Playing seven home games, the 1927 Vols outscored their opponents 246 to 26 and posted seven shutouts.
Robert Neyland was hired to coach Tennessee in 1926 by Nathan Dougherty with the explicit goal to "even the score with Vanderbilt", and had his first great team in 1927.
Tennessee had an easy 21–7 victory over the Ole Miss Rebels, weakening in the last quarter for the first touchdown scored on the Vols.
[15] McGugin's Commodores led 7–0 until a late Dick Dodson run tied the score.
"[16] Vanderbilt center Vernon Sharpe arguably had the better season, but was outperformed by Tennessee's Elvin Butcher.
[19] Coach Alexander of Tech wrote Neyland to accept a co-championship, and no Pickens Cup was awarded.