1927 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1927
| team = Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens
| mode = football
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| conference = Independent
| record = 2–5–1
| head_coach = Joseph J. Rothrock
| hc_year = 1st
| captain =
| stadium = Frazer Field
}}
{{1927 Southern college football independents records}}
The 1927 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team was an American football team that represented the University of Delaware in the 1927 college football season. In their first season under head coach Joseph J. Rothrock, the Blue Hens compiled a 2–5–1 record and were outscored by a total of 104 to 18.{{cite web|title=2012 Blue Hens Football Media Guide|publisher=University of Delaware|year=2012|page=156|access-date=May 30, 2020|url=https://issuu.com/udbluehens/docs/2012footballguide}} The team played its home games at Frazer Field in Newark, Delaware.
Schedule
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|October 1||{{cfb link|year=1927|team=Saint Joseph's Hawks|title=Saint Joseph's}}|Frazer Field|Newark, DE|W 6-0||
|October 8||{{cfb link|year=1927|team=Ursinus Bears|title=Ursinus}}|Frazer Field|Newark, DE|L 0-7||
|October 15|at|{{cfb link|year=1927|team=Hampden–Sydney Tigers|title=Hampden–Sydney}}||Hampden-Sydney, VA|L 0-20||
|October 22||St. John's (MD)|Frazer Field|Newark, DE|T 0-0||
|October 29|at|{{cfb link|year=1927|team=Johns Hopkins Blue Jays|title=Johns Hopkins}}||Baltimore, MD|L 0-36||
|November 5||{{cfb link|year=1927|team=Swarthmore Garnet Tide|title=Swarthmore}}|Frazer Field|Newark, DE|L 0-7||{{cite news|title=Ad|newspaper=Wilmington Morning News|date=November 5, 1927|page=14|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119399380/swarthmore-vs-delaware/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Delaware's Final Home Game Today|newspaper=Wilmington Morning News|date=November 5, 1927|page=14|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119399487/delawares-final-home-game-today/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 12|at|{{cfb link|year=1927|team=Gallaudet Bison|title=Gallaudet}}||Washington, DC|W 12-7||
|November 19|at|{{cfb link|year=1927|team=Haverford Fords|title=Haverford}}||Haverford, PA|L 0-27||
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References
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