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1927 Michigan

6–⁠2 (3–⁠2 Western Conference), coached by Tad Wieman.

Michigan, 1927
Photo: Photographer not named, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Michigan in 1927, game by game: won vs. Ohio Wesleyan 33–0; won vs. Michigan State 21–0; won at Wisconsin 14–0; won vs. Ohio State 21–0; lost at Illinois 0–14; won at Chicago 14–0; won vs. Navy 27–12; lost vs. Minnesota 7–13+33−14Won 33–0 vs. Ohio Wesleyan+33Ohio WesleyanWon 21–0 vs. Michigan State+21Michigan StateWon 14–0 at Wisconsin+14WisconsinWon 21–0 vs. Ohio State+21Ohio StateLost 0–14 at Illinois-14IllinoisWon 14–0 at Chicago+14ChicagoWon 27–12 vs. Navy+15NavyLost 7–13 vs. Minnesota-6Minnesota
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 1vsOhio WesleyanW 33–⁠094%
Oct 8vsMichigan StateW 21–⁠083%
Oct 15atWisconsinW 14–⁠051%
Oct 22vsOhio StateW 21–⁠072%
Oct 29atIllinoisL 0–⁠1456%
Nov 5atChicagoW 14–⁠068%
Nov 12vsNavyW 27–⁠1265%
Nov 19vsMinnesotaL 7–⁠1367%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Minnesota 13–⁠7; 3rd in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 70th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 140 on file).

Photographs from 1927

Photographs from the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division, with no known restrictions on publication. Captions as each collection catalogues them.

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1927.

Consensus All-AmericanBennie Oosterbaan, E

Record
6–⁠2
Conference
3–⁠2 3rd in Western Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
137–⁠39
Coach
Tad Wieman
Elo
1659 +32 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
12.9 No. 17 of 99 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Bennie Oosterbaan
Most valuable player
Bennie Oosterbaan

All-Big Ten

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Bennie OosterbaanEAP-1; CDN-1; HJ-1; UP-1; WE-1
  • Ray BaerOGAP-1; CDN-1; HJ-1; UP-1; WE-1
  • Louis GilbertRBAP-1; CDN-1; HJ-1; UP-1; WE-1

Second team

  • LeRoy G. HestonECDN-2
  • George RichFBWE-2

From Wikipedia’s 1927 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1927 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Illinois5–⁠07–⁠0–⁠1
Minnesota3–⁠0–⁠16–⁠0–⁠2
Michigan3–⁠26–⁠2
Chicago3–⁠34–⁠4
Purdue2–⁠26–⁠2
Ohio State2–⁠34–⁠4
Northwestern2–⁠34–⁠4
Indiana1–⁠2–⁠13–⁠4–⁠1
Iowa1–⁠44–⁠4
Wisconsin1–⁠44–⁠4

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.