1927 Southern Conference football season

1927 Southern Conference football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 17, 1927 through December 3, 1927
Number of teams	22
Regular Season
Season champions	Georgia Tech Tennessee NC State
Football seasons
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1927 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Georgia Tech +	7	–	0	–	1			8	–	1	–	1
Tennessee +	5	–	0	–	1			8	–	0	–	1
NC State +	4	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Vanderbilt	5	–	0	–	2			8	–	1	–	2
No. 8 Georgia	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Florida	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Ole Miss	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Virginia	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Clemson	2	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Alabama	3	–	4	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
LSU	2	–	3	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
Mississippi A&M	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Washington and Lee	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
VPI	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Maryland	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
South Carolina	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
VMI	2	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Tulane	2	–	5	–	1			2	–	5	–	1
North Carolina	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Sewanee	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Kentucky	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	1
Auburn	0	–	6	–	1			0	–	7	–	2
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1927 Southern Conference football season was the college football games played by the member schools of the Southern Conference as part of the 1927 college football season. The season began on September 17. Games were permitted after Thanksgiving for the first time in the conference.

Georgia's "dream and wonder team" was deemed the national champion by some selectors (the Boand System and Poling System), even though it was upset 12–0 in the rain at the end of the season by would-be SoCon champion Georgia Tech. Prior to the game, Georgia was ranked #1 by the authoritative Dickinson System. ^[1]

Coach Robert Neyland's Tennessee and Jack McDowall-led North Carolina State also posted undefeated conference records and had claims to conference titles.

Vanderbilt back Jimmy Armistead led the nation in scoring with 138 points, ^[2] in no small part due to quarterback Bill Spears. One fellow wrote Vanderbilt produced "almost certainly the legit top Heisman candidate in Spears, if there had been a Heisman Trophy to award in 1927." ^[3]

After Florida had an unexpected loss to Davidson, captain Frank Oosterhoudt was declared ineligible, and replaced at captain by Bill Middlekauff. With Middlekauff at captain, Florida suffered its only further losses to powers Georgia and NC State.

Ole Miss won the first Egg Bowl with a trophy in 1927, led by players Ap Applewhite, Sollie Cohen and V. K. Smith. Clemson hired Josh Cody.

Season overview

Results and team statistics

Conf. Rank	Team	Head coach	Overall record	Conf. record	PPG	PAG
1 (tie)	Georgia Tech	William Alexander	8–1–1	7–0–1	12.5	3.9
1 (tie)	Tennessee	Robert Neyland	8–1	5–0–1	27.2	2.9
1 (tie)	NC State	Gus Tebell	9–1	4–0	21.6	6.9
4	Georgia	Kid Woodruff	9–1	6–1	24.8	3.8
5	Vanderbilt	Dan McGugin	8–1–2	5–0–2	26.8	8.5
6	Florida	Tom Sebring	7–3	5–2	16.4	9.6
7	Ole Miss	Homer Hazel	5–3–1	3–2	19.7	8.9
8 (tie)	Virginia	Greasy Neale	5–4	4–4	13.0	13.6
8 (tie)	Clemson	Josh Cody	5–3–1	2–2	8.1	9.3
10	Alabama	Wallace Wade	5–4–1	3–4–1	15.4	7.3
11	LSU	Mike Donahue	4–4–1	2–3–1	14.2	9.2
12 (tie)	Mississippi A&M	John W. Hancock	5–3	2–3	11.6	6.8
12 (tie)	VPI	Andy Gustafson	5–4	2–3	13.9	5.3
12 (tie)	Washington and Lee	Pat Herron	4–4–1	2–3	10.8	9.8
15	Maryland	Curley Byrd	4–7	3–5	16.9	13.1
16 (tie)	VMI	W. C. Raftery	6–4	2–4	14.4	6.4
16 (tie)	South Carolina	Harry Lightsey	4–6	2–4	5.1	19.1
18	Tulane	Bernie Bierman	2–5–1	2–5–1	7.0	15.0
19	North Carolina	Chuck Collins	4–6	2–5	8.6	10.7
20	Sewanee	M. S. Bennett	2–6	1–4	9.8	18.4
21	Kentucky	Harry Gamage	3–6–1	1–5	11.5	16.1
22	Auburn	Dave Morey	0–7–2	0–6–1	3.3	13.8

Key

PPG = Average of points scored per game ^[4]
PAG = Average of points allowed per game ^[4]

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Non-conference matchup; SoCon member won
Non-conference matchup; SoCon member lost
Non-conference matchup; tie
Conference matchup

SoCon teams in bold.

Week One

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 17	Wofford	VMI	Alumni Field • Lexington, Virginia	W 37–0		[5]

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 24	Millsaps	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama	W 46–0		[6]
September 24	Stetson	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama	L 6–0		[7]
September 24	Florida Southern	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida	W 26–7		[8]
September 24	Presbyterian	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina	T 0–0		[9]
September 24	Maryville (TN)	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky	T 6–6		[10]
September 24	Louisiana Tech	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	W 45–0		[11]
September 24	Washington College	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland	W 79–0		[12]
September 24	Ozarks (AR)	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi	W 58–0		[13]
September 24	Wake Forest	North Carolina	Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	L 9–8	12,000	[14]
September 24	Elon	NC State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina	W 39–0		[15]
September 24	Transylvania	Sewanee	Hardee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee	W 34–6		[16]
September 24	Erskine	South Carolina	Melton Field • Columbia, South Carolina	W 13–6		[17]
September 24	Carson–Newman	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	W 33–0		[18]
September 24	Vanderbilt	Chattanooga	Chamberlain Field • Chattanooga, Tennessee	W 45–18		[19]
September 24	Hampden–Sydney	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia	W 38–6		[20]
September 24	Richmond	VMI	Alumni Field • Lexington, Virginia	W 22–0		[21]
September 24	Roanoke	VPI	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia	W 21–2		[22]
September 24	Lynchburg	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, Virginia	W 27–2		[23]

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 30	Southwestern (TN)	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama	W 31–0		[24]
September 30	NC State	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina	L 20–0	3,000	[25]
October 1	Auburn	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina	CLEM 3–0		[26]
October 1	Davidson	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida	L 12–0	7,000	[27]
October 1	VMI	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia	GT 7–0	17,000	[28]
October 1	Indiana	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky	L 21–0		[29]
October 1	Southwestern Louisiana	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	W 52–0		[30]
October 1	Ole Miss	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana	TUL 19–7		[31]
October 1	Birmingham–Southern	Mississippi A&M	Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi	W 19–7		[32]
October 1	South Carolina	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland	MD 26–0		[33]
October 1	Bryson College	Sewanee	Hardee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee	L 7–0		[34]
October 1	Tennessee	North Carolina	Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	TENN 26–0	7,000	[35]
October 1	Ouachita Baptist	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	W 39–10		[36]
October 1	Virginia	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia	UGA 32–0		[37]
October 1	Hampden–Sydney	VPI	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia	W 13–0		[38]
October 1	Washington & Lee	West Virginia	Laidley Field • Charleston, West Virginia	T 6–6		[39]

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 7	Hendrix	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi	T 0–0		[40]
October 8	LSU	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama	T 0–0	12,000	[41]
October 8	Florida	Auburn	Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama	FLA 33–6		[42]
October 8	Georgia	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, Connecticut	W 14–10		[43]
October 8	Tulane	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia	GT 13–6	12,000	[44]
October 8	Kentucky Wesleyan	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky	W 13–7		[45]
October 8	Maryland	North Carolina	Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	UNC 7–6		[46]
October 8	Louisiana Tech	Mississippi A&M	Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi	W 14–0		[47]
October 8	Sewanee	Texas A&M	Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, Texas	L 18–0	6,000	[48]
October 8	Maryville (TN)	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	W 7–0		[49]
October 8	Centre	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	W 53–6		[50]
October 8	South Carolina	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia	SCAR 13–12		[51]
October 8	VPI	Colgate	Whitnall Field • Hamilton, New York	W 6–0		[52]
October 8	Roanoke	VMI	Alumni Field • Lexington, Virginia	W 32–0		[53]
October 8	Duke	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, Virginia	W 12–7		[54]

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 13	Erskine	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina	W 25–6		[55]
October 13	Wake Forest	NC State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina	W 30–7		[56]
October 15	Alabama	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia	GT 13–0	25,000	[57]
October 15	LSU	Auburn	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama	LSU 9–0		[58]
October 15	Kentucky	Florida	Durkee Field • Jacksonville, Florida	FLA 27–6	10,000	[59]
October 15	Furman	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia	W 32–0		[60]
October 15	VPI	Maryland	League Park • Norfolk, Virginia	MD 13–7		[61]
October 15	Ole Miss	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	TENN 21–7		[62]
October 15	Mississippi A&M	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana	MSA&M 13–6		[63]
October 15	North Carolina	South Carolina	Melton Field • Columbia, South Carolina	SCAR 14–6	7,000	[64]
October 15	Vanderbilt	Texas	Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, Texas	L 13–6	10,000	[65]
October 15	VMI	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia	UVA 13–8		[66]

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 20	Clemson	South Carolina	State Fairgrounds • Columbia, South Carolina	CLEM 20–0	13,000	[67]
October 22	Sewanee	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama	ALA 24–0		[68]
October 22	Auburn	Georgia	Memorial Stadium • Columbus, Georgia	UGA 33–3		[69]
October 22	NC State	Florida	Plant Field • Tampa, Florida	NCST 12–6	7,000	[70]
October 22	North Carolina	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia	GT 13–0	13,000	[71]
October 22	Mississippi A&M	LSU	Mississippi State Fairgrounds • Jackson, Mississippi	LSU 9–7		[72]
October 22	Maryland	VMI	Tate Field • Richmond, Virginia	MD 10–6		[73]
October 22	Transylvania	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	W 57–0		[74]
October 22	Tulane	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	VAN 32–0		[75]
October 22	VPI	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia	UVA 7–0		[76]
October 22	Washington & Lee	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky	W&L 25–0		[77]

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 27	South Carolina	The Citadel	County Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, South Carolina	W 6–0		[78]
October 29	Mississippi A&M	Alabama	Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama	ALA 13–7	7,000	[79]
October 29	Auburn	Howard (AL)	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama	T 9–9		[80]
October 29	Wofford	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina	W 6–0		[81]
October 29	Mercer	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida	W 32–6	9,000	[82]
October 29	Georgia	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana	UGA 31–0		[83]
October 29	Georgia Tech	Notre Dame	Cartier Field • South Bend, Indiana	L 26–7	20,000	[84]
October 29	Arkansas	LSU	State Fair Stadium • Shreveport, Louisiana	L 28–0	12,000	[85]
October 29	Washington & Lee	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland	W&L 13–6		[86]
October 29	Ole Miss	Sewanee	Hardee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee	MISS 28–14		[87]
October 29	North Carolina	NC State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina	NCST 19–6	18,000	[88]
October 29	VPI	Chattanooga	Chamberlain Field • Chattanooga, Tennessee	L 14–13		[89]
October 29	Virginia	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	TENN 42–0		[90]
October 29	Kentucky	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	VAN 34–6	6,000	[91]
October 29	VMI	Davidson	Richardson Field • Davidson, North Carolina	W 20–0		[92]

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 5	Kentucky	Alabama	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama	ALA 21–6		[93]
November 5	Auburn	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana	T 6–6		[94]
November 5	Clemson	The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina	W 13–0		[95]
November 5	Georgia	Florida	Durkee Field • Jacksonville, Florida	UGA 28–0	16,000	[96]
November 5	LSU	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi	MISS 12–7		[97]
November 5	Maryland	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, Connecticut	L 30–6		[98]
November 5	North Carolina	VMI	Alumni Field • Lexington, Virginia	VMI 7–0		[99]
November 5	South Carolina	VPI	Tate Field • Richmond, Virginia	VPI 35–0		[100]
November 5	Sewanee	Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee	TENN 32–12		[101]
November 5	Virginia	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, Virginia	UVA 13–7		[102]
November 6	Vanderbilt	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia	T 0–0	17,000	[103]

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 11	Loyola (IL)	Ole Miss	League Park • Jackson, Mississippi	L 7–6		[104]
November 12	Florida	Alabama	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama	FLA 13–6		[105]
November 12	Mississippi A&M	Auburn	Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama	MSA&M 7–6		[106]
November 12	Clemson	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia	UGA 32–0		[107]
November 12	LSU	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia	GT 23–0		[108]
November 12	Kentucky	VMI	Laidley Field • Charleston, West Virginia	UK 25–0		[109]
November 12	Davidson	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	W 27–0	9,000	[110]
November 12	NC State	Duke	Hanes Field • Durham, North Carolina	W 20–18		[111]
November 13	South Carolina	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina	L 10–7		[112]
November 12	Tennessee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	T 7–7		[113]
November 12	Sewanee	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana	SEW 12–6	9,000	[114]
November 12	Maryland	Virginia	Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia	UVA 21–0		[115]
November 12	Washington & Lee	VPI	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia	VPI 21–0		[116]

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 18	Millsaps	Mississippi A&M	Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi	W 6–0		[117]
November 19	Mercer	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia	W 26–7		[118]
November 19	Oglethorpe	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia	W 19–7		[119]
November 19	Kentucky	Centre	Farris Stadium • Danville, Kentucky	W 530		[120]
November 19	North Carolina	Duke	Hanes Field • Durham, North Carolina	W 18–0		[121]
November 19	Maryland	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee	VAN 39–20	5,000	[122]

Week Eleven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 24	Auburn	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia	GT 18–0	15,000	[123]
November 24	Clemson	Furman	Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina	L 28–0		[124]
November 24	Washington & Lee	Florida	Durkee Field • Jacksonville, Florida	FLA 20–7	12,000	[125]
November 24	Tulane	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana	TUL 13–6	20,000	[126]
November 24	Virginia	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina	UNC 14–10		[127]
November 24	NC State	South Carolina	Melton Field • Columbia, South Carolina	NCST 34–0		[128]
November 24	Maryland	Johns Hopkins	Baltimore Stadium • Baltimore, Maryland	L 14–13		[129]
November 24	Mississippi A&M	Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi	MISS 20–12		[130]
November 24	Tennessee	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky	TENN 20–0		[131]
November 24	VMI	VPI	Maher Field • Roanoke, Virginia	VMI 12–9		[132]
November 27	Georgia	Alabama	Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama	UGA 20–6	25,000	[133]

Week Twelve

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
December 3	Vanderbilt	Alabama	Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama	VAN 14–7	20,000	[134]
December 3	Maryland	Florida	Durkee Field • Jacksonville, Florida	FLA 7–6	2,000	[135]
December 3	Georgia	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia	GT 12–0	38,000	[136]
December 3	Michigan State	NC State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina	W 19–0		[137]

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Main article: 1927 College Football All-America Team

• E – Tom Nash , Georgia (AP-3; UP-3; COL-1; INS; NANA; HE-1; DJW-1; BE-3; LP-1; AAB)
• E – Chick Shiver, Georgia (AP-1; UP-1; NEA; CP-2; HE-2; DJW-3; NYS-1; BE-1; LP-2)
• T – Fred Pickhard, Alabama (UP-2; CP-2)
• G – John Barnhill, Tennessee (AP-2)
• G – Gene Smith, Georgia (AP-3)
• C – Elvin Butcher, Tennessee (DJW-2)
• QB – Bill Spears, Vanderbilt (AP-1; UP-2; INS; NANA; CP-2; HE-3; DJW-1; LP-2)
• FB – Herdis McCrary, Georgia (AP-2; UP-2; HE-3; DJW-2)

All-Southern team

Main article: 1927 College Football All-Southern Team

The following includes the composite All-Southern team compiled by the Associated Press. ^[138]

Position	Name	First-team selectors	Team
QB	Bill Spears	AP, UP, C, CP	Vanderbilt
HB	Stumpy Thomason	AP, UP, C	Georgia Tech
HB	Dick Dodson	AP, UP	Tennessee
FB	Herdis McCrary	AP, UP, C, CP	Georgia
E	Tom Nash	AP, C	Georgia
T	Fred Pickhard	AP, UP, CP	Alabama
G	John Barnhill	AP, UP, C, CP	Tennessee
C	Elvin Butcher	AP, CP	Tennessee
G	Gene Smith	AP, UP, CP	Georgia
T	Jess Tinsley	AP	LSU
E	Chick Shiver	AP, UP, CP	Georgia

See also

• 1927 Georgia vs. Yale football game

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