1927 Western Maryland Green Terror football team
American college football season
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. Orville W. "Greasy" Neal was team captain.
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.
The team played its homecoming game on the school's campus in Westminster, Maryland. No other games were played on campus.
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