1927 East Tennessee State Teachers football team

The 1927 East Tennessee State Teachers football team was an American football team that represented East Tennessee State Teacher's College—now known as East Tennessee State University (ETSU)—as an independent in the 1927 college football season. They were led by third-year coach John Robinson. Robinson was assisted by William "Willie" Flinn Rogers, who taught history and government at the school from 1925 to 1968. According to Old Hickory, the 1927 season presented Robinson with a similar task to previous years, which was to develop a team out of "green material". The team finished with a 2–5 record, which included wins in their last two games over Hiwassee and Bluefield. Of their losses, they were blanked in all except against Concord, where they scored six points.[1]

1927 East Tennessee State Teachers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–5
Head coach
  • John Robinson (3rd season)
CaptainJack "Casey" Painter
Seasons
← 1926
1928 →
1927 Southern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Georgetown  810
Spring Hill  610
Wesley  610
Georgia Normal  611
George Washington  720
Texas A&I  410
Middle Tennessee State Teachers  620
Loyola (LA)  622
Navy  630
Catholic University  530
West Tennessee State Teachers  531
Texas Tech  540
Davidson  441
Delaware State  110
Howard  332
Southwestern (TN)  551
Texas Mines  222
Mississippi State Teachers  341
Duke  450
Miami (FL)  361
Delaware  251
East Tennessee State Teachers  250
Oglethorpe  260
Wake Forest  262

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 1at ConcordBluefield, WVL 6–30[2]
October 15Emory and HenryJohnson City, TNL 0–21[3]
October 22at Eastern KentuckyRichmond, KYL 0–31[4]
October 29Mars HillJohnson City, TNL 0–18[5]
November 53:00 p.m.Carson–NewmanJohnson City, TNL 0–15[6][7]
November 19at HiwasseeMadisonville, TNW 20–0[8]
November 26BluefieldJohnson City, TNW 14–6[9]

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