1927 Minnesota

• Biggest winBeat North Dakota 57–⁠10Oct 1

  By 47 points, its widest win.

Date	Opponent	Result	Elo
Oct 1	vsNorth Dakota	W 57–⁠10		95%
Oct 8	vsOklahoma State	W 40–⁠0		75%
Oct 15	atIndiana	T 14–⁠14		59%
Oct 22	vsIowa	W 38–⁠0		72%
Oct 29	vsWisconsin	W 13–⁠7		60%
Nov 5	atNotre Dame	T 7–⁠7		29%
Nov 12	vsDrake	W 27–⁠6		78%
Nov 19	atMichigan	W 13–⁠7		33%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

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• Herb JoestingFullback
• Bronko NagurskiFullback

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.

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

Team	Conf.	Overall	AP final
Illinois	5–⁠0	7–⁠0–⁠1
Minnesota	3–⁠0–⁠1	6–⁠0–⁠2
Michigan	3–⁠2	6–⁠2
CChicago	3–⁠3	4–⁠4
Purdue	2–⁠2	6–⁠2
Ohio State	2–⁠3	4–⁠4
Northwestern	2–⁠3	4–⁠4
Indiana	1–⁠2–⁠1	3–⁠4–⁠1
Iowa	1–⁠4	4–⁠4
Wisconsin	1–⁠4	4–⁠4

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