1927 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

The 1927 West Virginia Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia University as a member of the West Virginia Athletic Conference (WVAC) during the 1927 college football season. In its third season under head coach Ira Rodgers, the team compiled a 2–4–3 record and was outscored by a total of 129 to 68.^[1][2] The team played its home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. Winchester Latham was the team captain.^[3]

1927 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Conference	West Virginia Athletic Conference
Record	2–4–3 (2–0 WVAC)
Head coach	Ira Rodgers (3rd season)
Captain	Winchester Latham
Home stadium	Mountaineer Field
Seasons ← 1926 1928 →

1927 West Virginia Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
West Liberty State $	4	–	0	–	0			6	–	1	–	1
Marshall	4	–	1	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Davis & Elkins	3	–	1	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
West Virginia Wesleyan	3	–	1	–	0			3	–	6	–	1
Salem	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Glenville State	4	–	2	–	2			4	–	2	–	2
Potomac State	2	–	2	–	0			2	–	3	–	1
Broaddus	2	–	3	–	1			2	–	5	–	1
Shepherd	0	–	3	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Fairmont State	0	–	4	–	3			0	–	5	–	3
New River State	0	–	6	–	0			0	–	6	–	0
West Virginia *	2	–	0	–	0			2	–	4	–	3
Concord *	2	–	1	–	0			6	–	3	–	1
Morris Harvey *	1	–	2	–	0			3	–	4	–	1
$ – Conference champion * – Did not qualify for conference standings Ties did not count in conference standings.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	West Virginia Wesleyan	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 27–7	10,000	[4]
October 1	vs. Washington and Lee*	Laidley Field Charleston, WV	T 6–6		[5]
October 8	at Pittsburgh*	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	L 0–40	18,000−20,000	[6][7]
October 15	Lafayette*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	T 7–7		[8]
October 22	at Georgetown*	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	L 0–25	20,000	[9]
October 29	Carnegie Tech*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	L 7–13		[10]
November 5	at Missouri*	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO	L 0–13		[11]
November 12	Davis & Elkins	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 15–12	5,000	[12]
November 24	Washington & Jefferson*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	T 6–6	15,000	[13]
*Non-conference game