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1927 Southern Conference football season
LeagueNCAA
SportCollege football
DurationSeptember 17, 1927
through December 3, 1927
Number of teams22
Regular Season
Season championsGeorgia Tech
Tennessee
NC State
Football seasons
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1927 Southern Conference football standings
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 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.[3]

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 Lexington, VA W 37–0

Week Two

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
September 24 Millsaps Alabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL W 46–0
September 24 Stetson Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, AL L 6–0
September 24 Florida Southern Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL W 26–7
September 24 Presbyterian Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC T 0–0
September 25 Mercer Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, GA W 20–0
September 25 Oglethorpe Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA L 7–6
September 24 Maryville Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KY T 6–6
September 24 Louisiana Tech LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 45–0
September 24 Washington (MD) Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD W 80–0
September 24 Ozarks Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS W 58–0
September 25 Birmingham-Southern Mississippi A&M Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS W 19–7
September 24 Wake Forest North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC L 9–8
September 24 Elon North Carolina State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC W 39–0
September 24 Transylvania Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN W 34–6
September 24 Erskine South Carolina Columbia, SC W 13–6
September 24 Carson-Newman Tennessee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 33–0
September 25 Louisiana Tech Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 40–0
September 24 Vanderbilt Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN W 45–18
September 24 Hampden-Sydney Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA W 38–6
September 24 Richmond VMI Lexington, VA W 22–0
September 24 Roanoke Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA W 21–2
September 24 Lynchburg Washington & Lee Wilson Field • Lexington, VA W 27–2

Week Three

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
September 30 Rhodes Alabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL W 31–0
September 30 North Carolina State Furman Manly Field • Greenville, SC L 20–0
October 1 Auburn Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC CLEM 3–0
October 1 Davidson Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL L 12–0
October 1 VMI Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 7–0
October 1 Indiana Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KY L 21–0
October 1 Louisiana-Lafayette LSU State Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 52–0
October 1 Ole Miss Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA TUL 19–7
October 1 Birmingham-Southern Mississippi A&M Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS W 27–0
October 1 South Carolina Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD MD 26–0
October 1 Bryson Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN L 7–0
October 1 Tennessee North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC TENN 26–0
October 1 Ouachita Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 39–10
October 1 Virginia Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, GA UGA 32–0
October 1 Hampden-Sydney Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA W 13–0
October 1 Washington & Lee West Virginia Charleston, WV T 6–6

Week Four

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 7 Hendrix Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS T 0–0
October 8 LSU Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL T 0–0
October 8 Florida Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, AL FLA 33–6
October 8 Georgia Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT W 14–10 [4]
October 8 Tulane Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 13–6
October 8 Kentucky Wesleyan Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KY W 13–7
October 8 Maryland North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC UNC 7–6
October 8 Louisiana Tech Mississippi A&M Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS W 14–0
October 8 Sewanee Texas A&M Dallas, TX L 18–0
October 8 Maryville Tennessee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 7–0
October 8 Vanderbilt Centre Danville, KY W 53–6
October 8 South Carolina Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA SCAR 13–12
October 8 Virginia Tech Colgate Hamilton, NY W 6–0
October 8 Roanoke VMI Lexington, VA W 32–0
October 8 Duke Washington & Lee Wilson Field • Lexington, VA W 12–7

Week Five

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 13 Erskine Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC W 25–6
October 13 Wake Forest North Carolina State Riddick Stadium •Raleigh, NC W 30–7
October 15 Alabama Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 13–0
October 15 LSU Auburn Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL LSU 9–0
October 15 Kentucky Florida Barrs Field • Jacksonville, FL FLA 27–6
October 15 Furman Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, GA W 32–0
October 15 Virginia Tech Maryland Norfolk, VA MD 13–7
October 15 Ole Miss Tennessee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN TENN 21–7
October 15 Mississippi A&M Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA MSA&M 13–6
October 15 North Carolina South Carolina Columbia, SC SCAR 14–6
October 15 Vanderbilt Texas Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX L 13–6
October 15 VMI Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA UVA 13–8

Week Six

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 20 Clemson South Carolina Columbia, SC CLEM 20–0
October 22 Sewanee Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL ALA 24–0
October 22 Auburn Georgia McClung Stadium • Columbus, GA UGA 33–3
October 22 North Carolina State Florida Plant Field • Tampa, FL NCST 12–6
October 22 North Carolina Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 13–0
October 22 Mississippi A&M LSU Jackson, MS LSU 9–7
October 22 Maryland VMI Richmond, VA MD 10–6
October 22 Transylvania Tennessee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 57–0
October 22 Tulane Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 32–0
October 22 Virginia Tech Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA UVA 7–0
October 22 Washington & Lee Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KY W&L 25–0

Week Seven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 27 South Carolina The Citadel County Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, SC W 6–0
October 29 Mississippi A&M Alabama Denny Field • Tuscaloosa, AL ALA 13–7
October 29 Auburn Howard Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL T 9–9
October 29 Wofford Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC W 6–0
October 29 Mercer Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL W 32–6
October 29 Georgia Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA UGA 31–0
October 29 Georgia Tech Notre Dame South Bend, IN L 26–7
October 29 Arkansas LSU State Fair Stadium • Shreveport, LA L 28–0
October 29 Washington & Lee Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD W&L 13–6
October 29 Ole Miss Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, TN MISS 28–14
October 29 North Carolina North Carolina State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC NCST 19–6
October 29 Virginia Tech Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN L 14–13
October 29 Virginia Tennessee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN TENN 42–0
October 29 Kentucky Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 34–6
October 29 VMI Davidson Davidson, NC W 20–0

Week Eight

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 5 Kentucky Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL ALA 21–6
November 5 Auburn Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA T 6–6
November 5 Clemson The Citadel Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, SC W 13–0
November 5 Georgia Florida Barrs Field • Jacksonville, FL UGA 28–0
November 5 LSU Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS MISS 12–7
November 5 Maryland Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT L 30–6
November 5 North Carolina VMI Lexington, VA VMI 7–0
November 5 South Carolina Virginia Tech Richmond, VA VT 35–0
November 5 Sewanee Tennessee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN TENN 32–12
November 5 Virginia Washington & Lee Wilson Field • Lexington, VA UVA 13–7
November 6 Vanderbilt Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA T 0–0

Week Nine

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 11 Loyola Ole Miss Jackson, MS L 7–6
November 12 Florida Alabama Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL FLA 13–6
November 12 Mississippi A&M Auburn Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL MSA&M 7–6
November 12 Clemson Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, GA UGA 32–0
November 12 LSU Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 23–0
November 12 Kentucky VMI Charleston, WV UK 25–0
November 12 Davidson North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC W 27–0
November 12 North Carolina State Duke Durham, NC W 20–18
November 13 Furman South Carolina Columbia, SC L 10–7
November 12 Tennessee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN T 7–7
November 12 Sewanee Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA SEW 12–6
November 12 Maryland Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA UVA 21–0
November 12 Washington & Lee Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA VT 21–0

Week Ten

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 18 Millsaps Mississippi A&M Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS W 6–0
November 19 Mercer Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, GA W 26–7
November 19 Oglethorpe Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 19–7
November 19 Kentucky Centre Danville, KY W 53–0
November 19 North Carolina Duke Durham, NC W 18–0
November 19 Maryland Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN VAN 39–20

Week Eleven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 24 Auburn Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 18–0
November 24 Clemson Furman Manly Field • Greenville, SC L 28–0
November 24 Washington & Lee Florida Barrs Field • Jacksonville, FL FLA 20–7
November 24 Tulane LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA TUL 13–6
November 24 Virginia North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC UNC 14–10
November 24 North Carolina State South Carolina Columbia, SC NCST 34–0
November 24 Maryland Johns Hopkins Baltimore, MD L 14–13
November 24 Mississippi A&M Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS MISS 20–12
November 24 Tennessee Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, KY TENN 20–0
November 24 VMI Virginia Tech Roanoke, VA VMI 12–9
November 27 Georgia Alabama Rickwood Field • Birmingham, AL UGA 20–6

Week Twelve

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
December 3 Vanderbilt Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, AL VAN 14–7
December 3 Maryland Florida Barrs Field • Jacksonville, FL FLA 7–6
December 3 Georgia Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 12–0 [5]
December 3 Michigan State North Carolina State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC W 19–0 [6]

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Main article: 1927 College Football All-America Team

All-Southern team

Main article: 1927 College Football All-Southern Team

The composite All-Southern team compiled by the Associated Press included:[7]

Position Name Height Weight (lbs.) Class Hometown Team
QB Bill Spears 155 Sr. Jasper, Tennessee Vanderbilt
HB Stumpy Thomason 5'7" 189 So. Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Tech
HB Dick Dodson 180 Sr. Tennessee
FB Herdis McCrary 6'0" 200 Sr. Bicknell, Indiana Georgia
E Tom Nash 6'3" 205 Sr. Washington, Georgia Georgia
T Fred Pickhard 6'2" 201 Sr. Mobile, Alabama Alabama
G John Barnhill 175 Sr. Savannah, Tennessee Tennessee
C Elvin Butcher 184 Jr. Knoxville, Tennessee Tennessee
G Gene Smith 5'9" 190 Sr. Montgomery, Alabama Georgia
T Jess Tinsley 6'0" 201 Jr. Homer, Louisiana LSU
E Chick Shiver 6'1" 190 Sr. Sylvester, Georgia Georgia

See also

References

  1. ^ "Football National Championships". UGA Sports Communications. 2006-08-02. Retrieved 2007-01-12.
  2. ^ Ernie Couch. SEC Football Trivia.
  3. ^ Mark Purcell (November 1988). "Spears and Vandy excitement in 1927" (PDF). College Football Historical Society. 2 (1).
  4. ^ "Georgia Whips Yale Bulldogs". The Lincoln Star. October 9, 1927. p. 14. Retrieved March 25, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "Biggest Upset of Southern Conference Spoils 'U' Mark". Oakland Tribune. December 4, 1927. p. 33. Retrieved July 28, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ "State Wins From Michigan Aggies" (PDF). The Technician. Vol. 8, no. 4. December 10, 1927. p. 7.
  7. ^ "Spears Given Highest Vote in Selection". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. November 27, 1927.
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