HELP COMPLETE THE 1927 STORY
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Played, coached, cheered, covered or watched this team? Add the details that a scorebook could never hold.
The first football file gets a roster and its missing score-list entry
The Nashville Banner documents a 13–6 home loss to Bell on October 1 and a 68–0 loss at Sumner High in Portland on October 8. Those two scored games total six points for and 81 against.
The original all-time score PDF separately gives 1927 a 1–1 heading and prints a Bell win plus a Bell loss, both without scores. The newspaper account identifies and scores the loss; the second Bell win is included as a score-list entry. Combining that source line with the Portland report yields three retained entries, not a claim of a complete original schedule.
A Village Green page captioned “Football Team of 1927–28” supplies eleven full names and positions, turning the earliest season from two scores into a people-centered record.
entries
| Entry | Opponent | Score | Result | What is known |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bell High (Adams) | 6–13 | L | Oct. 1 · first reported home game |
| 2 | Sumner High (Portland) | 0–68 | L | Oct. 8 · at Portland |
| 3 | Bell High (Adams) | Score not recovered | W | Score-list entry; date, site and score unavailable |
Two October afternoons
Bell · October 1
Bell won 13–6. Greenbrier made 15 first downs, reached Bell’s eight in the second quarter and later drove from its own 40 for the touchdown. The scorer is not named in the surviving account.
Sumner High · October 8
Sumner High of Portland won 68–0. The historical school name remains on the game page; the meeting is grouped into Portland’s series through local-school identity evidence.
Original all-time score PDF · Early-football source notes · Bell series reconciliation.