1927 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

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

1927 West Virginia Athletic Conference football standings

	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.

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. The team played its home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. Winchester Latham was the team captain.

Schedule

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