1923 Furman Purple Hurricane football team

1923 Furman Purple Hurricane football
SIAA champion
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	10–1 (5–0 SIAA)
Head coach	Billy Laval (9th season)
Home stadium	Manly Field

1923 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Furman $	4	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Centre	2	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	1
Vanderbilt*	2	–	0	–	0			5	–	2	–	1
Western Kentucky	2	–	0	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
Mississippi College	3	–	0	–	1			5	–	1	–	2
The Citadel	2	–	1	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Presbyterian	2	–	1	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Louisville	2	–	1	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Sewanee	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
Oglethorpe	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Chattanooga	1	–	3	–	1			3	–	4	–	2
Howard (AL)	1	–	3	–	1			3	–	4	–	3
Wofford	1	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Mercer	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Millsaps	0	–	1	–	1			0	–	1	–	1
Louisiana College	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	1	–	0
Georgetown (KY)	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	3	–	0
Transylvania	0	–	3	–	0			0	–	3	–	0
Newberry	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion * – co-member of SoCon

The 1923 Furman Purple Hurricane football team represented the Furman Purple Hurricane of Furman University during the 1923 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 29	at Virginia*	Lambeth Field Charlottesville, VA	W 13–10
October 6	Mercer	Macon, GA	W 13–6
October 13	Presbyterian	Manly Field Greenville, SC	W 20–0
October 20	at The Citadel	Manly Field Greenville, SC (Rivalry)	W 30–14
October 24	vs. Davidson*	Columbia, SC	W 30–0
October 27	at Richmond*	Richmond, VA	W 22–7
November 3	Oglethorpe	Manly Field Greenville, SC	W 29–0
November 10	South Carolina*	Manly Field Greenville, SC	W 23–3
November 16	Newberry	Manly Field Greenville, SC	W 35–0
November 24	Erskine*	Manly Field Greenville, SC	W 63–0
November 29	Clemson	Manly Field Greenville, SC	L 6–7
*Non-conference game