1927 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1927 Illinois Fighting Illini football
National champion
(Billingsley, Dickinson, Helms, NCF, Davis)
Big Ten co-champion
Conference Big Ten Conference
1927 record 701 (50 Big Ten)
Head coach Robert Zuppke
Offensive scheme Single wing
Captain Robert Reitsch
Uniform
1927 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Illinois + 5 0 0     7 0 1
Minnesota + 3 0 1     6 0 2
Michigan 3 2 0     6 2 0
Chicago 3 3 0     4 4 0
Purdue 2 2 0     6 2 0
Northwestern 2 3 0     4 4 0
Ohio State 2 3 0     4 4 0
Indiana 1 2 1     3 4 1
Iowa 1 4 0     4 4 0
Wisconsin 1 4 0     4 4 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1927 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the 1927 college football season. The Fighting Illini compiled a 701 record (50 against Western Conference opponents) and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 152 to 24.[1] The team was selected as the 1927 national champion by the Billingsley Report, Dickinson System, Helms Athletic Foundation, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis.[2]

Though the team had no consensus All-Americans and was known for its lack of prominent names, center Robert Reitsch and guard Russ Crane made a handful of first-team selections.

Roster

Player Position
Russ Crane Guard
Robert Reitsch (captain) Center
Butch Nowack Tackle, Kicker
Judson Timm Halfback
Fritz Humbert Fullback
Blair French Quarterback
Dwight Stuessy Quarterback
Doug Mills Fullback, Punter
Frank Walker Fullback
Tom Nickol Fullback
Art D'Ambrosio Halfback, Fullback
Arnold Wolgast Tackle
James R. Stewart End
Walter Jolley End
Ernest W. Schultz Tackle
Keston J. Deimling Guard
Lawrence Perkins Guard
Leonard Grable Tackle
Garland Grange Halfback, End
William E. Short End
Louis Gordon Guard
Louis Muegge Guard
Evert Nelson Guard
L. J. Weitz Tackle
L. S. Burdick Tackle
Norman McClure Guard
Merwin Mitterwallner Guard
Lester Marriner Guard

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
10/01/1927 Bradley* Memorial StadiumChampaign, IL W 190  
10/08/1927 Butler* Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 580  
10/15/1927 Iowa State* Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL T 1212  
10/22/1927 at Northwestern Northwestern FieldEvanston, IL W 76  
10/29/1927 Michigandagger Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 140  
11/5/1927 at Iowa Iowa Field • Iowa City, IA W 140  
11/12/1927 Chicago Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 156  
11/19/1927 at Ohio State Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH W 130  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming.

References

  1. "1927 Illinois Fighting Illini Schedule and Results".
  2. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 109. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
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