1928 Eastern Illinois Blue and Gray football team

The 1928 Eastern Illinois Blue and Gray football team represented Eastern Illinois State Teachers College (now known as Eastern Illinois University) as a member of the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1928 college football season. The team was led by seventeenth-year head coach Charles Lantz and played its home games at Schahrer Field. The Blue and Gray finished the season with a 7–0–1 record overall and a 5–0–1 record in conference play, making them conference co-champions with Millikin.^[1][2]

1928 Eastern Illinois Blue and Gray football
IIAC champion
Conference	Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record	7–0–1 (5–0–1 IIAC)
Head coach	Charles Lantz (17th season)
Home stadium	Schahrer Field
Seasons ← 1927 1929 →

1928 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Eastern Illinois +	5	–	0	–	1			7	–	0	–	1
Millikin +	5	–	0	–	1			6	–	0	–	2
Augustana (IL)	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Bradley	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Monmouth (IL)	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Southern Illinois	3	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	2
McKendree	2	–	1	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Illinois Wesleyan	5	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Carthage	2	–	2	–	1			2	–	3	–	2
Lake Forest	1	–	1	–	0			2	–	4	–	1
Illinois College	4	–	5	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Eureka	3	–	4	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
North Central	2	–	3	–	1			4	–	3	–	2
Mount Morris	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	3	–	1
Western Illinois	2	–	3	–	2			2	–	3	–	3
St. Viator	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Illinois State Normal	2	–	6	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Knox (IL)	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Wheaton (IL)	0	–	2	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Northern Illinois State	0	–	2	–	1			0	–	6	–	1
Shurtleff	0	–	3	–	1			1	–	4	–	1
Lincoln (IL)	0	–	8	–	0			0	–	8	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 6	Millikin	Schahrer Field Charleston, IL	T 12–12	[3]
October 13	Shurtleff	Schahrer Field Charleston, IL	W 30–7	[4]
October 20	Indiana State*	Schahrer Field Charleston, IL	W 19–0	[5]
October 27	at Rose Poly*	Terre Haute, IN	W 39–2	[6]
November 3	at St. Viator	Bourbonnais, IL	W 26–0	[7]
November 10	Illinois State Normal	Schahrer Field Charleston, IL (rivalry)	W 19–0	[8]
November 17	at Southern Illinois	Normal Field Carbondale, IL	W 18–0	[9]
November 23	Lincoln (IL)	Schahrer Field Charleston, IL	W 75–0	[10]
*Non-conference game