1927 NYU Violets football team

American college football season

1927 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1–2
Head coach
  • Chick Meehan (3rd season)
Home stadiumOhio Field
Yankee Stadium
Seasons
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1927 Eastern college football independents records
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 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

The 1927 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In their third year under head coach Chick Meehan, the team compiled a 7–1–2 record.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Niagara
W 27–012,000[2]
October 1West Virginia Wesleyan
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 27–1315,000[3]
October 8Alfred
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 65–09,000[4]
October 15vs. Fordham
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 32–043,000[5]
October 22Rutgers
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 60–6[6]
October 29Colgate
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
T 0–045,000[7]
November 5Carnegie Tech
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 20–6[8]
November 12at Penn StateT 13–1312,000[9]
November 19Allegheny
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 81–025,000[10]
November 24at Nebraska
L 18–2730,000[11]

References

  1. ^ "1927 NYU Violets Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  2. ^ "Violet machine rides to 27–0 win despite Niagara's brave stand". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 25, 1927. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "W. Va. Wesleyan wilts before grid strength of N.Y.U." Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 2, 1927. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Feeble Alfred eleven deluged in storm of N.Y.U. touchdowns, 65–0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 9, 1927. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Powerful N.Y.U. team smothers Fordham at Stadium, 32–0". Times Union. October 16, 1927. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "N.Y.U. rolls over Rutgers, 60 to 6". Times Union. October 23, 1927. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "N.Y.U. Colgate deadlocked, 0–0". Daily News. October 30, 1927. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Violet is easy winner". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 6, 1927. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "N.Y.U. still remains undefeated; Penn State holds Violets to tie". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 13, 1927. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "N.Y.U. has little trouble with Allegheny". The Brooklyn Standard Union. November 20, 1927. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Violet loses turkey day tilt". The Nebraska State Journal. November 25, 1927. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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