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
1927 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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
Carnegie Tech    5 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

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

  1. 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.
  4. "Syracuse Battles Lion". Daily News. New York, New York. November 24, 1927. p. 144. Retrieved June 4, 2021 via Newspapers.com open access.
  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.


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