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1928 Lehigh Brown and White football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–6
Head coach
Home stadiumTaylor Stadium
Seasons
← 1927
1929 →
1928 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Boston College   –   9 – 0 – 0
West Chester   –   8 – 0 – 0
Villanova   –   7 – 0 – 1
Brown   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 11 Penn   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 9 Army   –   8 – 2 – 0
Drexel   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 10 NYU   –   8 – 2 – 0
Temple   –   7 – 1 – 2
Lafayette   –   6 – 1 – 2
Princeton   –   5 – 1 – 2
CCNY   –   4 – 1 – 2
Pittsburgh   –   6 – 2 – 1
Harvard   –   5 – 2 – 1
Tufts   –   5 – 2 – 1
Colgate   –   6 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   6 – 3 – 0
Bucknell   –   5 – 2 – 3
Columbia   –   5 – 3 – 1
Boston University   –   3 – 3 – 2
Cornell   –   3 – 3 – 2
Syracuse   –   4 – 4 – 1
Yale   –   4 – 4 – 0
Fordham   –   4 – 5 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   4 – 5 – 0
Penn State   –   3 – 5 – 1
Lehigh   –   3 – 6 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   2 – 5 – 2
Providence   –   1 – 5 – 3
Vermont   –   1 – 7 – 2
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1928 Lehigh Brown and White football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1928 college football season. In its first season under head coach A. Austin Tate, the team compiled a 3–6 record and was outscored by a total of 192 to 57.

Tate was hired as Lehigh's head football coach in January 1928.[1] He had played for Lehigh a decade earlier and led the 1927 freshman team to an undefeated season.[2] At the end of the 1928 season, the board of athletic control voted unanimously to renew Tate's contract as head coach.[3]

Lehigh played home games at Taylor Stadium in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 29St. John's (NY)
W 13–0[4]
October 6Pennsylvania Military
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 14–7[5]
October 13Gettysburg
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
L 0–7[6]
October 20at Princeton
L 0–47[7]
October 28Muhlenberg
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
W 13–7
November 3at Harvard
L 0–39[8]
November 10at Bucknell
L 0–40[9]
November 17Rutgers
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Bethlehem, PA
L 3–7[10]
November 24at Lafayette
L 14–38

References

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  1. ^ "Coach Tate Talks To Lehigh Gridmen". The Morning Call. January 12, 1928. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Few Changes Among Grid Coaches". The Morning Call. September 13, 1928. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Austey Tate Will Be Retained As Lehigh Coach For 1929 Season". Allentown Morning Call. November 28, 1928. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Lehigh Looks Impressive In 13-0 Triumph Over St. John's In Opener: Brown and White Gridmen Get Away to Good Start Under Coach Tate". Allentown Morning Call. September 30, 1928. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Small But Plucky P.M.C. Eleven Battles Lehigh Tooth and Nail Only To Lose Bitter Game, 14-7". Allentown Morning Call\date=October 7, 1928. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Powerful Gettysburg Team Wins Over Lehigh in Great Game, 7 to 0". Allentown Morning Call. October 14, 1928. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Lehigh Clawed By Princeton, 47-0". Allentown Morning Call. October 21, 1928. pp. 47, 49 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Harvard Crushes Lehigh Eleven After a Slow Start, Rolling Up a 39-0 Score for Fourth Win". Allentown Morning Call. November 4, 1928. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Lehigh Walloped By Bucknell". Allentown Morning Call. November 11, 1928. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Rutgers end picks up loose ball and runs 97 yards for score that defeats Brown and White boys, 7–3". The Morning Call. November 18, 1928. p. 14. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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