1927 Colgate football team

The 1927 Colgate football team represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In it second season under head coach George Hauser, Colgate compiled a 4–2–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 99 to 33.[1]

1927 Colgate football
Conference	Independent
1927 record	4–2–3
Head coach	George Hauser (2nd season)
Captain	William Timm
Home stadium	Whitnall Field

1927 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Tufts			–					8	–	0	–	0
Army			–					9	–	1	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					8	–	1	–	1
Temple			–					7	–	1	–	0
Yale			–					7	–	1	–	0
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
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
Drexel			–					3	–	5	–	1
Fordham			–					3	–	5	–	0
Brown			–					3	–	6	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					1	–	7	–	1
Lehigh			–					1	–	7	–	1

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 24	Hamilton	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 21–0
October 1	St. Lawrence	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 32–0
October 8	VPI	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	L 0–6	[2]
October 15	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	W 13–7
October 22	Wabash	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	L 0–7
October 29	at NYU	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	T 0–0
November 5	Hobart	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 20–0
November 12	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	T 13–13
November 26	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	T 0–0

References

1. "1927 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
2. "V.P.I. Victory Marks First Home Defeat In Decades For Colgate". Colgate Maroon. Colgate University. October 12, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved February 4, 2016.