1927 Syracuse Orangemen football team

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.

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

Schedule

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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

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  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  .
  4. ^ "Syracuse Battles Lion". Daily News. New York, New York. November 24, 1927. p. 144. Retrieved June 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  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  .