1927 St. Xavier Musketeers football team

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1927 St. Xavier Musketeers football
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record8–1–1 (1–0 OAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCorcoran Field
Seasons
← 1926
1928 →
1927 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Miami (OH) + 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Muskingum + 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Oberlin 6 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
Mount Union 6 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Wittenberg 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Wooster 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Dayton 2 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Ohio 3 – 1 – 2 4 – 2 – 2
Heidelberg 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Akron 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Ohio Wesleyan 2 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 2
Denison 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Marietta 2 – 3 – 1 2 – 3 – 1
Otterbein 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 4 – 1
Ohio Northern 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Western Reserve 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Capital 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Baldwin–Wallace 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Case 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Cincinnati 0 – 4 – 2 2 – 5 – 2
Kenyon 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 6 – 1
Hiram 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
St. Xavier * 1 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • * – did not compete for championship

The 1927 St. Xavier Musketeers football team was an American football team that represented St. Xavier College (later renamed Xavier University) in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1927 college football season. In its eighth season under head coach Joseph A. Meyer, the team compiled an 8–1–1 record (1–0 against OAC opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 411 to 63. The team played its home games at Corcoran Field in Cincinnati.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 24Morris Harvey*
W 39–6[1]
October 1Transylvania*
  • Corcoran Field
  • Cincinnati, OH
W 39–0[2]
October 8at Western Reserve
W 53–7[3]
October 15Lees College*
  • Corcoran Field
  • Cincinnati, OH
W 132–0[4]
October 22Oglethorpe*
  • Corcoran Field
  • Cincinnati, OH
W 35–0[5]
October 29Providence*
  • Corcoran Field
  • Cincinnati, OH
W 27–6[6]
November 5Quantico Marines*
  • Corcoran Field
  • Cincinnati, OH
L 13–14[7]
November 12Catholic University*
  • Corcoran Field
  • Cincinnati,OH
W 26–18[8]
November 19West Virginia Wesleyan*
  • Corcoran Field
  • Cincinnati, OH
W 41–6[9]
November 24Haskell*
  • Corcoran Field
  • Cincinnati, OH
T 6–6[10]
  • *Non-conference game

References[edit]

  1. ^ "St. Xavier wins 39–6 victory in opener". The Kentucky Post. September 25, 1927. Retrieved May 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Pioneers hold in second half". The Lexington Herald. October 2, 1927. Retrieved May 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Blam---Wow, Down Goes Reserve". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 19, 1927. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "132–0 victory turned in by St. Xavier". The Kentucky Post. October 16, 1927. Retrieved May 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Southerners bow to St. Xavier". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 23, 1927. Retrieved February 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Easterners beaten by St. Xavier". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 30, 1927. Retrieved May 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "St. Xavier drops tough contest to Quantico Marines". The Lima Star. November 6, 1927. Retrieved May 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Last period rally wins for Xavier". Dayton Daily News. November 13, 1927. Retrieved May 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Bobcats are beaten". The Pittsburgh Press. November 20, 1927. Retrieved May 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Bob Payne (November 25, 1927). "Red Men of Haskell Fight Xavier Athletes To 6-To-6 Tie". The Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
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