1927 Loyola Wolf Pack football team

The 1927 Loyola Wolf Pack football team was an American football team that represented Loyola College of New Orleans (now known as Loyola University New Orleans) as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In June 1927, Loyola hired Clark Shaughnessy as its new head football coach. He had been a coach at Tulane for the prior 11 years.[1] Shaughnessy remained at Loyola for six season; he was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. In its first season under Shaughnessy, the team compiled a 6–2–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 130 to 41.[2]

1927 Loyola Wolf Pack football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record6–2–2 (1–0–1 SIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumLoyola Stadium
Seasons
← 1926
1928 →
1927 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Mississippi College +800800
Chattanooga +500810
Centenary +4001000
Furman +3001010
Georgetown (KY)100101
Stetson401601
Loyola (LA)101622
Wofford212243
Presbyterian221333
Mercer220540
Louisville220440
Louisiana College110110
Union (TN)230640
The Citadel231361
Centre230360
Howard (AL)121722
Florida Southern241251
Birmingham–Southern240360
Western Kentucky State Normal240540
Erskine121241
Louisiana Tech130350
SW Louisiana140271
Millsaps150380
Rollins020150
Transylvania050090
Newberry060081
Kentucky Wesleyan000000
  • + – Conference co-champions

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Rice*
W 13–0[3]
October 1at Howard (AL)T 0–0[4]
October 8Union (TN)
  • Loyola Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 38–8
October 16Loyola (MD)*
  • Loyola Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 19–06,000[5]
October 22Southwestern Louisiana*
  • Loyola Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 28–0[6]
October 30St. Edward's (TX)*
  • Loyola Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
T 6–6[7]
November 12at Haskell*L 0–3[8]
November 19Loyola (IL)*
  • Loyola Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 19–12[9]
November 26Lombard*
  • Loyola Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 7–6[10]
December 3Quantico Marines*
  • Loyola Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
L 0–6[11]
  • *Non-conference game

References