1927 Dartmouth Indians football team

The 1927 Dartmouth Indians football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Jesse Hawley, the Indians compiled a 7–1 record. Robert MacPhail was the team captain.[1]

1927 Dartmouth Indians football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1
Head coach
CaptainRobert MacPhail
Home stadiumMemorial Field
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

Myles Lane was the team's leading scorer, with 125 points, from 18 touchdowns and 17 kicked extra points.[2]

Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24 Norwich
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 47–0 [1]
October 1 Hobart
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 46–0 [1]
October 8 Allegheny
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 38–7 [1]
October 15 Temple
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 47–7 [1]
October 22 at Harvard W 30–6 55,000 [3]
October 29 at Yale L 0–19 58,000 [4]
November 5 at Brown W 19–7 20,000 [5]
November 12 Cornell
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH (rivalry)
W 53–7 [1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Season-by-Season Results: 1881-1939". Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  2. ^ "Annual Scoring Leaders (Since 1925)". Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  3. ^ Vidmer, Richards (October 23, 1927). "Dartmouth's Runs Beat Harvard, 30-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  4. ^ Danzig, Allison (October 30, 1927). "Yale's Fast Attack Upsets Dartmouth". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. ^ Kelley, Robert F. (November 6, 1927). "Dartmouth Routs Brown Eleven, 19-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S2.