1927 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
1927 record | 7–0–1 (5–0 Big Ten) |
Head coach | Robert Zuppke |
Offensive scheme | Single wing |
Captain | Robert Reitsch |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 7–0–1 record (5–0 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 |
- Head Coach: Robert Zuppke (15th year at Illinois)
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | ||||||
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10/01/1927 | Bradley* | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | W 19–0 | ||||||
10/08/1927 | Butler* | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | W 58–0 | ||||||
10/15/1927 | Iowa State* | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | T 12–12 | ||||||
10/22/1927 | at Northwestern | Northwestern Field • Evanston, IL | W 7–6 | ||||||
10/29/1927 | Michigan![]() |
Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | W 14–0 | ||||||
11/5/1927 | at Iowa | Iowa Field • Iowa City, IA | W 14–0 | ||||||
11/12/1927 | Chicago | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | W 15–6 | ||||||
11/19/1927 | at Ohio State | Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH | W 13–0 | ||||||
*Non-conference game. ![]() |
References
- ↑ "1927 Illinois Fighting Illini Schedule and Results".
- ↑ 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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