1927 Loyola Wolf Pack football team

1927 Loyola Wolf Pack football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	6–2–2 (1–0–1 SIAA)
Head coach	Clark Shaughnessy (1st season)
Home stadium	Loyola Stadium
Seasons ←  1926 1928  →

1927 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Mississippi College +	7	–	0	–	0			8	–	0	–	0
Chattanooga +	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Centenary +	4	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
Furman +	3	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
Georgetown (KY)	1	–	0	–	0			1	–	0	–	1
Stetson	4	–	0	–	1			6	–	0	–	1
Loyola (LA)	1	–	0	–	1			6	–	2	–	2
Wofford	2	–	1	–	2			2	–	4	–	3
Presbyterian	2	–	2	–	1			3	–	3	–	3
Mercer	2	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Louisville	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Louisiana College	1	–	1	–	0			1	–	1	–	0
Union (TN)	2	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
The Citadel	2	–	3	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Centre	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Howard (AL)	1	–	2	–	1			7	–	2	–	2
Florida Southern	2	–	4	–	1			2	–	5	–	1
Birmingham–Southern	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Western Kentucky State Normal	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Erskine	1	–	2	–	1			2	–	4	–	1
Louisiana Tech	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
SW Louisiana	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	7	–	1
Millsaps	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Rollins	0	–	2	–	0			1	–	5	–	0
Transylvania	0	–	5	–	0			0	–	9	–	0
Newberry	0	–	6	–	0			0	–	8	–	1
Kentucky Wesleyan	0	–	0	–	0			0	–	0	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions

The 1927 Loyola Wolf Pack football team was an American football team that represented Loyola College of New Orleans (now known as Loyola University New Orleans) as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In June 1927, Loyola hired Clark Shaughnessy as its new head football coach. He had been a coach at Tulane for the prior 11 years. ^[1] Shaughnessy remained at Loyola for six season; he was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. In its first season under Shaughnessy, the team compiled a 6–2–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 130 to 41. ^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	Rice *	Loyola Stadium New Orleans, LA	W 13–0		[3]
October 1	at Howard (AL)	Rickwood Field Birmingham, AL	T 0–0		[4]
October 8	Union (TN)	Loyola Stadium New Orleans, LA	W 38–8
October 16	Loyola (MD) *	Loyola Stadium New Orleans, LA	W 19–0	6,000	[5]
October 22	Southwestern Louisiana *	Loyola Stadium New Orleans, LA	W 28–0		[6]
October 30	St. Edward's (TX) *	Loyola Stadium New Orleans, LA	T 6–6		[7]
November 12	at Haskell *	Haskell Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	L 0–3		[8]
November 19	Loyola (IL) *	Loyola Stadium New Orleans, LA	W 19–12		[9]
November 26	Lombard *	Loyola Stadium New Orleans, LA	W 7–6		[10]
December 3	Quantico Marines *	Loyola Stadium New Orleans, LA	L 0–6		[11]
*Non-conference game

References

1. "Loyola Engages Shaughnessy as Gridiron Coach". The Shreveport Times. June 12, 1927. p. 44 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "1927 - Loyola (LA)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved June 16, 2019.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
3. "Owls are beaten two touchdowns by Loyola team". The Austin American-Statesman. September 25, 1927. Retrieved April 15, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Howard springs surprise, holds Loyola Wolves". The Shreveport Times. October 2, 1927. Retrieved March 28, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Loyola College loses to rival". The Baltimore Sun. October 17, 1927. Retrieved April 15, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
6. "Loyola Wolves win from Southwestern". The Shreveport Times. October 23, 1927. Retrieved July 31, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
7. "Loyola Wolves Held to Tie by Boys From Texas". The Shreveport Times. October 31, 1927. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Haskell wins game on field goal". The Wichita Eagle. November 13, 1927. Retrieved April 15, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
9. "Loyola U. eleven loses, 19 to 12, at New Orleans". Chicago Daily Tribune. November 20, 1927. Retrieved April 15, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
10. "Southern Loyola defeats Lombard in close battle". Herald and Review. November 27, 1927. Retrieved April 15, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
11. "Marines extended to defeat Loyola; Touchdown by Levy". Richmond Times Dispatch. December 4, 1927. Retrieved April 15, 2022– via Newspapers.com.