1927 Auburn Tigers football team

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1927 Auburn Tigers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record0–7–2 (0–6–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumDrake Field
Rickwood Field
Cramton Bowl
Seasons
← 1926
1928 →
1927 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Georgia Tech + 7 0 1 8 1 1
Tennessee + 5 0 1 8 0 1
NC State + 4 0 0 9 1 0
Vanderbilt 5 0 2 8 1 2
No. 8 Georgia 6 1 0 9 1 0
Florida 5 2 0 7 3 0
Ole Miss 3 2 0 5 3 1
Virginia 4 4 0 5 4 0
Clemson 2 2 0 5 3 1
Alabama 3 4 1 5 4 1
LSU 2 3 1 4 4 1
Mississippi A&M 2 3 0 5 3 0
Washington and Lee 2 3 0 4 4 1
VPI 2 3 0 5 4 0
Maryland 3 5 0 4 7 0
South Carolina 2 4 0 4 5 0
VMI 2 4 0 6 4 0
Tulane 2 5 1 2 5 1
North Carolina 2 5 0 4 6 0
Sewanee 1 4 0 2 6 0
Kentucky 1 5 0 3 6 1
Auburn 0 6 1 0 7 2
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1927 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1927 college football season. The Tigers' were led by head coach Dave Morey in his second season for the first three games and then by Boozer Pitts to finish the season with a record of zero wins, seven losses and two ties (0–7–2 overall, 0–6–1 in the SoCon). The loss to Stetson was the first on Auburn's campus since 1908.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Stetson*L 0–6[1]
October 1at ClemsonL 0–3[2]
October 8Floridadagger
L 0–33[3]
October 15LSUL 0–9[4]
October 22vs. GeorgiaL 3–33[5]
October 29at Howard (AL)*T 9–9[6]
November 5at TulaneT 6–6[7]
November 12Mississippi A&M
  • Rickwood Field
  • Birmingham, AL
L 6–7[8]
November 24at Georgia TechL 0–1815,000[9][10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

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  10. ^ "Mizell Speeds Sixty Yards To Touchdown" (PDF). The Technique. Vol. 17, no. 9. November 25, 1927.
  11. ^ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: David B. Morey, 1927". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  12. ^ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: Boozer Pitts, 1927". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  13. ^ "1927 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Archived from the original on September 1, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2015.