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
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
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

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 120 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 WoffordVMI Lexington, VAW 370

Week Two

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
September 24 Millsaps Alabama Denny FieldTuscaloosa, AL W 46–0
September 24StetsonAuburn Drake FieldAuburn, ALL 60
September 24Florida SouthernFlorida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FLW 267
September 24PresbyterianClemsonRiggs FieldCalhoun, SC T 00
September 25 Mercer Georgia Sanford FieldAthens, GA W 20–0
September 25 Oglethorpe Georgia TechGrant FieldAtlanta, GAL 76
September 24MaryvilleKentucky Stoll FieldLexington, KYT 66
September 24Louisiana TechLSU Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge, LAW 450
September 24Washington (MD)Maryland Byrd StadiumCollege Park, MDW 800
September 24OzarksOle Miss Hemingway StadiumOxford, MSW 580
September 25Birmingham-SouthernMississippi A&M Davis Wade StadiumStarkville, MSW 197
September 24Wake ForestNorth CarolinaChapel Hill, NCL 98
September 24ElonNorth Carolina State Riddick StadiumRaleigh, NCW 390
September 24TransylvaniaSewaneeMcGee FieldSewanee, TNW 346
September 24ErskineSouth Carolina Columbia, SCW 136
September 24Carson-NewmanTennesseeShields-Watkins FieldKnoxville, TNW 330
September 25Louisiana TechTulaneTulane StadiumNew Orleans, LAW 400
September 24VanderbiltChattanoogaChattanooga, TNW 4518
September 24Hampden-SydneyVirginiaLambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA W 386
September 24RichmondVMILexington, VA W 220
September 24RoanokeVirginia TechBlacksburg, VA W 212
September 24LynchburgWashington & Lee Wilson Field • Lexington, VAW 272

Week Three

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
September 30RhodesAlabamaDenny FieldTuscaloosa, AL W 310
September 30North Carolina StateFurmanManly Field • Greenville, SC L 200
October 1 Auburn ClemsonRiggs FieldCalhoun, SC CLEM 3–0
October 1Davidson FloridaFleming Field • Gainesville, FL L 120
October 1VMI Georgia Tech Grant FieldAtlanta, GA GT 7–0
October 1IndianaKentuckyStoll FieldLexington, KY L 210
October 1Louisiana-Lafayette LSUState FieldBaton Rouge, LAW 520
October 1Ole Miss TulaneTulane StadiumNew Orleans, LATUL 197
October 1Birmingham-SouthernMississippi A&MDavis Wade StadiumStarkville, MSW 270
October 1South CarolinaMarylandByrd StadiumCollege Park, MD MD 260
October 1BrysonSewaneeMcGee FieldSewanee, TNL 70
October 1TennesseeNorth Carolina Chapel Hill, NC TENN 260
October 1OuachitaVanderbiltDudley FieldNashville, TNW 3910
October 1VirginiaGeorgiaSanford FieldAthens, GA UGA 320
October 1Hampden-SydneyVirginia TechBlacksburg, VA W 130
October 1Washington & LeeWest VirginiaCharleston, WVT 66

Week Four

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 7Hendrix Ole Miss Hemingway StadiumOxford, MST 00
October 8LSUAlabamaRickwood FieldBirmingham, ALT 00
October 8FloridaAuburn Drake FieldAuburn, ALFLA 336
October 8 GeorgiaYale Yale BowlNew Haven, CT W 1410 [4]
October 8TulaneGeorgia Tech Grant FieldAtlanta, GA GT 136
October 8Kentucky WesleyanKentuckyStoll FieldLexington, KY W 137
October 8MarylandNorth CarolinaChapel Hill, NC UNC 76
October 8Louisiana TechMississippi A&M Davis Wade StadiumStarkville, MSW 140
October 8SewaneeTexas A&MDallas, TXL 180
October 8MaryvilleTennesseeShields-Watkins FieldKnoxville, TN W 70
October 8VanderbiltCentreDanville, KYW 536
October 8South CarolinaVirginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VASCAR 1312
October 8Virginia TechColgateHamilton, NY W 60
October 8 RoanokeVMI Lexington, VAW 320
October 8DukeWashington & LeeWilson Field • Lexington, VA W 127

Week Five

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 13ErskineClemsonRiggs FieldCalhoun, SC W 256
October 13Wake ForestNorth Carolina StateRiddick StadiumRaleigh, NCW 307
October 15AlabamaGeorgia Tech Grant FieldAtlanta, GAGT 130
October 15LSUAuburn Cramton BowlMontgomery, ALLSU 90
October 15KentuckyFlorida Barrs Field • Jacksonville, FLFLA 276
October 15FurmanGeorgia Sanford FieldAthens, GAW 320
October 15Virginia TechMaryland Norfolk, VA MD 137
October 15Ole MissTennesseeShields-Watkins FieldKnoxville, TN TENN 217
October 15Mississippi A&MTulaneTulane StadiumNew Orleans, LA MSA&M 136
October 15North CarolinaSouth CarolinaColumbia, SC SCAR 146
October 15VanderbiltTexasFair Park Stadium • Dallas, TXL 136
October 15VMIVirginiaLambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA UVA 138

Week Six

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 20 Clemson South Carolina Columbia, SC CLEM 20–0
October 22SewaneeAlabamaRickwood FieldBirmingham, ALALA 240
October 22AuburnGeorgiaMcClung StadiumColumbus, GA UGA 333
October 22North Carolina StateFlorida Plant FieldTampa, FLNCST 12–6
October 22North CarolinaGeorgia TechGrant FieldAtlanta, GAGT 130
October 22Mississippi A&MLSUJackson, MS LSU 97
October 22Maryland VMIRichmond, VAMD 106
October 22TransylvaniaTennesseeShields-Watkins FieldKnoxville, TNW 570
October 22TulaneVanderbiltDudley FieldNashville, TN VAN 320
October 22Virginia TechVirginiaLambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA UVA 70
October 22Washington & LeeKentuckyStoll FieldLexington, KYW&L 250

Week Seven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 27South CarolinaThe CitadelCounty Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, SCW 60
October 29Mississippi A&MAlabamaDenny FieldTuscaloosa, AL ALA 137
October 29AuburnHowardRickwood FieldBirmingham, AL T 99
October 29WoffordClemsonRiggs FieldCalhoun, SC W 60
October 29Mercer Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL W 32–6
October 29GeorgiaTulaneTulane StadiumNew Orleans, LAUGA 310
October 29Georgia TechNotre DameSouth Bend, IN L 267
October 29ArkansasLSUState Fair StadiumShreveport, LAL 280
October 29Washington & Lee Maryland Byrd StadiumCollege Park, MDW&L 136
October 29Ole MissSewaneeMcGee FieldSewanee, TN MISS 2814
October 29North CarolinaNorth Carolina StateRiddick StadiumRaleigh, NC NCST 196
October 29Virginia TechChattanoogaChattanooga, TN L 1413
October 29VirginiaTennessee Shields-Watkins FieldKnoxville, TNTENN 420
October 29KentuckyVanderbiltDudley FieldNashville, TN VAN 346
October 29VMIDavidsonDavidson, NC W 200

Week Eight

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 5KentuckyAlabama Rickwood FieldBirmingham, ALALA 216
November 5 Auburn TulaneTulane StadiumNew Orleans, LA T 66
November 5ClemsonThe CitadelJohnson Hagood StadiumCharleston, SC W 130
November 5GeorgiaFloridaBarrs Field • Jacksonville, FLUGA 280
November 5LSUOle MissHemingway StadiumOxford, MS MISS 127
November 5MarylandYaleYale BowlNew Haven, CTL 306
November 5North CarolinaVMILexington, VA VMI 70
November 5South CarolinaVirginia TechRichmond, VAVT 350
November 5SewaneeTennesseeShields-Watkins FieldKnoxville, TNTENN 3212
November 5VirginiaWashington & LeeWilson Field • Lexington, VAUVA 137
November 6VanderbiltGeorgia TechGrant FieldAtlanta, GA T 00

Week Nine

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 11LoyolaOle Miss Jackson, MSL 76
November 12FloridaAlabamaCramton BowlMontgomery, ALFLA 136
November 12 Mississippi A&MAuburnRickwood FieldBirmingham, ALMSA&M 76
November 12ClemsonGeorgiaSanford FieldAthens, GA UGA 320
November 12 LSU Georgia TechGrant FieldAtlanta, GA GT 230
November 12KentuckyVMICharleston, WVUK 250
November 12 DavidsonNorth CarolinaKenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, NCW 270
November 12North Carolina StateDuke Durham, NCW 2018
November 13FurmanSouth CarolinaColumbia, SCL 107
November 12TennesseeVanderbiltDudley FieldNashville, TN T 77
November 12SewaneeTulaneTulane StadiumNew Orleans, LA SEW 126
November 12MarylandVirginiaLambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA UVA 210
November 12Washington & LeeVirginia Tech Blacksburg, VA VT 210

Week Ten

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 18MillsapsMississippi A&M Davis Wade StadiumStarkville, MSW 60
November 19MercerGeorgia Sanford FieldAthens, GAW 267
November 19OglethorpeGeorgia TechGrant FieldAtlanta, GA W 197
November 19KentuckyCentreDanville, KYW 530
November 19North CarolinaDukeDurham, NCW 180
November 19MarylandVanderbiltDudley FieldNashville, TNVAN 3920

Week Eleven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 24 Auburn Georgia Tech Grant FieldAtlanta, GA GT 18–0
November 24 ClemsonFurman Manly Field • Greenville, SCL 280
November 24Washington & LeeFloridaBarrs Field • Jacksonville, FL FLA 207
November 24TulaneLSUTiger StadiumBaton Rouge, LA TUL 136
November 24VirginiaNorth CarolinaKenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, NC UNC 1410
November 24North Carolina StateSouth CarolinaColumbia, SCNCST 340
November 24MarylandJohns HopkinsBaltimore, MD L 1413
November 24Mississippi A&M Ole MissHemingway StadiumOxford, MS MISS 2012
November 24 TennesseeKentuckyStoll FieldLexington, KYTENN 200
November 24VMIVirginia TechRoanoke, VAVMI 129
November 27GeorgiaAlabama Rickwood FieldBirmingham, AL UGA 20–6

Week Twelve

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
December 3VanderbiltAlabamaLegion FieldBirmingham, ALVAN 147
December 3MarylandFloridaBarrs Field • Jacksonville, FLFLA 76
December 3GeorgiaGeorgia TechGrant FieldAtlanta, GA GT 120 [5]
December 3Michigan StateNorth Carolina StateRiddick StadiumRaleigh, NC W 190 [6]

Awards and honors

All-Americans

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.
  5. "Biggest Upset of Southern Conference Spoils 'U' Mark". Oakland Tribune. December 4, 1927. p. 33. Retrieved July 28, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "State Wins From Michigan Aggies" (PDF). The Technician 8 (4). December 10, 1927. p. 7.
  7. "Spears Given Highest Vote in Selection". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. November 27, 1927.
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