1928 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1928 Illinois Fighting Illini football
1928 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Big Ten champion
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	7–1 (4–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Robert Zuppke (16th season);
Captain	Butch Nowack
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Uniform
	Seasons ← 1927 1929 →

The 1928 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1928 college football season. In their 16th season under head coach Robert Zuppke, the Illini compiled a 7–1 record and finished in first place in the Big Ten Conference.^[1] Tackle Albert J. Nowack was the team captain.^[2] The team was ranked No. 6 in the nation in the Dickinson System ratings released in December 1928.^[3]

1928 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 6 Illinois $	4	–	1	–	0	7	–	1	–	0
No. 4 Wisconsin	3	–	1	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
Minnesota	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Iowa	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Ohio State	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	2	–	1
Purdue	2	–	2	–	1	5	–	2	–	1
Northwestern	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Michigan	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	4	–	1
Indiana	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Chicago	0	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 6	2:30 p.m.	Bradley*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	W 33–6	21,477	^[4]^[5]
October 13		Coe*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	W 31–0	8,562
October 20		Indiana	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	W 13–7	26,683
October 27		at Northwestern	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry)	W 6–0	59,871
November 3		Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	L 0–3	78,229
November 10		at Butler*	Butler Bowl Indianapolis, IN	W 14–0	9,448
November 17		Chicago	Stagg Field Chicago, IL	W 40–0	48,714
November 24		at Ohio State	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (Illibuck Trophy)	W 8–0	35,712
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Central time