1927 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1927 Tennessee Volunteers football
SoCon co-champion
Conference Southern Conference
1927 record 801 (501 SoCon)
Head coach Robert Neyland (2nd year)
Offensive scheme Single-wing
Captain John Barnhill
Home stadium Shields-Watkins Field
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 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 (801 overall, 501 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.

Before the season

Robert Neyland was hired to coach Tennessee in 1926 by Nathan Dougherty with the explicit goal to "even the score with Vanderbilt," and had his first great team in 1927.[1]

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
September 24 Carson–Newman* Shields-Watkins FieldKnoxville, TN W 33–0  
October 1 at North Carolina Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, NC W 26–0  
October 8 Maryville* Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 7–0  
October 15 Mississippi Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 21–7  
October 22 Transylvania* Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 57–0  
October 29 Virginia Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 42–0  
November 5 Sewanee Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 32–12  
November 12 Vanderbiltdagger Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (Rivalry) T 7–7  
November 24 at Kentucky McLean StadiumLexington, KY (Battle for the Barrel) W 20–0  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming.

Season summary

Maryville

The Vols beat the Maryville Scots 70.

Ole Miss

Tennessee had an easy 217 victory over the Ole Miss Rebels, weakening in the last quarter for the first touchdown scored on the Vols. Passes from Witt and runs by Dodson got Tennessee's scores.[3]

Vanderbilt

McGugin's Commodores led 70 until a late Dick Dodson run tied the score.[4] "After the game McGugin questioned each of his players as to his whereabouts during the run. Without exception the players claimed that two men had blocked them. McGugin shrugged. "Well, we'll just protest the play. It's perfectly obvious that Tennessee had twenty-two men on the field."[4]

Vanderbilt center Vernon Sharpe arguably had the better season, but was outperformed by Tennessee's Elvin Butcher.[5]

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

Ends

 

Tackles

  • 18 Dave McArthur
  • 22 Howard Johnson
  • 35 Bo Hundley
  • 40 Frank Elliott
  • 44 Louis Green
  • 46 Xen Hunt

Guards

 

Centers

  • 23 Elvin Butcher
  • 29 George Abernathy
  • 37 Jim Finney
  • 43 George Wiggs
 

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References

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