1927 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football team

1927 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–0–2
Head coach
1927 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tufts   –   8 – 0 – 0
Springfield   –   7 – 0 – 2
  –   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 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football team was an American football team that represented Washington & Jefferson College as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In their second season under head coach Andrew Kerr, the Presidents compiled a 7–0–2 record, shut out five of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 152 to 21. They defeated regional powers Western Maryland (15–6), Carnegie Tech (20–6), Lafayette (14–0), and Bucknell (19–3), and tied with Pittsburgh (0–0) and West Virginia (6–6).[1] In a later ranking of 1927 college football teams by TipTop25, Washington & Jefferson was ranked No. 15.[2]

Washington & Jefferson's notable players included:

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24WaynesburgWashington, PAW 14–0
October 1Western MarylandWashington, PAW 15–6[5][6]
October 8Bethany (WV)Washington, PAW 31–0[7]
October 15at Carnegie TechPittsburgh, PAW 20–620,000[8]
October 22at LafayetteW 14–018,000[9]
October 29ThielWashington, PAW 33–0[10]
November 5at PittsburghT 0–050,000–52,000[11]
November 12at BucknellW 19–315,000[12]
November 24at West VirginiaT 6–615,000[13]

References

  1. ^ "1927 Washington & Jefferson Presidents Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved September 18, 2021.
  2. ^ "1927 College Football Top 25". TipTop25.com. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  3. ^ "All-Eastern Team Is Selected by Critics, Writers". The Daily Record. November 28, 1927. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Bruce Caldwell Fails to Get Place on All-Eastern Teams". Buffalo Evening News. November 22, 1927. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Terrors Scare W. & J. Eleven: Presidents Extended To Limit To Defeat Western Maryland, 15 To 6". The Baltimore Sun. October 2, 1927. p. II-3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Harlow's Eleven Is Defeated". The Pittsburgh Press. October 2, 1927 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Wash-Jeff Eleven Downs Bisons, 31-0". The Daily Republican (Monongahela, PA). October 10, 1927. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Bill Amos Stands Out In Wash.-Jeff. Victory". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. October 16, 1927. pp. 1, 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Presidents Hand Lafayette Their First Defeat on Home Field in Nine Seasons; Bill Amos Stars for Victors". Allentown Morning Call. October 23, 1927. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Thiel Is Beaten by Kerr Men". The Pittsburgh Press. October 30, 1927. pp. Sports 1, 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Hannum, Max E. (November 6, 1927). "Welch Loses Best Chance For Victory". The Pittsburgh Press. p. Sporting 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Bucknell Loses to Kerrmen". The Pittsburgh Press. November 13, 1927. pp. Sporting 1, 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "West Virginia ties Presidents in 6–6 deadlock". Wisconsin State Journal. November 25, 1927. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.