,000|{{cite news|title=Chris Cagle's Dashes Down Yale, 18 To 6|newspaper=The Hartford Courant|date=October 28, 1928|pages=I-1, IV-1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107393497/chris-cagles-dashes-down-yale-18-to-6/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 3| |Dartmouth|Yale Bowl|New Haven, CT|W 18–0|45,000 | {{cite news |title=Dartmouth Bows to Yale by 18 to 0 |first=William D. |last=Richardson |date=November 4, 1928 |page=S1 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
|November 10| |Maryland|Yale Bowl|New Haven, CT|L 0–6||{{cite news|title=Fighting Maryland Team Turns Back Yale, 6-0, In Amazing Upset At New Haven|newspaper=The Hartford Courant|author=William J. Lee|date=November 11, 1928|page=|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87188191/fighting-maryland-team-turns-back-yale/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 17|at|Princeton (rivalry)|Palmer Stadium|Princeton, NJ|L 2–12|60,000|{{cite news|title=Tigers Top Eli: Tiger Thrusts Rend Bulldogs Before 60,000|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|author=Perry Lewis|date=November 18, 1928|pages=1S, 2S|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107367941/tigers-top-eli-tiger-thrusts-rend/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 24| |Harvard (rivalry)|Yale Bowl|New Haven, CT|L 0–17||{{cite news|title=Harvard's Sweeping Power Crushes Yale In Completely Convincing 17-0 Victory: Eli Eleven Outclassed In Everything Save Punting|newspaper=The Hartford Courant|date=November 25, 1928|page=IV-1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107393225/harvards-sweeping-power-crushes-yale/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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