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

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Hobart
W 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 Nebraska
L 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 Columbia
L 7–1435,000[4][5]

References

  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.


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