1927 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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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 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1927 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon), the team was led by head coach Robert Neyland, in his second year, and played their home games at Shields-Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. The 1927 Vols won eight, lost zero and tied one game (8–0–1 overall, 5–0–1 in the SoCon). The only blemish on Tennessee's schedule was a tie with in-state rival, Vanderbilt. Playing seven home games, the 1927 Vols outscored their opponents 246 to 26 and posted seven shutouts.

Schedule

September 24, 1927Carson–Newman*

• Shields-Watkins Field
• Knoxville, TN

W 33–0 October 1, 1927at North Carolina

• Emerson Field
• Chapel Hill, NC

W 26–0 October 8, 1927Maryville*

• Shields-Watkins Field
• Knoxville, TN

W 7–0 October 15, 1927Mississippi

• Shields-Watkins Field
• Knoxville, TN

W 21–7 October 22, 1927Transylvania*

• Shields-Watkins Field
• Knoxville, TN

W 57–0 October 29, 1927Virginia

• Shields-Watkins Field
• Knoxville, TN

W 42–0 November 5, 1927Sewanee

• Shields-Watkins Field
• Knoxville, TN

W 32–12 November 12, 1927Vanderbilt

• Shields-Watkins Field
• Knoxville, TN (Rivalry)

T 7–7 November 24, 1927at Kentucky

• McLean Stadium
• Lexington, KY (Battle for the Barrel)

W 20–0

• Reference:

Players

1927 Tennessee Volunteers roster
Quarterbacks 12 Jimmy Elmore 19 Vincent Tudor Halfbacks 14 Roy Witt 15 E. Derryberry 17 Ed Young 21 Amos Trotter 49 Carl Reischling 51 Clyde Keltner 52 Jimmy Dykes		Fullbacks 13 Dick Dodson 16 Amos Horner Ends 25 Herc Alley 26 Allyn McKeen 32 Joe Bybee 33 Ted Lowe 36 Harry Meyer 54 Houston Herndon		Tackles 18 Dave McArthur 22 Howard Johnson 35 Bo Hundley 40 Frank Elliott 44 Louis Green 46 Xen Hunt Guards 24 John Barnhill 27 Arthur Tripp 20 Farmer Johnson 30 Hobart Hooser 34 Ed Burgess 41 Scott Alden 53 Ben Fuller		Centers 23 Elvin Butcher 29 George Abernathy 37 Jim Finney 43 George Wiggs