1927 Cornell Big Red football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1927
| team = Cornell Big Red
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Independent
| record = 3–3–2
| head_coach = Gil Dobie
| hc_year = 8th
| off_scheme = Single-wing
| def_scheme = 6–3–2
| captain = Harold Hoekelman
| stadium = Schoellkopf Field
}}
{{1927 Eastern college football independents records}}
The 1927 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1927 college football season. In their eighth season under head coach Gil Dobie, the Big Red compiled a 3–3–2 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 136 to 121.{{cite web|title=Cornell Yearly Results (1925–1929)|publisher=David DeLassus|work=College Football Data Warehouse|access-date=December 10, 2015|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/c/cornell/1925-1929_yearly_results.php|archive-date=December 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222114125/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/c/cornell/1925-1929_yearly_results.php|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=1927 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=December 10, 2015|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/cornell/1927-schedule.html}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| timezone = Eastern
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 24
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1927|team=Clarkson Golden Knights|title=Clarkson}}
| site_stadium = Schoellkopf Field
| site_cityst = Ithaca, NY
| score = 41–0
| attend = 2,000
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Cornell Defeats Clarkson Tech in Opening Game 41 to 0 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84954074/the-ithaca-journal/ |newspaper=The Ithaca Journal |location=Ithaca, New York |date=September 26, 1927 |page=11 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 1
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1927|team=Niagara Purple Eagles|title=Niagara}}
| site_stadium = Schoellkopf Field
| site_cityst = Ithaca, NY
| score = 19–6
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 8
| w/l = w
| opponent = Richmond
| site_stadium = Schoellkopf Field
| site_cityst = Ithaca, NY
| score = 53–0
| attend = 7,000
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Cornell Easily Defeats Richmond Eleven by Score of 53 to 0 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84953932/the-ithaca-journal/ |newspaper=The Ithaca Journal |location=Ithaca, New York |date=October 10, 1927 |page=10 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 22
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Princeton
| site_stadium = Schoellkopf Field
| site_cityst = Ithaca, NY
| score = 10–21
| attend = 32,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Tigers Down Cornell: Angry Tiger Comes From Behind to Beat Cornell|newspaper=Times Union|date=October 23, 1927|page=19|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107366041/tigers-down-cornell-angry-tiger-comes/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 29
| w/l = t
| opponent = Columbia
| site_stadium = Schoellkopf Field
| site_cityst = Ithaca, NY
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 0–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 5
| w/l = t
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1927|team=St. Bonaventure Brown Indians|title=St. Bonaventure}}
| site_stadium = Schoellkopf Field
| site_cityst = Ithaca, NY
| score = 6–6
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 12
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Dartmouth
| site_stadium = Memorial Field
| site_cityst = Hanover, NH
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 7–53
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = {{tooltip|November 24|Thursday}}
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Penn
| site_stadium = Franklin Field
| site_cityst = Philadelphia, PA
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 0–35
}}
}}