1927 Canisius football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1927

| team = Canisius

| sport = football

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| conference = Western New York Little Three Conference

| short_conf = Little Three

| record = 7–1

| conf_record = 1–0

| head_coach = Luke Urban

| hc_year = 7th

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| champion = Little Three champion

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The 1927 Canisius football team was an American football team that represented Canisius College in the Western New York Little Three Conference (Little Three) during the 1927 college football season. Canisius compiled a 7–1 record, shut out five of eight opponents, won the Little Three championship, and outscored all opponents by a total of 173 to 42.{{cite web|title=1927 - Canisius (NY)|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|accessdate=June 28, 2020|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/incomplete_data/game_by_game_discontinued.php?teamid=552&year=1927|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919071818/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/incomplete_data/game_by_game_discontinued.php?teamid=552&year=1927|archive-date=2015-09-19}} Luke Urban was the head coach for the seventh year.

Schedule

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|October 1||{{cfb link|year=1927|team=Waynesburg Yellow Jackets|title=Waynesburg}}||Buffalo, NY|W 7-6||{{cite news|title=Canisius Downs Strong Waynesburg Team, 7-6|newspaper=Rochester Democrat and Chronicle|date=October 2, 1927|page=19|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54348131/canisius-downs-strong-waynesburg-team/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 8||{{cfb link|year=1927|team=Washington College Shoremen|title=Washington College}}||Buffalo, NY|W 49-0||{{cite news|title=Canisius Wins in Romp, 49-0|newspaper=Rochester Democrat and Chronicle|date=October 9, 1927|page=18|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54348437/canisius-wins-in-romp/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 15||{{cfb link|year=1927|team=Coast Guard Bears|title=Coast Guard}}|||W 46-0||

|October 22||{{cfb link|year=1927|team=Bethany Bison|title=Bethany (WV)}}||Buffalo, NY|W 26-6||

|October 29||Marshall||Buffalo, NY|W 19-0||

|November 11|at|{{cfb link|year=1927|team=St. Thomas Tomcats|title=St. Thomas (PA)}}|Catholic Club Field|Scranton, PA|W 12-0||{{cite news|title=Tommies Outscore Canisius On First Downs, Lose, 12-0|newspaper=The Scranton Times|date=November 12, 1927|page=12|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54347247/tommies-outscore-canisius-on-first/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 19|at|Villanova|Villanova Stadium|Villanova, PA|L 7-30|10,000|{{cite news|title=Last Period Drive Enables Villanova To Halt Canisius|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=November 20, 1927|pages=S1, S3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54347711/last-period-drive-enables-villanova-to/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 26||{{cfb link|year=1927|team=St. Bonaventure Brown and White|title=St. Bonaventure}}||Buffalo, NY|W 7-0||{{cite news|title=St. Bonaventure Winds Up Grid Season With 7-0 Defeat By Canisius|newspaper=The Olean Evening Times|date=November 28, 1927|page=13|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54346699/st-bonaventure-winds-up-grid-season/|via=Newspapers.com}}

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References

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