1928 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team information
American college football season
1928Carnegie Tech Tartans football
Conference
Independent
Record
7–1
Head coach
Walter Steffen (14th season)
Captain
Howard Harpster
Home stadium
Forbes Field
Seasons
← 1927
1929 →
1928 Eastern college football independents records
v
t
e
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 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team represented the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now known as Carnegie Mellon University) as an independent during the 1928 college football season. Led by 14th-year head coach Walter Steffen, the Tartans compiled a record of 7–1.[1] No November 17, Carnegie Tech beat Notre Dame at Cartier Field, the first time the Fighting Irish had been defeated at home in 23 years. Carnegie Tech played home games at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. The team was ranked No. 6 in the nation in the Dickinson System ratings released in December 1928.[2]
^"1928 Carnegie Mellon Tartans Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
^"Trojans Rated as Leading College Team in Country". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. December 9, 1928. p. 42 – via Newspapers.com.
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