1927 Cornell Big Red football team

American college football season

1927 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–3–2
Head coach	Gil Dobie (8th season)
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Base defense	6–3–2
Captain	Harold Hoekelman
Home stadium	Schoellkopf Field
Seasons← 1926 1928 →

1927 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Tufts		–		8	–	0	–	0
Springfield		–		7	–	0	–	2
Washington & Jefferson		–		7	–	0	–	2
No. 6 Army		–		9	–	1	–	0
No. 2 Pittsburgh		–		8	–	1	–	1
Temple		–		7	–	1	–	0
No. 5 Yale		–		7	–	1	–	0
NYU		–		7	–	1	–	2
Princeton		–		6	–	1	–	0
Villanova		–		6	–	1	–	0
Penn State		–		6	–	2	–	1
Columbia		–		5	–	2	–	2
Bucknell		–		6	–	3	–	1
Colgate		–		4	–	2	–	3
CCNY		–		4	–	2	–	2
Lafayette		–		5	–	3	–	1
Penn		–		6	–	4	–	0
Syracuse		–		5	–	3	–	2
Carnegie Tech		–		5	–	4	–	1
Boston College		–		4	–	4	–	0
Harvard		–		4	–	4	–	0
Rutgers		–		4	–	4	–	0
Cornell		–		3	–	3	–	2
Boston University		–		3	–	4	–	1
Drexel		–		3	–	5	–	1
Fordham		–		3	–	5	–	0
Brown		–		3	–	6	–	1
Vermont		–		2	–	6	–	0
Providence		–		1	–	4	–	2
Franklin & Marshall		–		1	–	7	–	1
Lehigh		–		1	–	7	–	1

Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1927 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1927 college football season. In their eighth season under head coach Gil Dobie, the Big Red compiled a 3–3–2 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 136 to 121.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 24	Clarkson	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 41–0	2,000
October 1	Niagara	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 19–6
October 8	Richmond	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 53–0	7,000
October 22	at Princeton	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 10–21	32,000
October 29	Columbia	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	T 0–0
November 5	St. Bonaventure	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	T 6–6
November 12	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	L 7–53
November 24	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 0–35

References

"Cornell Yearly Results (1925–1929)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
"1927 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
"Cornell Defeats Clarkson Tech in Opening Game 41 to 0". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, New York. September 26, 1927. p. 11. Retrieved September 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
"Cornell Easily Defeats Richmond Eleven by Score of 53 to 0". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, New York. October 10, 1927. p. 10. Retrieved September 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
"Tigers Down Cornell: Angry Tiger Comes From Behind to Beat Cornell". Times Union. October 23, 1927. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e Cornell Big Red football
Venues	Schoellkopf Field (1915–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Colgate Columbia Dartmouth Penn
Culture & lore	Big Red Bear "Give My Regards to Davy" Fifth Down Game
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
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