1927 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1927 Purdue Boilermakers football
1927 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	6–2 (2–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	James Phelan (6th season);
Captain	Chester "Cotton" Wilcox
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium
	Seasons ← 1926 1928 →

The 1927 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1927 Big Ten Conference football season. In their sixth season under head coach James Phelan, the Boilermakers compiled a 6–2 record, finished in fifth place in the Big Ten Conference with a 2–2 record against conference opponents, and outscored opponents by a total of 170 to 38. Chester "Cotton" Wilcox was the team captain.^[1]^[2]

1927 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Illinois +	5	–	0	–	0	7	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Minnesota +	3	–	0	–	1	6	–	0	–	2
No. 7 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

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 1	DePauw*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 15–0
October 8	at Harvard*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 19–0	25,000
October 15	at Chicago	Stagg Field Chicago, IL (rivalry)	L 6–7	55,000	^[3]
October 22	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 6–12	15,000
October 29	Montana State*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 39–7	7,000
November 5	Northwestern	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 18–6	15,000
November 12	Franklin*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 46–0
November 19	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	W 21–6	26,000
*Non-conference game

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