1927 Furman Purple Hurricane football team

1927 Furman Paladins football
SIAA Co-Champions
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1927 record 10–1 (3–0 SIAA)
Head coach Billy Laval
Captain Oscar Pipkins
Home stadium Manly Field
1927 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Mississippi College + 6 0 0     8 0 0
Centenary + 3 0 0     10 0 0
Chattanooga + 5 0 0     8 1 0
Furman + 3 0 0     10 1 0
Stetson 4 0 1     6 0 1
Georgetown 1 0 0     1 0 1
Western Kentucky 2 2 0     5 4 0
Presbyterian 2 2 1     3 3 3
Louisville 2 2 0     4 5 0
Louisiana College 1 1 0     1 1 0
Loyola 1 0 1     1 0 1
The Citadel 2 3 1     3 6 1
Howard 1 2 1     7 2 2
Southern 2 4 1     2 5 1
Millsaps 1 2 0     1 2 0
Louisiana Tech 1 3 0     3 5 0
Wofford 0 1 0     0 1 0
Mercer 0 1 0     1 3 0
Centre 0 1 0     0 3 0
Erskine 0 1 0     0 3 0
Rollins 0 2 0     0 2 0
Union 0 2 0     0 2 0
Transylvania 0 3 0     0 3 0
Southwestern Louisiana 0 5 0     2 6 1
Newberry 0 6 0     0 8 1
Kentucky Wesleyan 0 0 0     0 0 0
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1927 Furman Purple Hurricane football team represented the Furman Purple Hurricane of Furman University during the 1927 college football season. Furman outscored its opponents 283 to 59.

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
September 23 at Duke* Durham, NC W 137  
September 30 North Carolina State* Manly Field • Greenville, SC W 200  
October 8 at Mercer Macon, GA W 2613  
October 15 at Georgia* Sanford FieldAthens, GA L 032  
October 22 Erskine Manly Field • Greenville, SC W 470  
October 29 at Oglethorpe* W 190  
November 5 at Wake Forest* Wake Forest, NC W 530  
November 12 South Carolina* Manly Field • Greenville, SC W 330  
November 19 at The Citadel Johnson Hagood StadiumCharleston, SC (Rivalry) W 60  
November 24 Clemson* Manly Field • Greenville, SC W 280  
January 2 at Miami* Miami, FL W 387  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game.

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Players

Backfield

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References

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