1927 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1927 Vanderbilt Commodores football

Conference	Southern Conference
1927 record	8–1–2 (5–0–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Dan McGugin (23rd year)
Captain	Vernon Sharpe
Home stadium	Dudley Field

	Conf					Overall
1927 Southern Conference football standings
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	–	0
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 State	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Washington & Lee	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	1
Virginia Tech	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 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1927 college football season. The 1927 season was Dan McGugin's 23rd year as head coach. Running back Jimmy Armistead led the nation in scoring in 1927 with 138 points.^[1] The team's quarterback was Bill Spears. One fellow wrote Vanderbilt produced "almost certainly the legit top Heisman candidate in Spears, if there had been a Heisman Trophy to award in 1927."^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 24	at Chattanooga*	Chattanooga, TN	W 45–18
October 1	Ouachita	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 39–10
October 8	at Centre*	Cheek Field and Farris Stadium • Danville, KY	W 53–6
October 15	at Texas*	Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX	L 6–13
October 22	Tulane	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 32–0
October 29	Kentucky	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	W 34–6
November 6	Georgia Tech	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	T 0–0
November 12	at Tennessee	Shield-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (Rivalry)	T 7–7
November 19	Maryland	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 39–20
November 26	Sewanee	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	W 26–6
December 3	at Alabama	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	W 14–7
*Non-conference game.

Vanderbilt Commodores football

Venues	Curry Field (1892–1921) Vanderbilt Stadium (1922–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Georgia Kentucky Ole Miss Sewanee Tennessee

Culture & lore	Mr. C "Dynamite" Spirit of Gold Marching Band 1906 Carlisle vs. Vanderbilt football game 1910 Vanderbilt vs. Yale football game 1922 Michigan vs. Vanderbilt football game

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks All-Americans All-Southerns NFL draftees Statistical leaders William Lofland Dudley

Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

National championship seasons in bold