1927 Ohio State
4–4 (2–3 Western Conference), coached by John Wilce. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Denison 61–6Nov 12
By 55 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | vsWittenberg | W 31–0 | 92% |
| Oct 8 | at Iowa | W 13–6 | 56% |
| Oct 15 | vs Northwestern | L 13–19 | 58% |
| Oct 22 | at Michigan | L 0–21 | 28% |
| Oct 29 | vsChicago | W 13–7 | 66% |
| Nov 5 | at Princeton | L 0–20 | 34% |
| Nov 12 | vsDenison | W 61–6 | 91% |
| Nov 19 | vs Illinois | L 0–13 | 43% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Illinois 13–0; tied for 6th in the Western Conference.
In program history: The 103rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 128 on file).
Photographs from 1927
Formal opening of the new Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, October 22, 1927, Ohio State University vs. University of MichiganPhoto: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Panoramic photographs, no known restrictions on publication
Photographs from the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division, with no known restrictions on publication. Captions as each collection catalogues them.
- Record
- 4–4
- Conference
- 2–3 tied for 6th in Western Conference
- AP poll
- Began in 1936
- Points
- 131–92
- Coach
- John Wilce
- Elo
- 1520 −41 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −2.1 No. 57 of 99 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
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All-Big Ten
1 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Leo RaskowskiOTAP-1; CDN-1; HJ-1; UP-1; WE-1
Second team
- Byron EbyQBAP-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
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 5–0 | 7–0–1 | |
 Minnesota | 3–0–1 | 6–0–2 | |
| Michigan | 3–2 | 6–2 | |
| Chicago | 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.