1928 West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats football team

American college football season

1928 West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats football
ConferenceWest Virginia Athletic Conference
Record5–6 (3–2 WVAC)
Head coach
  • Cebe Ross (4th season)
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1929 →
1928 West Virginia Athletic Conference football standings
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Marshall $ 5 0 0 8 1 1
Potomac State 4 0 1 5 1 1
New River State 5 1 1 5 1 1
Salem 4 2 0 5 3 0
West Virginia Wesleyan 3 2 0 5 6 0
Concord 4 3 0 4 3 1
Glenville State 3 3 1 4 3 1
Broaddus 2 6 0 2 8 0
Alderson 1 4 0 1 6 0
Fairmont State 1 5 1 1 5 1
Morris Harvey 1 6 0 2 9 0
Davis & Elkins * 3 0 0 7 2 1
Bethany (WV) * 1 2 0 1 6 1
Shepherd * 0 2 0 4 4 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – Did not qualify for conference standings
    Ties did not count in conference standings.

The 1928 West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats football team represented West Virginia Wesleyan College as a member of the West Virginia Athletic Conference (WVAC) during the 1928 college football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Cebe Ross, the Bobcats compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 3–2 in conference play, placing fifth in the WVAC.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21Fairmont StateBuckhannon, WVW 43–0[2]
September 29at West Virginia*
L 0–126,500[3]
October 6at NYU*
L 7–2617,500[4]
October 132:30 p.m.vs. ConcordBeckley, WVW 18–0[5][6]
October 20at Georgetown*L 7–343,500[7]
October 27Waynesburg*Buckhannon, WVW 34–0[8]
November 3at Navy*L 0–37[9][10]
November 12vs. SalemClarksburg, WVW 12–0[11]
November 17Davis & Elkinsdagger
  • Wesleyan Field
  • Buckhannon, WV
L 7–14[12]
November 24at St. Xavier*W 19–7[13]
November 29at MarshallL 7–13[14]

References

  1. ^ "2005 WVIAC Football Media Guide". West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. July 15, 2005. p. 34. Retrieved July 7, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ "Wesleyan Wins From Fairmont". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 22, 1928. p. 14. Retrieved July 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "West Virginia Defeats Wesleyan Bobcats, 12-0". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 30, 1928. p. 2, part 2. Retrieved July 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Violet crushes Mountaineers, 26–7". Daily News. October 7, 1928. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Concord-Wesleyan All-Set For Big Game At Beckley". The Hinton Daily News. Hinton, West Virginia. October 13, 1928. p. 5. Retrieved July 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "W. Va. Wesleyan Defeats Concord". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 14, 1928. p. 10, sporting section. Retrieved July 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "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 Open access icon.
  8. ^ "W. Va. Wesleyan Back In Limelight; Beats Waynesburg". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 28, 1928. p. 3, sporting section. Retrieved July 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Navy Swamps Bobcat Eleven". The Sunday Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. November 4, 1928. p. 1, sports section. Retrieved July 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Navy Swamps Bobcat Eleven (continued)". The Sunday Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. November 4, 1928. p. 4, sports section. Retrieved July 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Bobcats Play Monday". The Cincinnati Post. Cincinnati, Ohio. November 9, 1928. p. 28. Retrieved July 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ "Wesleyan Beaten". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 18, 1928. p. 9, sporting section. Retrieved July 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  13. ^ "Bobcats scratch and bite". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 25, 1928. Retrieved May 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Marshall 13, W. Va. Wesleyan 7". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio. November 30, 1928. p. 8. Retrieved July 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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