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1928

Date
Opponent
R
Score
Sept. 29
Reynoldsville
L
12-19
Oct. 6
Titusville
L
18-20
Oct. 13
Oil City
T
  0-  0
Oct. 20
Clarion Normal
L
  7-31
Nov. 3
Greenville
W
25-  0
Nov. 10
Meadville
L
12-44
Nov. 17
Punxsutawney
L
  6-73
Nov. 29
Oil City
L
  0-18

Notes and Stats

Bus Watkins returned a kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown against Reynoldsville....Flash McClintock scored on runs of 5 and 25 yards and had touchdown runs of 40 and 60 yards nullified by offside calls against Titusville...McClintock's 25-yard pass to Mike Orsega set up a 20-yard TD run by Bus Watkins...Watkins had runs of 30 and 11 yards in one of the drives in which McClintock scored...

The Knights threw for 129 yards in the scoreless tie with Oil City...Cam MacMasters threw a 15-yard pass to Orsega in the fourth quarter for the Knights'  lone TD against Clarion Normal...Marshall and MacMasters had interceptions in the game...The Black Knights, a boys club in Franklin, announced it would give a trophy to the winner of the Thanksgiving Day game between Franklin and Oil City...Meanwhile, the Knights practiced until after dark on the Tuesday before its game with Greenville...A white ball, aka a "ghost ball,"  was used, and the field was illuminated by automobile lights...McClintock's 42-yard touchdown got the Knights off to a good start against the Trojans...A 28-yard run by Watkins set it up...

McClintock scored twice, once on a 78-yard kickoff return against Meadville...The Punxsutawney game was played at Brookville...The Knights scored in the first two minutes on a 9-yard run by Watkins after McClintock broke loose for 35 yards...Sharon was walloping Oil City, 108-0, that same day, setting up the Thanksgiving Day showdown...

The Knights took home two prizes given by the Black Knights...Richard Jackson was named outstanding lineman on his team and received a cigarette lighter from The Grand, and McClintock and Dana Keely teamed for the game's longest pass play and earned shirts from J.C. Penney...McClintock led the Knights with seven touchdowns on the season...