1928 (5-3-1)
9/29 W 2-0 Rider
10/6 W 7-6 at NY Aggies
10/13 W 12-6 Cooper Union (H) (at Hawthorne Park)
10/20 T 0-0 Brooklyn College (H) (at Hawthorne Park)
10/27 W 7-0 at Montclair State Teacher's College
11/3 L 0-7 at Wagner College
11/10 L 0-13 at Buffalo
11/17 L 0-45 at Coast Guard Academy (Mercer Field)
. W Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church [won by one] [prob. LI Aggies]
1929 (5-5-0)
9/28 L 0-13 at R.P.I.
10/5 L 0-19 Rider College (at Hawthorne Field)
10/12 L 0-25 at Coast Guard Academy
10/19 W 37-0 at Wagner College
10/26 L 0-14 at Upsala College
11/2 L 0-13 Buffalo (at Hawthorne Field)
11/9 W 13-6 NY Aggies (at Hawthorne Field) att: 1,000
11/16 W 18-6 Montclair State Teachers (at Hawthorne Field)
11/23 W 13-12 Cooper Union (at Hawthorne Field)
11/29 W 22-11 Brooklyn College (at Lewisohn Stadium,CCNY)
[special scoring system used: 1 point for first down, 6 for TD, no PATs]
1930 (3-4-0)
9/27 L 0-44 at College of the City of New York (Lewisohn Stadium)
10/1 scrimmage St. John's, at Dexter Park
10/4 L 0-18 at RPI
10/11 W 20-13 at NY Aggies
10/25 W 12-0 at Upsala College
11/1 L 0-53 at St. Lawrence
11/8 W 14-0 at Montclair State
11/15 L 6-12 Coast Guard Academy (at Dexter Park) (night) (charity game) att: 1-2,000
1931 (7-1-0)
9/19 scrimmage Pleasant Plains Royals, at Camp Pratt, Prince Bays, Staten Island (LIU training site)
9/25 L 0-22 St. John's (NY) (at Dexter Park) (night) att: 4,000
9/30 scrimmage L.I.U. (H- West End Oval Training Camp)
10/2 W 9-7 U. of Baltimore (at Dexter Park) (n) 1,000
10/10 W 7-6 at College of the City of New York (Lewisohn Stadium)
10/14 scrimmage L.I.U. (at Prospect Park Parade Grounds)
10/17 W 8-3 Lowell Textiles (at Dexter Park) 1,000
10/24 W 34-7 Upsala College (at Dexter Park)
10/31 W 12-0 at RPI
11/7 W 14-6 at Hobart
11/14 W 33-0 Alfred (at Dexter Park)
11/28 no game St. John's (at Dexter Park) (benefit) [proposed & scheduled but not played]
11/28 not played [benefit Round Robin games between LIU, Brooklyn, New York Aggies & St. John's not held], at Dexter Park
LIU discontinued football 1932 -1938
In 1933 the student body voted 624 to 78 to reinstate football and a freshmen team was formed.
1933 (1-1-2)
Freshmen:
11/18 T 0-0 Brooklyn College Freshmen
11/25 L 0-39 at Nassau Collegiate Center, at Freeport Municipal Stadium
12/1 W 25-19 at Savage Freshmen
? T 0-0 National Farm ?? [NY Aggies game?]
Football not reinstated until 1939
1939 (5-3-0)
9/23 W 26-0 Brooklyn College (at Ebbets Field) (n) 9,500
9/29 W 20-0 College of the City of NY (at Ebbets Field) (n) 7,500
10/6 W 7-0 Providence College (at Ebbets Field) (n) 7,500
10/21 L 0-33 at Bradley
10/24 scrim. at Brooklyn College [scrimmage]
10/28 L 12-21 Davis & Elkins (at Ebbets Field) 6,000 originally scheduled 10/27 (N)
11/4 W 27-6 West Virginia Wesleyan (at Ebbets Field) 7,000 originally scheduled 11/3 (N)
11/18 W 13-12 at Toledo University 7,000
11/23 L 14-35 Catholic University (at Ebbets Field) att: 7,300/7,500 televised (NBC)
1940 (5-1-0)
9/28 W 6-0 at Brooklyn College (night) 4,000
10/1 scrim. New York Yankees (AFL) [SCRIMMAGE] at Manhattan Beach
10/6 W 6-0 Providence College (at Ebbets Field) 4,213
10/20 canc. at St. Francis (Pa.)
10/27 W 14-7 St. Mary's (Texas) (at Ebbets Field) 10.938
11/11 L 7-14 Canisius (at Ebbets Field) 17,079
11/16 W 29-6 U. of Louisville (at Ebbets Field}
11/23 W 19-7 Toledo University (at Ebbets Field) 8,000
LIU discontinued football, "until the world situation stabilizes."
Notes:
*Brooklyn College was called Brooklyn Centre, City College (Brooklyn CCC; CCNY Brooklyn).
Nicknames:
*Blackbirds; Beemen
Home Fields:
*Hawthorne Field, New York Ave. and Hawthorne Street, Flatbush, Brooklyn.(Boys High Field)
*Dexter Park (1911-1956) (home of Bushwicks baseball team 1918-1951).
Eldert Lane and Jamaica Avenue, Cypress Hills/Woodhaven.
*Ebbet's Field (1913-1960) (home of Brooklyn Superbas/Dodgers 1913-1957).
*Coach all 6 seasons: Basketball Hall of Famer Claire Bee.
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