1928 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team

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] On November 17, Carnegie Tech beat Notre Dame at Cartier Field, the first time the Fighting Irish had been defeated at home in 23 years. The Tartans played their home games at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh and were ranked No. 6 in the nation in the final Dickinson System ratings released in December 1928.^[2]

1928 Carnegie 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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Westminster (PA)	Rayen Field Youngstown, OH	W 32-6		[3]
October 6	Ashland	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 65–0
October 13	Thiel	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 39–13
October 20	Washington & Jefferson	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 19–0
October 27	at Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	W 6–0	45,000	[4]
November 10	vs. Georgetown	Chadwick Field Albany, NY	W 13–0	2,000	[5]
November 17	at Notre Dame	Cartier Field Notre Dame, IN	W 27–7	26,000–30,000	[6][7][8][9][10]
November 24	NYU	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	L 13–27	40,000	[11]