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1928 Appalachian Normal football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–6
Head coach	Graydon Eggers (1st season)
Home stadium	College Field

1928 Southern college football independents records

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Georgetown			–					8	–	2	–	0
West Virginia			–					8	–	2	–	0
Howard			–					6	–	1	–	2
Loyola (LA)			–					7	–	3	–	0
Navy			–					5	–	3	–	1
East Tennessee State Teachers			–					4	–	3	–	0
Delaware State			–					1	–	1	–	1
Duke			–					5	–	5	–	0
Georgia Normal			–					5	–	5	–	0
Miami (FL)			–					4	–	4	–	1
Texas A&I			–					4	–	4	–	0
Texas Tech			–					4	–	4	–	1
Catholic University			–					4	–	5	–	0
Mississippi State Teachers			–					4	–	5	–	0
Middle Tennessee State Teachers			–					3	–	4	–	1
Texas Mines			–					3	–	4	–	1
Wesley			–					3	–	4	–	0
Appalachian State			–					3	–	6	–	0
Delaware			–					2	–	6	–	0
Wake Forest			–					2	–	6	–	2
Davidson			–					2	–	8	–	0
George Washington			–					1	–	7	–	0

The 1928 Appalachian Normal football team represented Appalachian State Normal School—now known as Appalachian State University—in the 1928 college football season. This was the first season that the school fielded a football team. Appalachian Normal was led by head coach Graydon Eggers and played their home games at College Field in Boone, North Carolina.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 29		at Mountain City	Mountain City, TN	L 0–26
October 6		at Wilkesboro	Wilkesboro, NC	W 6–0
October 13		Morganton	College Field Boone, NC	L 0–7
October 20	3:30 p.m.	at East Tennessee Teachers	Johnson City, TN	L 6–9
October 27		Rutherford	College Field Boone, NC	L 6–50
November 3		Lees–McRae	College Field Boone, NC	W 52–0
November 9		at Bluefield	Bluefield, VA	L 0–44
November 17		Mt. Park	College Field Boone, NC	W 52–0
November 24		at Belmont Abbey	Belmont, NC	L 0–13
All times are in Eastern time