1927 Vermont Catamounts football team

1927 Vermont Catamounts football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–6
Head coach	William McAvoy (3rd season)
Home stadium	Centennial Field

1927 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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 Vermont Catamounts football team was an American football team that represented the University of Vermont as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In their third year under head coach William McAvoy, the team compiled a 2–6 record.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 24	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	L 0–32	[1]
October 1	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 3–21	[2]
October 8	at Williams	Weston Field Williamstown, MA	L 0–12	[3]
October 15	Providence	Centennial Field Burlington, VT	W 40–0	[4]
October 22	Tufts	Centennial Field Burlington, VT	L 0–22	[5]
October 29	at Norwich	Sabine Field Northfield, VT	L 0–13	[6]
November 5	at Amherst	Pratt Field Amherst, MA	No contest	[7]
November 12	Middlebury	Centennial Field Burlington, VT	W 13–7	[8]
November 24	at Springfield (MA)	Pratt Field Springfield, MA	L 0–24	[9]

References

1. "Columbia beats Vermont gridders". Times Union. September 25, 1927. Retrieved June 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Harvard defeats a scrappy Vermont team, 21 to 3". The Burlington Free Press. October 3, 1927. Retrieved June 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Williams rallies to beat Vermont". The Hartford Courant. October 9, 1927. Retrieved June 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Vermont's powerful attack crushes Providence, 40 to 0". The Burlington Free Press. October 17, 1927. Retrieved June 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Vermont has row of ovals to Tufts, 22". Rutland Daily Herald. October 24, 1927. Retrieved June 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Norwich wins first of state battle titles, Vermont 13–0". The Burlington Free Press. October 31, 1927. Retrieved June 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Amherst plans hard drills for Williams". The Boston Globe. November 7, 1928. Retrieved June 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Vermont defense too much for Middlebury". Burlington Daily News. November 14, 1929. Retrieved June 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Springfield College ends with victory". The Boston Globe. November 25, 1927. Retrieved June 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.