1928 Georgetown Hoyas football team

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1928 Southern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Georgetown		–		8	–	2	–	0
West Virginia		–		8	–	2	–	0
Howard		–		6	–	1	–	2
Loyola (LA)		–		7	–	3	–	0
Navy		–		5	–	3	–	1
East Tennessee State Teachers		–		4	–	3	–	0
Delaware State		–		1	–	1	–	1
Duke		–		5	–	5	–	0
Georgia Normal		–		5	–	5	–	0
Miami (FL)		–		4	–	4	–	1
Texas A&I		–		4	–	4	–	0
Texas Tech		–		4	–	4	–	1
Catholic University		–		4	–	5	–	0
Mississippi State Teachers		–		4	–	5	–	0
Middle Tennessee State Teachers		–		3	–	4	–	1
Texas Mines		–		3	–	4	–	1
Wesley		–		3	–	4	–	0
Appalachian State		–		3	–	6	–	0
Delaware		–		2	–	6	–	0
Wake Forest		–		2	–	6	–	2
Davidson		–		2	–	8	–	0
George Washington		–		1	–	7	–	0

The 1928 Georgetown Hoyas football team represented Georgetown University as an independent during the 1928 college football season. Led by Lou Little in his fifth season as head coach, the team went 8–2.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Mount St. Mary's	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	W 31–0
October 6	Susquehanna	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	W 88–0
October 13	Lebanon Valley	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	W 52–0
October 20	West Virginia Wesleyan	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	W 34–7	3,500	^[2]
October 27	Duke	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	W 35–0		^[3]
November 3	at NYU	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 7–2	50,000	^[4]
November 10	vs. Carnegie Tech	Chadwick Field Albany, NY	L 0–13	2,000	^[5]
November 17	West Virginia	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	W 12–0		^[6]
November 24	at Fordham	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 27–7	20,000
November 29	at Detroit	Dinan Field Detroit, MI	L 13–33	30,000	^[7]

^ "1928 Georgetown Hoyas Stats".
^ "Georgetown Downs W. Va. Wesleyan, 34—7". The Evening Star. Washington, D.C. October 21, 1928. p. 1, sports section. Retrieved July 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Georgetown defeats Duke by 35–0 score". The Atlanta Constitution. October 28, 1928. Retrieved June 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Georgetown upsets N.Y.U., 7–2". The Brooklyn Daily Times. November 4, 1928. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Hunt, Marshall (November 11, 1928). "Carnegie Tech Tips Georgetown, 13 To 0". New York Daily News. New York, New York. p. 82. Retrieved November 2, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Georgetown wins, 12 to 0". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 18, 1928. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ W. W. Edgar (December 2, 1928). "U. of D. Defeats Georgetown in Season Finale, 33 to 13: Third Period Rush by Titans Crushes Hilltopper Eleven". Detroit Free Press. p. 18.

v t e Georgetown Hoyas football
Venues	Old Georgetown Field (1889–1890) Boundary Field (1891–1893) Georgetown Field (1894–1929) Griffith Stadium (1921–1950) Kehoe Field I (1970–1976) Georgetown Baseball Field (1977–1978) Kehoe Field II (1979–2001) Cooper Field (2002–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1941 Orange Bowl 1950 Sun Bowl Catholic University: Steven Dean Memorial Trophy
Culture & lore	Jack the Bulldog "There Goes Old Georgetown"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1874 1875–1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951–1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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