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1927 Furman Paladins football team

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 (TN) 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.

Quarterback Whitey Rawl scored three touchdowns in the victory over SIAA co-champion NC State, and the game's only touchdown in the win over The Citadel. In the season's only loss, to the "Dream and Wonder" team of Georgia, Furman was twice within Georgia's 5-yard line.


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