1927 Western Maryland Green Terror football team

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1927 Western Maryland Green Terror football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2
Head coach
CaptainOrville W. "Greasy" Neal
Seasons
← 1926
1928 →
1927 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Georgetown     8 1 0
Spring Hill     6 1 0
Wesley     6 1 0
Georgia Normal     6 1 1
George Washington     7 2 0
Texas A&I     4 1 0
Middle Tennessee State Teachers     6 2 0
Loyola (LA)     6 2 2
Navy     6 3 0
Catholic University     5 3 0
West Tennessee State Teachers     5 3 1
Texas Tech     5 4 0
Davidson     4 4 1
Delaware State     1 1 0
Howard     3 3 2
Southwestern (TN)     5 5 1
Texas Mines     2 2 2
Mississippi State Teachers     3 4 1
Duke     4 5 0
Miami (FL)     3 6 1
Delaware     2 5 1
East Tennessee State Teachers     2 5 0
Oglethorpe     2 6 0
Wake Forest     2 6 2

The 1927 Western Maryland Green Terror football team was an American football team that represented Western Maryland College (now known as McDaniel College) as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In its second season under head coach Dick Harlow, the team compiled a 6–2 record and shut out six of its eight opponents.[1] Orville W. "Greasy" Neal was team captain.[2]

Harlow served nine years as Western Maryland's head football coach. During those years, the school's football team compiled a 60–13–7 record. Harlow was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.[3]

The team played its homecoming game on the school's campus in Westminster, Maryland. No other games were played on campus.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1at Washington & JeffersonWashington, PAL 6–15[4][5]
October 8at Schuylkill
W 13–0[6]
October 15at DickinsonCarlisle, PAW 45–0[7]
October 22AlbrightdaggerWestminster, MDW 33–0[8]
October 28at Gettysburg
W 41–0[9]
November 5vs. Loyola (MD)W 26–0[10]
November 11vs. All-Army
W 48–023,000[11]
November 24at MuhlenbergAllentown, PAL 2–6[12]
  • daggerHomecoming

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2005 McDaniel College Football Media Guide" (PDF). p. 41. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 16, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  2. ^ "Football Captains". McDaniel College. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
  3. ^ "Dick Harlow". National Football Foundation. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  4. ^ "Terrors Scare W. & J. Eleven: Presidents Extended To Limit To Defeat Western Maryland, 15 To 6". The Baltimore Sun. October 2, 1927. p. II-3 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Harlow's Eleven Is Defeated". The Pittsburgh Press. October 2, 1927 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Neal Tallies As W. Md. Wins: Register Two Touchdowns To Defeat Schuylkill By 13-0 Score". The Baltimore Sun. October 9, 1927. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "W. Md. Too Good For Dickinson: Harlow's Team Swamps Rival Under 45-To-0 Score". The Baltimore Sun. October 16, 1927. p. Sports 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Terrors Score Easy Victory: Western Maryland Eleven Has Little Difficulty Defeating Albright, 32-0". The Baltimore Sun. October 23, 1927. p. Sports 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ W. Wilson Wingate (October 29, 1927). "Western Maryland Victory Over Gettysburg Is Costly: Green Terrors Swamp Rival, 41-0, But Suffer Loss Of Captain Neal As Battlefield Eleven Attempts To Halt Rout". The Baltimore Sun. pp. Sports 1, 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Terrors Beat Stubborn Foe: Loyola Battles Western Maryland Eleven For Every Yard". The Baltimore Sun. November 6, 1927. pp. 23, 24 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Western Maryland Beats All-Army Team At Stadium By 48-To-0 Score". The Baltimore Sun. November 12, 1927. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Terrors Lose To Muhlenberg: Western Maryland Victim Of Fumble in 6-To-2 Defeat". The Baltimore Sun. November 25, 1927. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.