1927 Syracuse Orangemen football team

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

1927 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–2
Head coach
CaptainRay Barbuti[1]
Home stadiumArchbold Stadium
Seasons
← 1926
1928 →
1927 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tufts     8 0 0
Springfield     7 0 2
Washington & Jefferson     7 0 2
No. 6 Army     9 1 0
No. 2 Pittsburgh     8 1 1
Temple     7 1 0
No. 5 Yale     7 1 0
NYU     7 1 2
Princeton     6 1 0
Villanova     6 1 0
Penn State     6 2 1
Columbia     5 2 2
Bucknell     6 3 1
Colgate     4 2 3
CCNY     4 2 2
Lafayette     5 3 1
Penn     6 4 0
Syracuse     5 3 2
Carnegie Tech     5 4 1
Boston College     4 4 0
Harvard     4 4 0
Rutgers     4 4 0
Cornell     3 3 2
Boston University     3 4 1
Drexel     3 5 1
Fordham     3 5 0
Brown     3 6 1
Vermont     2 6 0
Providence     1 4 2
Franklin & Marshall     1 7 1
Lehigh     1 7 1
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1927 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1927 college football season. The Orangemen were led by first-year head coach Lew Andreas and played their home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York.[2][1] Team captain and fullback Ray Barbuti was also captain of Syracuse's athletics team, and he won two gold medals in sprinting at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Schedule

[edit]
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24HobartW 13–08,000[3]
October 1William & Mary
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 18–0
October 8Johns Hopkins
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 21–65,000
October 15Georgetown
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 19–615,000
October 22Penn State
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
L 6–915,000
October 29at NebraskaL 0–2127,000
November 5Ohio Wesleyan
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
T 6–6
November 12Colgate
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
T 13–1332,000
November 19Niagara
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 13–64,000
November 242:00 p.m.at ColumbiaL 7–1435,000[4][5]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 146.
  2. ^ "1927 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  3. ^ "Barbuti Runs 90 Yards for a Score". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. Associated Press. September 25, 1927. p. 39. Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Syracuse Battles Lion". Daily News. New York, New York. November 24, 1927. p. 144. Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ Cross, Harry (November 25, 1927). "Columbia Snaps Out Of The Ruck". The Post-Star. Glens Falls, New York. p. 9. Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.