1927 Furman Purple Hurricane football team

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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
Seasons
« 1926 1928 »
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 13–7  
September 30 North Carolina State* Manly Field • Greenville, SC W 20–0  
October 8 at Mercer Macon, GA W 26–13  
October 15 at Georgia* Sanford FieldAthens, GA L 0–32  
October 22 Erskine Manly Field • Greenville, SC W 47–0  
October 29 at Oglethorpe* W 19–0  
November 5 at Wake Forest* Wake Forest, NC W 53–0  
November 12 South Carolina* Manly Field • Greenville, SC W 33–0  
November 19 at The Citadel Johnson Hagood StadiumCharleston, SC (Rivalry) W 6–0  
November 24 Clemson* Manly Field • Greenville, SC W 28–0  
January 2 at Miami* Miami, FL W 38–7  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game.

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Players

Backfield

  • Jim Blount, halfback
  • Harvey Capps, halfback
  • Oscar Pipkins, fullback
  • Whitey Rawl, quarterback

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References

  1. http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/furman/1927-schedule.html
  2. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. open access publication - free to read