1927 Idaho Vandals football team
The only loss was to Gonzaga in the finale; the Bulldogs won 13–0 at Gonzaga Stadium in Spokane on November 26.


1927 Idaho Vandals football team, Conference co-champions
This season is claimed by Idaho as a co-championship with Stanford and USC, and was supported at the time by the Pacific Coast Conference following its December 1927 meetings in Portland. Stanford gained the Rose Bowl berth and defeated Pittsburgh 7–6 on Monday, January 2. The three co-champions were granted possession of the Schwabacher Trophy for four months each.


1927 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
The 1927 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois in the 1927 Big Ten Conference football season. The Fighting Illini compiled a 7–0–1 record (5–0 against Western Conference opponents) and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 152 to 24. The team was selected as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Dickinson System, Helms Athletic Foundation, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis.


1927 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
Though the team had no consensus All-Americans and was known for its lack of prominent names, center Robert Reitsch and guard Russ Crane made a handful of first-team selections. Reitsch was also the team captain.


1927 Indiana Hoosiers football team
The 1927 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1927 Big Ten Conference football season. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Harlan Page, in his second year as head coach.


1927 Indiana bituminous strike
The 1927 Indiana bituminous strike was a strike by members of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) against local bituminous coal companies. Although the struggle raged throughout most of the nation's coal fields, its most serious impact was in western Pennsylvania, including Indiana County. The strike began on April 1, 1927, when almost 200,000 coal miners struck the coal mining companies operating in the Central Competitive Field,  after the two sides (management and labor) could not reach an agreement on pay rates.


1927 Indiana bituminous strike
The UMWA was attempting to retain pay raises gained in the contracts it had negotiated in 1922 and 1924, while management, stating that it was under economic pressure from competition with the West Virginia coal mines, was seeking wage reductions. The strike proved to be a disaster for the union, as by 1929, there were only 84,000 paying members of the union, down from 400,000 which belonged to the union in 1920.


1927 Indiana bituminous strike, Background
The coal industry in the United States was at the end of three decades of growth in 1920, during which production had increased five-fold. The UMWA had won pay hikes and a shorter work day in 1919, and preserved these gains in contracts with mine operators in 1922 and 1924. However demand, which had been artificially inflated during the World War, dropped off at the war's end. This, combined with a stagnation of coal usage through conservation efforts during the 1920s led to efforts to reduce costs by the mine operators. Coal miners and the United Mine Workers faced an extended crisis as coal operators sought cost reductions and pressured unionized miners to accept wage cutbacks to below the previously agreed upon rate of $7.50 per day, and even to abandon the union.


1927 Indiana bituminous strike, Background
In 1921, miners had struck against the Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation in Rossiter, Pennsylvania. The strike arose when the company began to require their employees to punch a time clock. The miners refused to comply, and were backed up by the UMWA, stating that the union's permission was required to enforce the time-clock requirement, in addition to the fact that no other mine in the district employed the use of a time clock. The strike lasted approximately one month, and ended when work resumed with the time clock in use.


1927 Indiana bituminous strike, Background
Northern coal mining operators, looking to reduce costs, blamed their weakened competitive position on the high and inflexible wage ratesnegotiated by the union. Attempts to impose significant wage reductions, in some cases up to 50 percent, were met by a bitter strike in1922. This strike was not only about wages, but over the concept of national versus district contracts. The union wanted a national contract, while the mining operators wanted contracts by districts.


1927 Indiana bituminous strike, Background
That strike lasted five months, but led to the Jacksonville agreement in 1924, wherein miners were given a $7.50 per day rate which had been agree upon in the 1920 negotiations. When the northern operators continued to lose market share to their southern counterparts, they asked the union for a renegotiation of the Jacksonville scale. Union President John L. Lewis refused on the grounds that the industry was undergoing a needed adjustment which, when completed, would result in fewer men and fewer mines and a stable, more prosperous industry.


1927 Indiana bituminous strike, Background
The coal mining area around Pittsburgh had always been a difficult territory for the UMWA. The presence of the nonunion Connellsvilleand Westmoreland fields made it difficult for the union to hold its ground, and the diverse ethnic groups which comprised the work force made organization and collective action difficult. It was in this district where the operators took their first stand against the union. In August, 1925, the Pittsburgh Coal Company, largest in the district, closed down, rejected the Jacksonville agreement, and reopened on a nonunion basis. Numerous other companies followed its lead. In all, some 110 mines in Pennsylvania changed from union to nonunion operation during 1925. This led to another strike over wages in 1925, which also lasted five months.


1927 Indiana bituminous strike, The strike
The expiration of the Jacksonville Agreement, as well as the widespread violation of its terms by operators, gave urgency to the issue of negotiating a new agreement in 1927. Union representatives were charged to negotiate the best possible wage agreement possible as long as there was no reduction in wages. In February 1927 the union representatives met with representatives of the mining operators in Miami. The operators requested a reduction of the Jacksonville scale as well as union acceptance of the principle that wages should be tied to the changing price of coal.


1927 Indiana bituminous strike, The strike
No agreement was reached in Miami, which led the union leadership to begin planning for a nationwide strike. The American Federation of Labor, responding to a plea from John L. Lewis (the head of the UMWA), passed a resolution which called on its affiliated international unions to help the coal miners. When the Coolidge administration refused to intervene in the dispute, Secretary of Labor James J. Davis could not get the major coal operators to agree to go back to the negotiating table with the UMWA.


1927 Indiana bituminous strike, The strike
On April 1, 1927, 40,000 coal miners struck in the Central Competitive Field, beginning the largest coal strike since 1922, they were supported by another 45,000 miners throughout Pennsylvania and over another 100,000 miners nationwide. The 1927 strike was one of the longest and most bitter strikes in Pennsylvania coal-industry history. The walk-out effectively closed down all mining activity in the bituminous fields of western Pennsylvania. As time passed, other miners joined the strike, particularly those who worked for the Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation, in Rossiter, Pennsylvania, which became the focal point for the entire strike.


1927 Indiana bituminous strike, The strike
From the outset the striking miners endured intense hardships. The operators used strikebreakers, private police, injunctions, and many other antiunion tactics which had been developed during a century of industrial conflict in America. Owners also evicted 12,000 miners and their families from company housing between July and December, 1927. The miners in Rossiter began to agitate, marching to other mines and encouraging their workers to join the strike.


1927 Indiana bituminous strike, The strike
In a major setback for the union, the company brought in strikebreakers and reopened the Rossiter mine in September, on a non-union basis with most of its employees recruited from outside the district and paid on the lower 1917 scale. A further, and much greater setback for the unions occurred in November, when Judge Jonathan Langham, serving on the Court of Common Pleas of Indiana County, Pennsylvania, published several sweeping injunctions against the protesters, putting a halt to their collective activities. The injunction forbade picketing, marching or gathering for meetings or rallies.


1927 Indiana bituminous strike, The strike
It prohibited the disbursement of union funds for use by striking miners. The order also forbade newspaper advertisements and other means of communication being used to aid the cause of the strikers and convincing miners to desist from work. But it was his final injunction which brought national attention to the conflict in Pennsylvania:  He issued a prohibition against singing hymns and holding church services on the last two pieces of property in Rossiter not owned by the mining operators:  lots owned by the Magyar Presbyterian Church situated directly opposite the mouth of the mine.


1927 Indiana bituminous strike, The strike
The publicity spawned by Langham's injunction attracted out-of-state journalists, and a United States Senate investigating committee that came to Rossiter in February 1928. The senators, who included Senator Robert Wagner of New York, heard testimony from Rossiter miners, company officials, and Langham, and pointedly questioned the judge and company attorneys about the injunction's marker denial of civil liberties and free speech. The company continued to import strikebreakers and rely on Coal and Iron Police, and by the end of August virtually every Rossiter-area mine operated on a non-union basis. In October 1928 the national strike officially ended in a major defeat for the UMWA.


1927 Indiana bituminous strike, Aftermath
The strike proved to be a disaster for the union. By 1929 only about 84,000 miners were paying dues. The central competitive field, the heart of the union's strength, was lost. Wage rates in the industry declined from an average of $7.50 to $5.50 per day. The work force in Pennsylvania declined by 21 percent.


1927 Indiana bituminous strike, Aftermath
The national strike and events in Rossiter, however, had telling effects on Senator Wagner, bolstering his sympathy for labor. Allied with Senator George Norris and Congressman Fiorello La Guardia, Wagner co-sponsored the Norris-La Guardia Act of 1932, which greatly restricted the use of labor injunctions.


1927 Indiana bituminous strike, Aftermath
In 1933 Wagner sponsored the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA), which called for collective bargaining between unions and management. This act enabled the UMWA to resume its growth with membership reaching 400,000 in 1934. In 1935, after the United States Supreme Court invalidated the NIRA, Wagner sponsored the National Labor Relations Act, which reinstated the NIRA's collective bargaining provisions and established the National Labor Relations Board to hold union elections and prevent unfair labor practices. Also in 1935, the US Senator from Pennsylvania sponsored the Guffey Coal Conservation Act. This measure, enacted in 1935, regulated the price and marketing structure of coal industry with provisions which guaranteed collective bargaining. It also stipulated uniform scales of wages and hours and created a national commission which would fix prices and regulate production.


1927 Indianapolis 500
The 15th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Monday, May 30, 1927.


1927 Indianapolis 500
First-time starter George Souders wins by eight laps, the largest margin since 1913. Souders becomes the first driver to win the full-500 mile race solo, with neither help from a relief driver, nor accompanied by a riding mechanic.


1927 Indianapolis 500, Time trials
Four-lap (10 mile) qualifying runs were utilized. Frank Lockhart won the pole position with a speed of 120.10 mph. Lockhart set a new 1-lap track record on his final lap.


1927 Indianapolis 500, Race details
For 1927, riding mechanics were optional; however, no teams utilized them.


1927 Indianapolis 500, Race details
Eddie Hearne was the only driver in the field who had competed at the inaugural Indy 500. This would be the final time a driver from the inaugural race would compete.


1927 International Cross Country Championships
The 1927 International Cross Country Championships was held in Caerleon, Wales, at the Caerleon Racecourse on 2 April 1927. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald, and on Track Stats.


1927 International Cross Country Championships
Complete results, medallists,  and the results of British athletes were published.


1927 International Cross Country Championships, Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 44 athletes from 5 countries.


1927 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
The 1927 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 22nd edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. 21 teams entered the Europe Zone, while 4 entered the America Zone. Yugoslavia and Greece competed for the first time, while Germany returned to the competition for the first time since 1914.


1927 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
France defeated Japan in the Inter-Zonal play-off. The French defeated the United States, capturing their first championship, and ending the USA's 6-year run. The final was played at the Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on 8–10 September.


1927 International Lawn Tennis Challenge America Zone
The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1927 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.


1927 International Lawn Tennis Challenge America Zone
4 teams entered the America Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Final against the winner of the Europe Zone. Japan defeated Canada in the final, and went on to face France in the Inter-Zonal Final.


1927 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone
The Europe Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1927 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.


1927 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone
21 teams entered the Europe Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Final against the winner of the America Zone. France defeated Denmark in the final, and went on to face Japan in the Inter-Zonal Final.


1927 International Pageant of Pulchritude
The Second International Pageant of Pulchritude and Eighth Annual Bathing Girl Revue was held from May 21 to May 23, 1927, in Galveston, Texas. More contestants from outside the United States entered the pageant compared to the previous year, with women from Cuba, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, and Spain joining. Canada and Mexico also sent delegates, as they had in 1926. There were also 29 contestants from the United States. An estimated 250,000 people attended the events during that weekend, and over $5000 in prizes were given to the winners. The pageant was becoming known as an opportunity for potential movie and stage actresses to be discovered.


1927 International Pageant of Pulchritude
Miss United States, Dorothy Britton, who represented New York City, was crowned Miss Universe 1927 at the end of the event. She was considered the first American girl to win an international contest of any importance, as well as the first girl from New York City to win a national prize.


1927 International Pageant of Pulchritude, Events
Before the pageant opened, the contestants from Europe toured the Southwest United States for 20 days before arriving at Galveston.


1927 International Pageant of Pulchritude, Events
The Second International Pageant opened on May 21 with a parade of the contestants in sports costume after a lunch at Gaido's Restaurant. Bands such as El Toreador Band, Miss Spain's official escort Afterwards, contestants were invited to a dance on the pleasure boat Galvez.


1927 International Pageant of Pulchritude, Events
On May 22, the swimsuit parade was held. Conservative estimates put the number of people in attendance at around 250,000. The entire city was crowded, with hotels filled and heavy street traffic. Bands such as the Santa Fe Shop Band, the official escort for Miss Cleburne, the Missouri Pacific Lines Band, and the Palestine Booster's Club accompanied the parade.


1927 International Pageant of Pulchritude, Events
The main pageant was held on May 23 at the Galveston City Auditorium. There, Miss United States and the Beauty Queen of the Universe were crowned.


1927 International Pageant of Pulchritude, Events
Accommodations for the contestants were provided for at the Hotel Galvez and the Hotel Dallas.


1927 International Pageant of Pulchritude, Events, Pageant format
The 1927 pageant saw a change from the previous year, as the contest introduced the selection of a Miss United States. During the final pageant, each of the girls representing cities and states from across the United States were judged, with the top scorer gaining the title of Miss United States. Miss United States would then compete for the Grand Prize and the title of Beauty Queen of the Universe against the foreign competitors. The remaining prizes, from First through Ninth, would then be a free-for-all among the international contestants and the remaining contestants from the United States.


1927 International Pageant of Pulchritude, Events, Pageant format
The winner of the Grand Prize would receive $2000 and a silver plaque. In the subsequent free-for-all, First Prize received $1000, Second received $500, and Third to Ninth received $100.


1927 International Pageant of Pulchritude, Judges
The panel of judges were composed of artists, sculptors, and benefactors of the revue. Their identities remained a secret to each other and to the public until the end of the event. The criteria for judging included beauty, form, grace, and personal charm, while costumes and float decorations were not considered.


1927 International Pageant of Pulchritude, Results
"I just know they'll give Miss New York the prize. I love her. She's the most beautiful girl in the world, I think."


1927 International Pageant of Pulchritude, Results, Dorothy Britton
Dorothy Britton, Miss New York, was awarded both the Miss United States title and the Beauty Queen of the Universe prize. For winning, Britton received $2000 in gold and a silver plaque engraved "Beauty Queen of the Universe". She attributed her win, in part, to a locket with her mother's picture, which she kept with her throughout the competition.


1927 International Pageant of Pulchritude, Results, Dorothy Britton
After the competition, Britton began a 12-week tour in July, making appearances across the United States, such as at Pleasure Beach, Connecticut, on July 1 and in Lowell, Massachusetts, on August 22.


1927 International Pageant of Pulchritude, Results, Dorothy Britton
Britton, 19, from Jersey City, was a saleslady at a New York dress house before entering the Miss New York Contest. She was chosen among 900 contestants for the title of Miss New York, the contest held by N. Y. Mirror and Smart Set Magazine. Britton was said to enjoy three cups of black coffee a day, and was described as an out-of-doors type of girl. She engaged in a variety of sports such as swimming, tennis, fencing, and horseback riding.


1927 International Pageant of Pulchritude, Results, Placements, Miss United States
Miss Chicago - Frances Dempsey Miss Denver - Dulcy Burke Miss Florida - Ada Williams Miss Fort Worth - Gertrude Sheffield Miss Houston - Alberta McKellop Miss Pine Bluff - Dorothy Fisk Miss Point Isabel - Bess Enness Miss Shreveport - Janet Currie Miss Dallas - Moselle Ransom


1927 International Pageant of Pulchritude, Delegates
Thirty-eight women entered the pageant in 1927, one less from the previous year's. However, there were more competitors in the event from outside the United States compared to 1926. Also, restrictions were placed on the contestants in that they should be chosen in an elimination contest in their home city, conducted by a newspaper, theater, commercial or civic body.


1927 International Pageant of Pulchritude, Delegates
Contestants had to be unmarried, aged 16 to 25, and not connected with any stage presentation, movie studio, or similar industries. The contest was open to women from any city anywhere in the world except Galveston. For example, Miss Italy was chosen in a nationwide contest by Rome newspaper Tevere, and Miss France was chosen in a contest conducted by Le Journal of Paris.


1927 International Pageant of Pulchritude, Delegates, Controversy
In April 1927, a French woman who sought to enter the pageant after claiming she was the "most beautiful woman in France" was detained at Ellis Island. Official sponsors of Miss France, Roberte Cusey, protested her claim.


1927 International Pageant of Pulchritude, Notable guests
Major General Mason Patrick attended the event, bringing with him a detail of over 60 planes. Also present were Congressman Clay Stone Briggs and newspaper publisher Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr.


1927 Invercargill mayoral election
The 1927 Invercargill mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.


1927 Iowa Hawkeyes football team
The 1927 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1927 Big Ten Conference football season.


1927 Iowa State Cyclones football team
The 1927 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts (later renamed Iowa State University) in the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1927 college football season. In their second season under head coach Noel Workman, the Cyclones compiled a 4–3–1 record (3–2 against conference opponents), finished in fourth place in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 78 to 77. They played their home games at State Field in Ames, Iowa.


1927 Iowa State Cyclones football team
Walter Weiss was the team captain. Harry Lindblom was selected as a first-team all-conference player. The Cyclones garnered a 12-12 tie against 1927 national co-champion Illinois.


1927 Iowa State Teachers football team
The 1927 Iowa State Teachers football team represented Iowa State Teachers College (later renamed University of Northern Iowa) in the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Association (IIAA) during the 1927 college football season. In its third season under head coach Paul F. Bender, the team compiled a 7–0–1 record and won the IIAC championship.


1927 Isle of Man TT
The 1927 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy saw more changes occur with a fatal accident during practice to Archie Birkin, a brother to Tim Birkin of the Bentley Boys fame. The corner in Kirk Michael where the accident occurred was renamed Birkins Bend and from 1928 practice sessions were held on closed-roads. In the 1927 Junior TT Race the retirement of Wal Handley on the last-lap handed the victory to Freddie W Dixon, riding a HRD motorcycle, winning at an average speed of 67.19 mph (108.13 km/h).


1927 Isle of Man TT
In the 1927 Lightweight TT Race, Wal Handley won the 7 lap race in 4 hours 10 minutes and 23 seconds, at an average speed of 63.30 mph (101.87 km/h). A slipping clutch for Stanley Woods in the 1927 Senior TT Race, riding a new over-head camshaft Norton, allowed teammate Alec Bennett to win at an average speed of 68.41 mph (110.10 km/h).


1927 Italian Grand Prix
The 1927 Italian Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Monza on 4 September 1927.


1927 Italian Grand Prix
It was part of the 1927 AIACR World Manufacturers' Championship season.


1927 Jericho earthquake
The 1927 Jericho earthquake was a devastating event that shook Mandatory Palestine and Transjordan on July 11 at 15:04 local time. The epicenter of the earthquake was in the northern area of the Dead Sea. The cities of Jerusalem, Jericho, Ramle, Tiberias, and Nablus were heavily damaged and at least 287 were estimated to have been killed.


1927 Jericho earthquake, Earthquake
Vered and Striem (1977) located the earthquake epicenter to be near the Damya Bridge in the Jordan Valley, and close to the city of Jericho. Later research by Avni (1999), located the epicenter to be around 50 km south of this location near the Dead Sea.


1927 Jericho earthquake, Effects, Mandatory Palestine, Jerusalem
The death toll in Jerusalem included more than 130 people and around 450 were injured. About 300 houses collapsed or were severely damaged to the point of not being usable. The earthquake also caused heavy damage to the domes of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the al-Aqsa Mosque.


1927 Jericho earthquake, Effects, Mandatory Palestine, The rest of the country
The earthquake was especially severe in Nablus where it destroyed around 300 buildings, including the Mosque of Victory and the historic parts of the Great Mosque of Nablus. The death toll in Nablus included more than 150 people and around 250 were injured.


1927 Jericho earthquake, Effects, Mandatory Palestine, The rest of the country
In Jericho, a number of houses collapsed, including several relatively new hotels. In one of the hotels, three female tourists from India were killed. Ramla and Tiberias were also heavily damaged.


1927 Jericho earthquake, Effects, Emirate of Transjordan
The most affected city in Transjordan was Salt in which 80 people were killed. In the rest of Transjordan another 20 people were killed.


1927 Jericho earthquake, Effects, Emirate of Transjordan
This is the Russian Monastery of Ascension on the Mount of Olives in which three people were killed. On the iron gate on the left, we can read : РУССКАЯ ДУХОВНАЯ МИССИЯ (Russian Ecclesiastical Mission)


1927 KBUs Pokalturnering
The 1927 KBUs Pokalturnering (Unofficial English translation: 1927 KBU Cup, 1927 Copenhagen Cup) was the 18th edition of the regional tournament, KBUs Pokalturnering, the highest senior cup competition organised by the Copenhagen FA (KBU). The tournament was held in the fall of 1927 with B.93 as the defending cup champions. The season was launched on 28 August 1927 with the two matches featuring three of the lowest placed league teams from the previous season.


1927 KBUs Pokalturnering
BK Frem won the 1927 edition by defeating the previous season's cup champions, Østerbro-based B.93, 3–2 in the final after 3–0 lead halfway through the second half and an overall even match, played at Københavns Idrætspark on 6 November 1927, which was the BK Frem's second cup title in the tournament after seven appearances in the finals. The 8 participants in the tournament included the six members of the 1926–27 KBUs Mesterskabsrække and the two highest placed teams from the 1926–27 KBUs A-række.


1927 KBUs Pokalturnering
The team line-up of Kjøbenhavns BK in the cup match against Akademisk BK consisted mostly of young and newly promoted senior players. The winners, Handelsstandens BK, of the 1926–27 KBUs A-række, the second-tier league under the Kjøbenhavns Boldspil-Union, managed to get past the first round by defeating the runners-up of the Copenhagen second highest league, Østerbros BK, before eventually being eliminated by B.93 in the second round.


1927 KBUs Pokalturnering
The first round match between Østerbros BK and Handelsstandens BK at Københavns Idrætspark (Idrætsparkens Fodboldbane), for the first time in Danish football, featured the squad numbers 1–22 on white squares, which were placed high on the back of all the outfield players and on the chest of the goalkeepers — numbers 1–11 were carried by the players of Handelsstandens BK, while numbers 12–22 were carried by the Østerbros BK players.


1927 KBUs Pokalturnering
The reform experiment, receiving mixed reviews by the local newspapers, was meant as a service for the spectators nothing familiar with individual players, who were listed next to their numbers in the matchday programme. The Nationaltidende's journalist argued that the numbers were too hard to spot on the players located farthest away and wearing long-striped jerseys using multiple colours. The many double-digit numbers only made it harder to see, and 2 times 1–11 would suffice.


1927 KBUs Pokalturnering
The writer for Berlingske Tidende deemed the experiment a success, finding that the numbers were large and clear and easy to read, requesting that the idea be tried again in front of a larger audience. The usage of numbered player jerseys at an official Danish game took place shortly after the first attempt had been made at an unofficial preparation match in English football featured Chelsea F.C. players.


1927 KBUs Pokalturnering, Matches, Cup Final, Match summary
The match was refereed by Lauritz Andersen (previsouly affiliated with BK Velo), who had previously refereed two quarterfinal matches in this season's cup tournament and previous season's cup final. The final match was played at Københavns Idrætspark for the fifteenth time in the tournament's history, on 6 November 1927.


1927 KBUs Pokalturnering, Matches, Cup Final, Match summary
The draw concerning the right to choose the starting half on the football field was won by BK Frem's captain Pauli Jørgensen, over the opposing team captain Fritz Tarp (B.93), selecting the goal facing the west side, towards Øster Allé — the choice did not play any significant role during the match as there were no considerable sunlight or wind. The field was reportedly very soft and during the first half, a short-lived breeze fell.


1927 KBUs Pokalturnering, Matches, Cup Final, Match summary
The match, which was delayed 5 minutes, started at a high pace. The first goal was conceived after only 5 minutes by BK Frem's Svend Hansen, when his shot from the right side of the field hit the right goal post projecting inside the net just next to the left goalpost, outside the reach of the 93's goalkeeper, Svend Jensen. The 1–0 lead energizes the BK Frem players, but several attempts do not materialise into an additional goal.


1927 KBUs Pokalturnering, Matches, Cup Final, Match summary
After getting an accident with his knee in the 11th minute, BK Frem's Knud Christophersen have to temporarily leave the football field for three minutes to recover. B.93 gets the upper hand with many and the most dangerous attacks with goals prevented safely by the BK Frem goalkeeper, Niels Hansen, while BK Frem are sentenced to several fouls committed in this period. Unexpected, forward Carl Stoltz increase BK Frem's lead to 2–0 upon a powerful kick with him left foot towards the right goal post, placing a renewed pressure on the B.93 players.


1927 KBUs Pokalturnering, Matches, Cup Final, Match summary
The second half took place mostly on the BK Frem's half of the field, where the B.93 players struggled to void the lead made by BK Frem. After several B.93 attempts at the beginning of the second half, BK Frem gets an opportunity in the 63rd minute. BK Frem's forward Robert Jensen shots the ball over Svend Jensen's head, hitting the right goal post farthest away, and bouncing into the goal net near the left goal post, increasing the lead to 3–0 – almost identical to the first BK Frem goal made in the first half.


1927 KBUs Pokalturnering, Matches, Cup Final, Match summary
B.93 decided to regroup, placing three of their players, Fritz Tarp as left innerwing, Børge Mørch as left half and Helge Scharff as right back, in positions, that they are not used to playing. B.93 is awarded a corner on the left side after an error committed by BK Frem's defender, Eiler Holm.


1927 KBUs Pokalturnering, Matches, Cup Final, Match summary
The following corner kick ends up at Kaj Plaugmann, who makes one single move, and then shots the ball into the roof of the goal with his left foot, finally giving B.93 a goal in the match 4 minutes after BK Frem's last goal, reducing the overall score to 3–1. For the remaining part of the second half, there are almost continuous attacks by the B.93's players. With two minutes remaining of the match, B.93 gets their second and the last goal of an overall even match, once again made by Kaj Plaugmann.


1927 KBUs Pokalturnering, Matches, Cup Final, Match summary
BK Frem hence won the 1927 edition of the KBUs Pokalturnering, and were crowned Copenhagen Cup Champions (Danish: KBU pokalmestre), by defeating the previous season's cup champions, B.93, 3–2 in the final after 3–0 lead almost two-thirds into the match, which was the BK Frem's second championship in the tournament after seven appearances in the final. B.93's forward Børge Mørch and BK Frem's Pauli Jørgensen were highlighted as the best players on the field — though they did not score, they created the opportunities for their colleagues. The Valby-team players celebrated the win in the evening at the Centralbanehotellet situated on Halmtorvet.


1927 KLM Fokker F.VIII crash
The 1927 KLM Fokker F.VIII crash happened on 22 August 1927 when Fokker F.VIII H-NADU of KLM crashed at Underriver, Kent, following structural failure of the tailfin or rudder. The aircraft was operating an international scheduled flight from Croydon, Surrey, to Waalhaven Airport, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. One of the two crew was killed and eight people were injured.


1927 KLM Fokker F.VIII crash, Aircraft
The accident aircraft was Fokker F.VIII H-NADU, c/n 4993. The aircraft was manufactured in 1926 and had entered service with KLM on 24 June 1927.


1927 KLM Fokker F.VIII crash, Accident
On 22 August 1927, H-NADU departed Croydon at 8:07 am, bound for Rotterdam. it was carrying two crew, nine passengers, 13 kilograms (29 lb) of mail and 144 kilograms (317 lb) of freight. About 10 minutes after take-off, a tensioning wire at the tail broke, tearing off the rudder and tailfin. This made the aircraft very difficult to control, with a crash inevitable. The aircraft crashed into the crowns of some trees in the grounds of a large house named St Julian's at Underriver. The mechanic was killed when he was crushed by one of the engines. The pilot and seven passengers were injured. The tailfin and rudder were recovered at a distance of over 1 kilometre (1,100 yd) from the wreckage of the aircraft. Damage to the aircraft was assessed at ƒ68,985.07.


1927 KML season
The 1927 Korvpalli Meistriliiga was the 2nd season of the Estonian basketball league.


1927 KML season
The season started on 12 February 1927 and concluded on 27 March 1927 with Tallinna Kalev winning their 1st Estonian League title.


1927 Kansas Jayhawks football team
The 1927 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1927 college football season. In their second and final season under head coach Franklin Cappon, the Jayhawks compiled a 3–4–1 record (3–3–1 against conference opponents), finished in fifth place in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 146 to 89. They played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas; the stadium's capacity was increased to 35,000 in 1927 with completion of the north bowl. Barrett Hamilton was the team captain.


1927 Kansas State Wildcats football team
The 1927 Kansas State Agricultural College Wildcats football team represented Kansas State Agricultural College in the 1927 college football season.


1927 Kent State Golden Flashes football team
The 1927 Kent State Golden Flashes football team was an American football team that represented Kent State Normal College (later Kent State University) during the 1927 college football season. In its third season under head coach Merle E. Wagoner, Kent State compiled a 1–5–1 record and was outscored by a total of 80 to 25.


1927 Kentucky Derby
The 1927 Kentucky Derby was the 53rd running of the Kentucky Derby. The race was run on May 14, 1927.


1927 Kentucky Wildcats football team
The 1927 Kentucky Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of Kentucky as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1926 season. In their first season under head coach Harry Gamage, Kentucky compiled a 3–6–1 record.


1927 Kentucky gubernatorial election
The 1927 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1927. Republican nominee Flem D. Sampson defeated Democratic nominee J. C. W. Beckham with 52.09% of the vote.


1927 Kenyan general election
General elections were held in Kenya Colony on 12 February 1927.


1927 Kenyan general election, Campaign
Reports before the election noted that of the eleven white seats, five were uncontested with the incumbent returned unopposed, one was likely to be uncontested and the remaining five would be contested. The Reform Party led by Hugh Cholmondeley issued an 18-point manifesto, which was approved by all the incumbent members of the Legislative Council except Hamilton Ward, who partly adhered to its programme, but reserved the right to vote independently. The manifesto included a call for an elected European majority on the Legislative Council. Reports that the mayor of Nairobi James Riddell would run against the Reform Party proved to be unfounded.


1927 Kenyan general election, Campaign
Following their boycott of the 1924 elections, the Indian population again failed to participate fully in the election, with only one candidate standing in the five-member Indian constituency. As a result, four Indian representatives were appointed to the Council after it was opened on 8 March. By-elections for the four Indian seats were scheduled for the following year, but no candidates were nominated due to the ongoing boycott over the separate voting rolls for Whites and Indians.


1927 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
The 1927 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship was the 33rd staging of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board.


1927 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
It took four games, including three replays, to decide the title. On 22 September 1928, Mooncoin won the championship after a 2-04 to 2-02 defeat of James Stephens in the final. It was their seventh championship title overall and their first title since 1916.


1927 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes on 11 September 1927. The People's Radical Party remained the largest faction in Parliament, winning 112 of the 315 seats.


1927 Klass I season
The 1927 Klass I season was the fifth season of the Klass I, the top level of ice hockey in Sweden. This was the last season of the Klass I, it was replaced by the Elitserien for 1927–28. IK Göta won the league championship.


1927 LFF Lyga
The 1927 LFF Lyga was the 6th season of the LFF Lyga football competition in Lithuania. Statistics of the LFF Lyga for the 1927 season. LFLS Kaunas won the championship.


1927 LSU Tigers football team
The 1927 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University (LSU) in the 1927 Southern Conference football season. LSU did not celebrate a homecoming game in 1927.


1927 LSU Tigers football team
Tackle Jess Tinsley became the first LSU player selected as a first team All-Southern player since 1919. He would be the only player from LSU to be named All-Southern in the 1920s.


1927 Lafayette Leopards football team
The 1927 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Herb McCracken, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record. Harold Cothran and William Atkinson were the team captains. The team played its home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.


1927 Latvian Higher League, Overview
It was contested by 4 teams, and Olimpija won the championship.


1927 Latvian citizenship referendum
A referendum on the citizenship law was held in Latvia on 17 and 18 December 1927. Voters were asked whether they approved of repealing the amendments made to the citizenship law by the Saeima. The referendum was passed and the amendments were cancelled. Of a total of 1,120,026 registered voters, only 242,798 cast valid votes.


1927 Latvian presidential election
The 1927 presidential elections in Latvia took place in April 5, 7, and 8, 1927, during the term of the 2nd Saeima. The elections took place in extraordinary circumstances, as the former President of Latvia, Jānis Čakste, had died while holding the office of President. The election of the president this time proved to be very difficult as only after nine unsuccessful votes in three Saeima sittings for the 2nd President of Latvia was Gustavs Zemgals elected.


1927 Latvian presidential election, Election process and results
The presidential election took place in extraordinary circumstances after the death of the former President of Latvia, Jānis Čakste, on March 14, 1927. In the first vote for the president, the Latvian Farmers' Union nominated Alberts Kviesis, and with the Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party nominating former Minister of Justice and Home Affairs Pēteris Juraševskis. As both candidates do not get the required number of votes, in the second vote, former Prime Minister Voldemārs Zāmuēls was nominated in place of Juraševskis as he did not represent any party, but it does not change anything in the results either. In the third vote, Zāmuēls was replaced by Latvian Ambassador to London Frīdrihs Vesmanis, again without any results.


1927 Latvian presidential election, Election process and results
The elections continued at the next sitting of the Saeima on April 7, with Kviesis and Vesmanis, led by the Social Democrats, got the same result of 44 votes each. Speaker of the Saeima and acting president Pauls Kalniņš and poet Rainis were discussed as candidates.


1927 Latvian presidential election, Election process and results
As no candidate is elected in several more rounds of voting, Arveds Bergs, a deputy of the National Union, proposed amendments to the Constitution of Latvia on April 8, transferring the right to elect the President to the people. Although Bergs's proposal was rejected, Gustavs Zemgals, the former vice-president of the People's Council, had agreed to run for president at Fēlikss Cielēns's suggestion to save the coalition from running out of candidates. As a result, Gustavs Zemgals is elected with 73 votes in favor.


1927 Lebanese general election
General elections were held in Lebanon in 1927. The new Parliament had 46 members, and was formed by adding 16 elected members to the 30 elected members from the previous Representative Council.


1927 Lehigh Brown and White football team
The 1927 Lehigh Brown and White football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In its third and final season under head coach Percy Langdon Wendell, the team compiled a 1–7–1 record and was outscored by a total of 196 to 31. The team played its home games at Taylor Stadium in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.


1927 Leith by-election
This was a parliamentary by-election for the British House of Commons constituency of Leith


1927 Leith by-election, Previous MP
When David Lloyd George replaced H. H. Asquith as Liberal Party Leader, the Liberal MP, William Wedgwood Benn decided to resign from the Liberal party and to join the Labour Party. Benn believed that his change of party allegiances warranted him resigning his seat and seeking re-election.


1927 Leith by-election, Candidates
Benn had been the Liberal MP for Leith since 1918 and was keen to stand for election as a Labour candidate. However, the Leith Labour Party did not want him as their candidate, so Benn did not contest the by-election. The Leith Labour Party adopted R.F. Wilson as their candidate. He was a local left-wing Socialist who had stood against Benn in the previous two elections. The Conservatives, who had not contested the seat since 1918, put up a candidate in Allan Beaton. He was one of the Scottish conservatives most experienced candidates.


1927 Leith by-election, Candidates
He had contested the safe Labour seat of Edinburgh Central at the last General Election. The Leith Liberal Association struggled to find a Liberal candidate prepared to defend a seat under such difficult circumstances. However, their seventh choice as candidate, Ernest Brown agreed to contest the seat. Brown was an Englishman who was employed by party headquarters as a speaker. He had briefly been Liberal MP for Rugby from 1923-24 when he was defeated.


1927 Leith by-election, Campaign
The Liberal campaign was reliant upon Brown's ability and enthusiasm as a speaker, backed by plentiful funds from Lloyd George's national organisation. However, his task was made difficult because the local Liberal organisation had been allowed to run down during Benn's tenure as MP.


1927 Leith by-election, Result
Right up to polling day, the newspapers were predicting either a Labour win or a Conservative win with much talk about the prospect of the Liberal losing his deposit.


1927 Leith by-election, Aftermath
Four days after this victory, the Liberals gained a seat from Labour at Southwark North. Benn did not have long to wait for a local Labour Party to adopt him as a candidate when a by-election vacancy came at Aberdeen North in 1928, where he was returned to parliament. At the 1929 general election Brown was re-elected here. Beaton contested Dunfermline Burghs without success and Wilson did not stand again.


1927 Liberian constitutional referendum
A referendum on requirements for elections and the composition of the Supreme Court was held in Liberia on 3 May 1927. It proposed to alter the requirements to stand for election, and to expand the Supreme Court from one Chief Justice and two associates to one Chief and four associates. It was approved by the requisite two-thirds majority, and was passed.


1927 Liberian general election
General elections were held in Liberia in 1927. In the presidential election, the result was a victory for Charles D. B. King of the True Whig Party, who was re-elected for a third term after defeating Thomas J. Faulkner of the People's Party.


1927 Liberian general election
The elections were referred to as "the most rigged ever" by Francis Johnson-Morris, a modern head of the country's National Elections Commission, and also made it into the Guinness Book of Records as the most fraudulent election ever reported in history, as despite there being fewer than 15,000 registered voters, King received around 240,000 votes, compared to 9,000 for Faulkner.


1927 Liberian general election, Aftermath
Following the election, Faulkner accused members of the True Whig Party government of using slave labor at home and selling slaves to the Spanish colony of Fernando Po, as well as involving the Army in the process. Despite the government's denials and a refusal to cooperate, the League of Nations established the "International Commission of Inquiry into the Existence of Slavery and Forced Labor in the Republic of Liberia", under the chairmanship of British jurist Cuthbert Christy, to determine the extent of the problem. American President Herbert Hoover briefly suspended relations to press Monrovia into compliance.


1927 Liberian general election, Aftermath
In 1930, the committee's report was published, and although it could not substantiate charges of slavery and forced labor, it implicated government officials, including both King and vice president Allen Yancy of profiting from forced labor, which it equated to slavery. There were also suggestions about putting Liberia into trusteeship. As a result, the House of Representatives began impeachment procedures against King, who quickly resigned. He was succeeded by Edwin Barclay. Faulkner contested the 1931 elections, but lost again.


1927 Liechtenstein referendums
Three referendums were held in Liechtenstein during 1927. The first two were held on 30 January and consisted of an initiative to liberalise the building industry and a counterproposal from the Landtag. Both were rejected by a majority of voters. The third was held on 1 May on the subject of amending the law on salaries and compensation. It was also rejected.


1927 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
The 1927 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship was the 33rd staging of the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Limerick County Board in 1887.


1927 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
Fedamore won the championship after a 5-10 to 1-03 defeat of Young Irelands in the final. It was their second championship title overall and their first championship title since 1912. It remains their last championship title.


1927 Liverpool City Council election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1927.


1927 Liverpool City Council election
One third of the council seats were up for election. The term of office for each councillor being three years.


1927 Liverpool City Council election
Two of the thirty-nine seats up for election were uncontested.


1927 Liverpool City Council election, By-elections, No. 16 Sefton Park West, 1 December 1927
Following the death on 17 February 1927 of Alderman Sir John Utting D.L, Councillor Frank Campbell Wilson (Liberal, Sefton Park West, elected unopposed 1 November 1926) was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 5 October 1927.


1927 Liverpool City Council election, By-elections, No. 18 Edge Hill, 17 September 1928
The resignation of Councillor William Smith (Labour, Edge Hill, elected 1 November 1926) was reported to the council on 5 September 1928.


1927 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
The 1927 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was the 17th edition of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège cycle race and was held on 10 April 1927. The race started and finished in Liège. The race was won by Maurice Raes.


1927 Lompoc earthquake
The Lompoc earthquake of 1927 occurred at 5:49 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST), on November 4 with an epicenter off the coast of Lompoc, Santa Barbara County in Southern California. It is one of the largest earthquakes to have occurred off the coast of California, having a surface wave magnitude measuring 7.3. The earthquake may have originated along the Hosgri Fault, an entirely offshore structure. Shaking from the earthquake and an unusually large tsunami caused some damage to communities near the earthquake. Due to its location and the area being sparsely populated at the time, there were no human fatalities reported. It is the only California generated tsunami recorded in Hawaii.


1927 Lompoc earthquake, Geology
The San Simeon-Hosgri Fault is an approximately 140 km long, complex thrust or reverse fault that runs offshore, with an 18 km section that is on land. The fault has an almost north-south strike and east dip. It is a system of interlaced and parallel faults that form this structure. It lies sub-parallel to the San Andreas Fault and is part of a system of faults that accommodate motion between the North American and Pacific Plate. The fault poses a hazard to the Diablo Canyon Power Plant, which sits a few kilometers from the fault. Following the Fukushima Daichi nuclear accident, caused by an earthquake, there have been concerns of a nuclear disaster involving the power plant. The onshore San Simeon Fault triggered the 2003 earthquake that killed two people.


1927 Lompoc earthquake, Earthquake
The epicenter was located 80 km west of Point Arguello. Large landslides happened along coast around the Santa Barbara district and railway services were suspended. Flues and chimneys were damaged at Lompoc and other surrounding towns. In the town of Surf, people were thrown from standing and reclining positions, a concrete road cracked, a rail bridge was thrown out of position, and sand and water erupted from sand blows, indicating that liquefaction took place because of the earthquake. Shaking intensity reached a maximum of X (Extremely high intensity tremor) on the Rossi-Forel scale, or X (Extreme) on the MMI scale for a very limited area, while intensities VIII and to VI covered a larger region. Shock from the earthquake apparently stunned and killed many fishes near the epicenter.


1927 Lompoc earthquake, Earthquake, Tsunami
The earthquake triggered a tsunami that reached a maximum height of 2 meters was seen at Surf and Pismo beach, and was 1.2 meters at Port San Luis. The tsunami measured 7 cm at La Jolla, San Diego. A positive wave was sent in the direction towards the California coast, as reported by eyewitnesses that there was no receding of the seawater before the waves hit. Tide gauges in Hawaii measured the tsunamis at 2 cm at Honolulu and 10 cm at Hilo.


1927 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team
The 1927 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Louisiana Polytechnic Institute—now known as Louisiana Tech University—as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1927 college football season. Led by Hugh E. Wilson in his second and final season as head coach, Louisiana Tech compiled an overall record of 3–5. The team's captain was Harrell P. Willis.


1927 Louisville Cardinals football team
The 1927 Louisville Cardinals football team was an American football team that represented the University of Louisville as a member of the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC) during the 1927 college football season. In their third season under head coach Tom King, the Cardinals compiled a 4–4 record.


1927 Loyola Lions football team
The 1927 Loyola Lions football team was an American football team that represented Loyola College of Los Angeles (now known as Loyola Marymount University) as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Harold Hess, the Lions compiled a 4–3–1 record and outscored their opponents by a total of 218 to 81.


1927 Loyola Wolf Pack football team
The 1927 Loyola Wolf Pack football team was an American football team that represented Loyola College of New Orleans (now known as Loyola University New Orleans) as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In June 1927, Loyola hired Clark Shaughnessy as its new head football coach. He had been a coach at Tulane for the prior 11 years. Shaughnessy remained at Loyola for six season; he was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. In its first season under Shaughnessy, the team compiled a 6–2–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 130 to 41.


1927 Macdonald Brier
The 1927 Macdonald Brier Tankard, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held March 1–3 at the Granite Club in Toronto. This edition of the Brier would be the first, with it also being the first time it was hosted in Ontario, and the first time it was hosted in Toronto's Granite Club.


1927 Macdonald Brier
Skip Murray MacNeill, skip of the Nova Scotia champion Halifax rink would win the inaugural tournament, leading his rink of skips (his original team couldn't make the trip) to victory.


1927 Macdonald Brier
The event began with an opening banquet with Ontario Lieutenant Governor William Donald Ross and Ontario Premier Howard Ferguson welcoming players.


1927 Macdonald Brier, Event summary
After successful trips by the winner of the Manitoba Bonspiel in 1925 and their participation in the Quebec Bonspiel being deemed popular enough to consider a national tournament in 1926, the Stewart brothers of Macdonald Tobacco would sponsor what would become the Brier in 1927. Played at the Granite Club in Toronto, the tournament would feature teams from four provinces, two cities, and a representative from Western Canada and Northern Ontario, the latter becoming a fixture at the Brier. It would be the only Brier that would have all games go 14 ends (with two games going to a 15th end to break ties)


1927 Macdonald Brier, Teams
Skip : Major Robert WhyteThird: Robert MortonSecond: Malcolm HollidayLead: Joe Power


1927 Macdonald Brier, Teams
Skip : Robert MacKenzieThird: William WatsonSecond: J. M. HuntLead: Harry Watson


1927 Macdonald Brier, Team selection
Teams were chosen by invitation. Many provinces had yet to have provincial championships.


1927 Maine Black Bears football team
The 1927 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the New England Conference during the 1927 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Fred Brice, the team compiled a 6–1 record (3–0 against conference opponents) and won the conference championship. The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Orono, Maine. Moses Nanigan was the team captain.


1927 Major League Baseball season
The 1927 Major League Baseball season began in April and ended with the World Series in October. The New York Yankees, whose lineup featured Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, dominated the American League with 110 wins. The Yankees swept the Pittsburgh Pirates in the World Series. No no-hitters were thrown during the season.


1927 Major League Baseball season
This was the sixth of eight seasons that "League Awards", a precursor to the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (introduced in 1931), were issued.


1927 Major League Baseball season, Notable events
On July 18, the Philadelphia Phillies used four pitchers as pinch hitters and pinch runners against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Jack Scott, Clarence Mitchell and Les Sweetland hit, while Tony Kaufmann ran for Scott.


1927 Major League Baseball season, Notable events
On September 30, in a game against The Washington Senators, New York Yankee Babe Ruth smashed his 60th home run of the year, a record that would hold for 39 years.


1927 Maltese general election
General elections were held in Malta between 7 and 9 August 1927. Although the Nationalist Party received the most votes, the Constitutional Party emerged as the largest party, winning 15 of the 32 seats in the Legislative Assembly. The Nationalist Party remained the largest party in the Senate with four of the seven elected seats.


1927 Maltese general election, Electoral system
The elections were held using the single transferable vote system, whilst suffrage was limited to men meeting certain property qualifications.


1927 Manitoba general election
The 1927 Manitoba general election was held on 28 June 1927 to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. The result was a second consecutive victory for Manitoba farmers, following its 1922 win.


1927 Manitoba general election
This was the first election in Manitoba history to elect MLAs through casting of ranked ballots in all districts. Ten candidates were elected in Winnipeg through Single transferable vote. The other districts elected MLAs through Instant-runoff voting.


1927 Manitoba general election
The result was a second consecutive victory for the Progressive Party of Manitoba, which was supported by the United Farmers of Manitoba. The Progressives, led by Premier John Bracken, won twenty-nine seats out of fifty-five to win their second majority government. During the campaign, the Progressives stressed that they were not a party in the traditional sense and promised "A business (not a party) government". Many Progressive candidates simply described themselves as Bracken supporters.


1927 Manitoba general election
The Conservatives won fifteen seats under the leadership of Fawcett Taylor, an improvement from seven in the election of 1922. This election re-established the Conservatives as the leading opposition party in Manitoba, and made the party a credible challenger for government in the next election.


1927 Manitoba general election
The Manitoba Liberal Party was unable to regain the support it had lost to the Progressive Party in the previous election. The Liberals won seven seats under the new leadership of Hugh Robson, down one from their 1922 total. After the election, many senior Liberals began to work for an electoral alliance with the Progressives. Robson, who opposed this plan, was persuaded to resign as leader in 1930. The alliance was formalized in 1932.


1927 Manitoba general election
The Independent Labour Party fell to three seats, down from six in the previous election. All three members, including party leader John Queen, were elected in the city of Winnipeg.


1927 Manitoba general election
Jacob Penner ran in Winnipeg as a Communist candidate, but was not successful.


1927 Manitoba general election, Results by electoral division
Quotas in the single-member districts are the simple majority (50 percent plus 1).


1927 Manitoba general election, Results by electoral division
The ballot-counting process in this constituency was extremely controversial. Bernier lead in votes in the first count but did not take the majority of votes needed to win the seat outright. Laurendeau was eliminated in the second count, and Hyman was eliminated in the third count. After Hyman's votes were transferred, Gagnon was declared the winner by a single vote. He had one more vote than Bernier. Bernier appealed the decision and was declared elected on recount. The final totals were:  Bernier 2646, Gagnon 2618. More than 25 votes were shifted in the recount to make Bernier the winner.


1927 Manitoba general election, Sources
The first ballot results for Winnipeg and results for all other constituencies are taken from an official Manitoba government publication entitled "Manitoba elections, 1920–1941", cross-referenced with the 1928 Canadian Parliamentary Guide, and an appendix to the Manitoba government's report of the 2003 provincial election.


1927 Manitoba general election, Sources
All ballot results for Winnipeg after the first count are taken from reports in the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper. It is possible that some errors appeared in the original publication.


1927 Manitoba general election, Post-election changes
Birtle (John Pratt leaves the government side, early in the parliament).


1927 Manitoba general election, Post-election changes
Morris (William Clubb to new cabinet post, 18 May 1929), 30 May 1929:


1927 Manitoba general election, Post-election changes
Turtle Mountain (dec. Richard G. Willis, February 1929), 22 June 1929:


1927 Manitoba general election, Post-election changes
The Liberals formed an alliance with the governing Progressives in 1932.


1927 Marquette Golden Avalanche football team
The 1927 Marquette Golden Avalanche football team was an American football team that represented Marquette University as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Frank Murray, the team compiled a 6–3 record, shut out five of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 153 to 49. The team played its home games at Marquette Stadium in Milwaukee.


1927 Marquette Golden Avalanche football team
Frank Murray was Marquette's head football coach for 19 years and was posthumously inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983.


1927 Marshall Thundering Herd football team
The 1927 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall College (now Marshall University) in the West Virginia Athletic Conference during the 1927 college football season. In its third season under head coach Charles Tallman, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record, 4–1 against conference opponents, and outscored opponents by a total of 194 to 75.


1927 Maryland Aggies football team
The 1927 Maryland Aggies football team represented the University of Maryland in the 1927 college football season. In their 17th season under head coach Curley Byrd, the Aggies compiled a 4–7 record (3–5 in conference), finished in 15th place in the Southern Conference, and outscored their opponents 186 to 144.


1927 Massachusetts Aggies football team
The 1927 Massachusetts Aggies football team represented Massachusetts Agricultural College in the 1927 college football season. The team was a member of the New England Conference, although they did not play other teams in the conference this season. The team was coached by Harold Gore and played its home games at Alumni Field in Amherst, Massachusetts. The 1927 season was Gore's last with the Aggies, as he finished his coaching career with a record of 33–32–5. It was also their most recent winless season. Massachusetts finished the season with a record of 0–7–1.


1927 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
The 1927 Meath Intermediate Football Championship was the 1st edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for intermediate graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The competition was established to cater for the champions of each division in the 1926 J.F.C. but were unable to make the transition to senior level.


1927 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
The tournament consisted of 6 teams. The championship employed a league format, with the top finisher being crowned champions.


1927 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
At the end of the season, both Kilbeg and Nobber applied to be regraded to the 1928 J.F.C.


1927 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
Castletown claimed the 1st ever Intermediate championship title by finishing clear at the top of the league table. Their triumph was effectively sealed in a winner takes all clash when defeating Oldcastle in  Kells on 20 November 1927.


1927 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 1926 championship season.


1927 Mecklenburg-Schwerin state election
The 1927 Mecklenburg-Schwerin state election was held on 22 May 1927, with re-elections being held on 11 December 1927 in Grambow-Wendischhof and Sietow, to elect the 52 members of the Landtag of the Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.


1927 Mecklenburg-Strelitz state election
The 1927 Mecklenburg-Strelitz state election was held on 3 July 1927 to elect the 35 members of the Landtag of the Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.


1927 Melbourne Carnival
The 1927 Melbourne Carnival was the sixth Australian National Football Carnival: an Australian rules football interstate competition.


1927 Melbourne Carnival
New South Wales caused the biggest upset of the carnival when they defeated Tasmania by three points and, also, came close to beating Western Australia. Victoria again finished on top of the table.


1927 Melbourne Carnival, Participating teams, Victoria's two-teams controversy
Victoria caused a controversy when it played a second eighteen in a match against a weaker state (i.e., against NSW, on 19 August 1927: see below) in order to keep its first eighteen fresh for the final match of the carnival, when it was to play against Western Australia.


1927 Melbourne Carnival, Participating teams, Victoria's two-teams controversy
Consequently, on 19 August 1927, the Australian National Football Council — on the grounds that, "it was an unfair advantage £or the home team to choose from 200 players when the Visiting team had only 23 to 25 to pick from" — unanimously adopted a new rule for future carnivals; namely that, "in future football carnivals, the controlling bodies in each State shall nominate 25 players for the opening of the carnival, and the players so nominated, and no others, shall be entitled to play".


1927 Melbourne Carnival, Players, New South Wales
Jack Sheehan (coach); Clement "Stumpy" Clark, Frederick "Snowy" Davies, Charlie "Mustard" Kean, George S. Knott, Samuel George "Sam" Organ, and Raymond Samuel "Ray" Usher of Eastern Suburbs; Douglas Rupert Gordon "Doug" Ayres, Horrie Finch, Arthur "Chubby" Gloster (captain), Eric William Justice, and Robert "Bobby" Smith of Newtown; Albert "Bert" McLean, and Hedley Clive Rooke of North Shore; Roy Pembroke Skelton, of Railway; Frank Cawsey, Harold John "Nugget" Green, Jack Hayes, Joe Smith, and Clifford "Snowy" Stanford of South Sydney; Emmett Joseph McGuire, and William Robert "Bill" McKoy of Sydney; and three players from the Riverina: Jack Dunn, of Ganmain; Ignatius Patrick "Nace" Kane, of Holbrook; and Walter Thomas Longmire, of Corowa.


1927 Melbourne Carnival, Players, South Australia
Managed by Mr. C.F. Young, the secretary of the North Adelaide Football Club, the players were Bruce McGregor (captain), from West Adelaide; Walter Scott (vice-captain), from Norwood; Gordon Barbary, Jim Handby, and Jack Owens, from Glenelg; Bert Hawke, Edward "Boy" Morris, Raymond Munn, and William James "Billy" Thomas, from North Adelaide; Alick Lill, and Ernest William Charles Wadham, from Norwood; Peter Bampton, Victor Johnson, Clifford Keal, and Ernest Warden Gordon "Punch" Mucklow, from Port Adelaide; Alfred Ryan, and William George "Bill" Oliver, from South Adelaide; Norman Barron, Horrie Riley, and Charlie Whitehead, from Sturt; and Len "Buck" Ashby, Ernest John Hine, and  Tom Kempster, from West Torrens.


1927 Melbourne Carnival, Players, Tasmania
Frank Burridge, of Burnie; Jack Charlesworth (captain-coach), Horrie Gorringe, Fred Pringle, and Alan Scott of Cananore; Derek Bloomfield, and Keith Roberts of New Town; Albert "Alby" Bonnitcha, and Stan Felmingham of North Hobart; H.O. "Nip" Smith, of Penguin; Harry Pollock, of Ulverstone; Fred Aherne, Hector Brooks, Jack Dunn, Dick Freeman, Max Hay, Max Hislop, Fred Peacock, Hector Smith, J. Lewis, James Archibald "Snowy" Atkinson, T. Atcheson, D. Adams, and E. Foley.


1927 Melbourne Carnival, Players, Victoria
The Victorian squad was: Alex Duncan of Carlton; Ted Baker, Gordon Coventry, and Syd Coventry of Collingwood; Garnet Campbell, Allan Geddes, Frank Maher, and Greg Stockdale of Essendon; Jack Moriarty of Fitzroy; George Jerram and Arthur Rayson of Geelong; Bert Chadwick, Bob Corbett, Dick Taylor, Ivor Warne-Smith, and Herbert White of Melbourne; Dave Walsh of North Melbourne; Jack Baggott, Donald Don, Basil McCormack, and George Rudolph of Richmond; and Bill Berryman, and Martin Brown of South Melbourne.


1927 Melbourne Carnival, Players, Victoria, Two Victorian teams
The weaker Victorian team — the centre of the controversy (on the grounds that only four of the team's players had appeared in either of Victoria's two earlier Carnival matches) — made up of Frank Maher of Essendon (captain); Gordon Coventry of Collingwood; Garnet Campbell, Joe Harrison, and Greg Stockdale of Essendon; Gordon Hellwig, and Len Wigraft of Fitzroy; Charlie Gaudion, Alby Outen, and Roy Thompson of Footscray; Ted Pool of Hawthorn; Tommy McConville of Melbourne; Leo Dwyer, and Bill Russ of North Melbourne; Percy Bentley, and Tom O'Halloran of Richmond; and Martin Brown, and Austin Robertson of South Melbourne, played against New South Wales on Friday, 19 August, the day before the State's final match against West Australia.


1927 Melbourne Carnival, Players, Victoria, Two Victorian teams
The full-strength Victorian team that played against West Australia on Saturday, 20 August, contained only two of those (Greg Stockdale and Gordon Coventry) who had played the day before; George Todd of Geelong, and Greg Stockdale of Essendon, replaced the injured Donald Don and Arthur Rayson (respectively) in the (well rested) full-strength side that had played against Tasmania five days earlier.


1927 Melbourne Carnival, Western Australia
Phil Matson (coach), and Arthur Howson, of Claremont-Cottesloe; Denis "Dinny" Coffey, and Dave Woods of East Fremantle; Hugh "Bonny" Campbell, Wally Fletcher, Jack Guhl, Joe "Brum" O'Meara, Albert George Percy "Staunch" Owens, Henry James "Harry" Sherlock, Valentine Christopher "Val" Sparrow, Albert Western  of East Perth; Allan Evans, Leo M'Comish, and Albert Watts (captain) of Perth; C.J. "Jerry" Sunderland, of South Fremantle; Wilfred James Patrick "Bill" Brophy, Arthur Robert Green, John McGregor "Snowy" Hamilton, Johnny Leonard, Tom Outridge (vice-captain), and Alf Smith of Subiaco; and Jim Craig, and Jack McDiarmid of West Perth.


1927 Memorial Cup
The 1927 Memorial Cup final was the ninth junior ice hockey championship of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. The George Richardson Memorial Trophy champions Owen Sound Greys of the Ontario Hockey Association in Eastern Canada competed against the Abbott Cup champions Port Arthur West Ends of the Thunder Bay Junior Hockey League in Western Canada. The series was the first to feature two Ontario-based teams. Teams from Port Arthur and Fort William (later amalgamated into Thunder Bay), competed with geographically closer western teams, rather than eastern teams.


1927 Memorial Cup
In a best-of-three series, held at the Arena Gardens in Toronto, Ontario, Owen Sound won their 2nd Memorial Cup, defeating Port Arthur 2 games to none.


1927 Memorial Cup, Winning roster
Red Beattie, Benny Grant, John Grant, Martin Lauder, Jack Markle, Shrimp McDougall, Alvin Moore, Paddy Paddon, H. Smith. Coach: Bill Hancock and Father J. Spratt


1927 Mendoza earthquake
The 1927 Mendoza earthquake took place in Mendoza Province, in the Republic of Argentina, on 14 April at 06:23:28 UTC. It registered a magnitude of 7.1 on the Richter magnitude scale. The earthquake was located at a depth of 110 kilometres (68 mi).


1927 Mendoza earthquake, Location
The epicenter was located in a zone of instability towards the north of Aconcagua, in the Andes mountain range, 1,100 kilometres (680 mi) from La Plata. From there the seismic waves spread on one side from west to east, destroying the Andean city, and on the other side towards the west where it reached the Chilean Longitudinal Valley and continued along its length to Santiago. The epicenter was farther west than common for seismic movements in Mendoza.


1927 Mendoza earthquake, Damage and casualties
The destructive force of the 1927 Mendoza earthquake was measured at VIII on the Mercalli intensity scale. It caused 3 deaths and several injuries. Localities in both Argentina and Chile were affected by the earthquake, including the cities of Mendoza and Santiago. The earthquake was felt as far as the provinces of San Juan, La Rioja, Córdoba and Buenos Aires.


1927 Mendoza earthquake, Damage and casualties
Most of the damage in Argentina was concentrated in the Mendozan city of Las Heras. Here buildings and walls collapsed and fissures were formed in the land. The community of Resbalón in the city of Las Heras. Multiple cracks in the earth were noticed in the community of Resguardo and wells were surging water. In the city of Mendoza the earthquake destroyed the government building as well as several schools. Several buildings were damaged in San Juan.


1927 Mendoza earthquake, Damage and casualties
Following the tremors ground water emitted from previously dry areas, forming marshes and affecting the flow of traffic in western and eastern sections of the province.


1927 Mercer Bears football team
The 1927 Mercer Bears football team was an American football team that represented Mercer University as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association during the 1927 college football season. In their second year under head coach Bernie Moore, the team compiled a 5–4 record.


1927 Miami Hurricanes football team
The 1927 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 1927 college football season. It was the team's first varsity squad.


1927 Miami Redskins football team
The 1927 Miami Redskins football team was an American football team that represented Miami University as a member of the Buckeye Athletic Association (BAA) and the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1927 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Chester Pittser, Miami compiled an 8–1 record (3–1 against conference opponents) and finished in second place out of six teams in the BAA.


1927 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team
The 1927 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team was an American football team that represented Michigan State Normal School (later renamed Eastern Michigan University) during the 1927 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Elton Rynearson, the Normalites compiled a perfect 8–0 record, won the Michigan Collegiate Conference championship, shut out six of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 186 to 13. The team played its home games at Normal Field on the school's campus in Ypsilanti, Michigan.


1927 Michigan State Spartans football team
The 1927 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State College in the 1927 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Ralph H. Young, the Spartans compiled a 4–5 record and were outscored by their opponents 128 to 111.


1927 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, Michigan
On October 8, 1927, Michigan State lost to Michigan by a 21-0 score. Michigan's first two touchdowns came on running plays by halfback Louis Gilbert and fullback George Rich, and the third came on a pass from quarterback Leo Hoffman to left end Bennie Oosterbaan.


1927 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, North Carolina State
In the season's final game, Michigan State traveled south to Raleigh to play NC State. On a muddy, waterlogged field, NC State won 19 to 0. The NC State team claims a Southern Conference title this year, with this contest arguably its biggest win. Their captain and hall of famer Jack McDowall was cited as the best player in this his final game, despite his only scoring play being a pass for an extra point.


1927 Michigan Tech Huskies football team
The 1927 Michigan Tech Huskies football team represented Michigan Technological University as an independent during the 1928 college football season. The Huskies compiled a 2–1 record.


1927 Michigan Wolverines football team
The 1927 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1927 Big Ten Conference football season. The 1927 season was Michigan's first in its new stadium, Michigan Stadium. It was also the first under new head coach Tad Wieman following the retirement of Fielding H. Yost as head coach. Michigan shut out its first four opponents before losing to 1927 Big Ten Conference champion Illinois and later to Big Ten runner up Minnesota. Michigan compiled a record of 6–2 (3–2 Big Ten) and outscored its opponents by a combined score of 137 to 39.


1927 Michigan Wolverines football team
Left end Bennie Oosterbaan was the team's captain and was selected as the team's most valuable player and as a consensus first-team All-American for the third consecutive year. Halfback Louis Gilbert was Michigan's leading scorer with 63 points in seven games. Three Michigan players—Oosterbaan, Gilbert and guard Ray Baer—were all selected as first-team All-Big Ten players. Baer was also selected as a second-team All-American.


1927 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
In 1925 and 1926, Michigan had featured quarterback Benny Friedman and end Bennie Oosterbaan, both consensus All-Americans who were sometimes known as "The Benny-to-Bennie Show." Oosterbaan returned for his senior year in 1927, but Friedman was lost to graduation. The 1927 Wolverines also lost back Bo Molenda who went on to play nine seasons in the National Football League.


1927 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
In addition to roster changes, the months before the opening of Michigan's 1927 season featured two important developments: the construction of Michigan Stadium and the resignation of Fielding H. Yost as head football coach.


1927 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
The construction of Michigan Stadium began in September 1926 with excavation of the site. The excavation was complicated by the presence of underground springs and was not completed until April 1927. Construction of the stadium itself began in May 1927 with the pouring of concrete. Between May 9 and September 1, 1927, more than 11,000 yards of concrete were poured along with installation of 440 tons of reinforcing steel and 31,000 square feet of wire mesh. The installation of seats and the playing field began in June 1927. With athletic director Yost supervising every step in the process, the stadium was reportedly completed "on time and within budget," with the cost of construction totaling $1,131,733.36.


1927 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
On September 15, 1927, with construction of the new stadium in its final phase, Yost at age 56 announced his resignation as Michigan's head football coach. Tad Wieman was named as the team's new head coach. Wieman had played for Yost from 1916 to 1917 and, after military service, in 1920. He had been an assistant coach at Michigan for several years. Yost cited his ongoing responsibilities as the school's athletic director, including construction of the new football stadium and a new intramural building, as the reason for his resignation.


1927 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 1: Ohio Wesleyan
On October 1, 1927, Michigan played its first game at Michigan Stadium. The opponent scheduled was Ohio Wesleyan University, where Fielding H. Yost had begun his coaching career in 1897. Under Yost, Ohio Wesleyan had played Michigan to a scoreless tie. When Ferry Field was opened in 1905, Ohio Wesleyan was invited as the first opponent to play at Ferry Field, a game that Michigan won by a 65-0 score.


1927 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 1: Ohio Wesleyan
Michigan defeated Ohio Wesleyan by a 33-0 score in the opening game of the 1927 season. Although the official paid attendance was reported as 17,483, newspaper accounts reported that the game was played before more than 40,000 spectators. An account written for the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan indicates that the discrepancy was likely due to the fact that thousands of high school students attended the game for free.


1927 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 1: Ohio Wesleyan
The game was played on a wet and muddy field following a hard rain. Right end Laverne "Kip" Taylor scored the first touchdown in the new stadium on a 15-yard touchdown pass from right halfback Louis Gilbert in the first quarter. Gilbert was the game's biggest star, as he either scored or passed for all five Michigan touchdowns and kicked three points after touchdown. Gilbert scored on a 24-yard return of a partially blocked punt and on a 90-yard return of the opening kickoff in the second half. He also threw touchdown passes to quarterback Leo Hoffman and left end Bennie Oosterbaan.


1927 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 1: Ohio Wesleyan
Michigan's opening lineup against Ohio Wesleyan was Oosterbaan (left end), Otto Pommerening (left tackle), John Palmaroli (left guard), Carl Thisted (center), Ray Baer (right guard), Henry Grinnell (right tackle), Taylor (right end), Hoffman (quarterback), Samuel Babcock (left halfback), Gilbert (right halfback), and George Rich (fullback).


1927 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 2: Michigan State
On October 8, 1927, Michigan defeated Michigan State by a 21-0 score. Michigan's first two touchdowns came on running plays by halfback Louis Gilbert and fullback George Rich, and the third came on a pass from quarterback Leo Hoffman to left end Bennie Oosterbaan. Gilbert kicked one point after touchdown, and Walter Geistert added two.


1927 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 2: Michigan State
Michigan's starting lineup against Michigan State was Oosterbaan (left end), Frank Harrigan (left tackle), John Palmeroli (left guard), George Nicholson (center), Carl Thisted (right guard), Norman Gabel (right tackle), Marshall Boden (right end), Hoffman (quarterback), Sam Babcock (left halfback), Gilbert (right halfback), and Rich (fullback).


1927 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 3: at Wisconsin
On October 15, 1927, Michigan defeated Wisconsin by a 14-0 score. Michigan's touchdowns were scored by fullback George Rich and left halfback Louis Gilbert. Rich's touchdown came in the second quarter after quarterback Leo Hoffman advanced the ball 26 yards to the one-foot line on a "triple pass". The second touchdown followed a Wisconsin fumble at its own one-yard line with Michigan's left tackle Otto Pommerening recovering the loose ball. Gilbert then scored on a lateral pass from left end Bennie Oosterbaan. Gilbert also kicked for two points after touchdown, though he was injured in the game. Oosterbaan also caught four passes for 79 yards and was credited with being the key to Michigan's defense: "Defensively it was a case of Oosterbaan at all stages. He was the first down the field under punts. He was usually the man who waylaid the [backs] in the Badger backfield."


1927 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 3: at Wisconsin
Michigan's starting lineup against Michigan State was Bennie Oosterbaan (left end), Otto Pommerening (left tackle), John Palmeroli (left guard), Alan Bovard (center), Ray Baer (right guard), Norman Gabel (right tackle), Laverne "Kip" Taylor (right end), Leo Hoffman (quarterback), Gilbert (left halfback), Sam Babcock (right halfback), and Rich (fullback).


1927 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 4: Ohio State
On October 22, 1927, Michigan defeated Ohio State 21-0 in the official dedication game for Michigan Stadium. Before the game began, the Governors of Michigan (Fred W. Green) and Ohio (A. Victor Donahey) and other dignitaries followed the two university bands onto the field for the playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner". The Michigan Alumnus reported that the game was played before a crowd of 85,000 spectators and described the day as follows: "As a football spectacle, of course, it wholly surpassed anything in Michigan history.


1927 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 4: Ohio State
Ann Arbor flung open its gates to a horde of visitors nearly triple the size of its own population-and the new stadium swallowed them by two o'clock in the afternoon." Planes flew overhead throughout the game, prompting the Detroit Free Press to declare: "It is about time an end is put to this practice of free lance air men of picking courses over crowded areas. Any kind of a spill while any one of the fliers was above a stadium might have meant a hundred deaths."


1927 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 4: Ohio State
All three Michigan touchdowns were scored on passes from left end Bennie Oosterbaan to left halfback Louis Gilbert. Gilbert also kicked all three points after touchdown, claiming responsibility for all of Michigan's 21 points. The first touchdown came in the second quarter on a pass than went 25 yards in the air with Gilbert then running the remaining 15 yards with the ball. The second touchdown in the third quarter came on a pass from Oosterbaan to Gilbert that covered 38 yards.


1927 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 4: Ohio State
Michigan's starting lineup against Ohio State was Oosterbaan (left end), Otto Pommerening (left tackle), John Palmeroli (left guard), Alan Bovard (center), Ray Baer (right guard), Norman Gabel (right tackle), Herman Nyland (right end), Leo Hoffman (quarterback), James Miller (left halfback), Gilbert (right halfback), and George Rich (fullback).


1927 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 5: at Illinois
On October 29, 1927, Michigan traveled to Champaign, Illinois, and lost its first game of the season losing to Illinois by a 14-0 score. Michigan played without its backfield star, Louis Gilbert, who was injured the prior week when he threw three touchdown passes against Ohio State. The first Illinois touchdown followed a fumble by Gilbert's replacement, William Puckelwartz, at Michigan's seven-yard line. Illinois' halfback Timm ran around the end for the touchdown.


1927 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 5: at Illinois
Michigan's starting lineup against Illinois was Bennie Oosterbaan (left end), Frank Harrigan (left tackle), John Palmeroli (left guard), Alan Bovard (center), Ray Baer (right guard), Norman Gabel (right tackle), Herman Nyland (right end), Leo Hoffman (quarterback), James F. Miller (left halfback), Puckelwartz (right halfback), and George Rich (fullback).


1927 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 6: at Chicago
On November 5, 1927, Michigan defeated the University of Chicago Maroons 14-0 at Stagg Field in Chicago. At the end of the second quarter Louis Gilbert attempted a field goal after Michigan had moved the ball to Chicago's 17-yard line, but his kick hit the goal post. Michigan's first points came in the third quarter on a trick play in which Bennie Oosterbaan took the ball from quarterback James Miller on what appeared to be an end run from the two-yard line. Instead, Oosterbaan tossed a lateral pass to Gilbert who scored the touchdown. Michigan's second touchdown also came in the third quarter with the ball on Chicago's 22-yard line. Gilbert threw a touchdown pass to Oosterbaan who was guarded by two defenders and leaped to grab the pass as he crossed the goal line. Gilbert also kicked both points after touchdown.


1927 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 6: at Chicago
Michigan's starting lineup against Chicago was Bennie Oosterbaan (left end), Otto Pommerening (left tackle), John Palmeroli (left guard), Alan Bovard (center), Ray Baer (right guard), Norman Gabel (right tackle), LeRoy Heston (right end), James F. Miller (quarterback), Gilbert (left halfback), William Puckelwartz (right halfback), and George Rich (fullback).


1927 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 7: Navy
On November 12, 1927, Michigan defeated Navy by a 27-12 score at Michigan Stadium. Fullback George Rich scored two touchdowns for Michigan. Quarterback Jim Miller ran for 117 yards on 17 carries and scored a touchdown. The final Michigan touchdown was scored by Bennie Oosterbaan. Louis Gilbert kicked three points after touchdown. Navy's touchdowns were scored by Whitey Lloyd and Shag Ransford.


1927 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 7: Navy
Michigan's starting lineup against Navy was Bennie Oosterbaan (left end), Otto Pommerening (left tackle), John Palmeroli (left guard), John Schoenfeld (center), Ray Baer (right guard), Howard Poe (right tackle), Herman Nyland (right end), James F. Miller (quarterback), William Puckelwartz (left halfback), Louis Gilbert (right halfback), and George Rich (fullback).


1927 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 8: Minnesota
On November 19, 1927, Michigan lost to Minnesota by a 13-7 score at Michigan Stadium. Bennie Oosterbaan scored Michigan's touchdown in the first quarter on a long forward pass from halfback William Puckelwartz, and Louis Gilbert kicked the point after touchdown. Minnesota came from behind with 13 points in the second half on touchdown runs by Herb Joesting and a touchdown pass from Harold "Shorty" Almquist to Haycraft. Minnesota had 15 first downs in the game while Michigan had only two. Minnesota's victory was its first over Michigan since 1919.


1927 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 8: Minnesota
The game was also the Michigan's first defeat at Michigan Stadium and the final college football game for Michigan stars Oosterbaan and Gilbert and for Minnesota stars Joesting and Almquist. Walter Eckersall served as the game's referee and wrote in the Chicago Tribune: "For hard, aggressive playing combined with splendid sportsmanship it was one of the best struggles I ever officiated in."


1927 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 8: Minnesota
Michigan's starting lineup against Navy was Oosterbaan (left end), Otto Pommerening (left tackle), John Palmeroli (left guard), Alan Bovard (center), Ray Baer (right guard), Norman Gabel (right tackle), Herman Nyland (right end), James F. Miller (quarterback), Gilbert (left halfback), Puckelwartz (right halfback), and George Rich (fullback).


1927 Michigan Wolverines football team, Personnel, Varsity letter winners
The following players won varsity letters for their work on the 1929 football team:


1927 Michigan Wolverines football team, Personnel, aMa letter winners
The following players won aMa letters for their work on the 1927 football team:


1927 Middle Tennessee State Teachers football team
The 1927 Middle Tennessee State Teachers football team represented the Middle Tennessee State Teachers College (now known as Middle Tennessee State University) during the 1927 college football season. The team captain was Henry Hackman.


1927 Milan–San Remo
The 1927 Milan–San Remo was the 20th edition of the Milan–San Remo. The winner was Pietro Chesi (Italy).


1927 Millsaps Majors football team
The 1927 Millsaps Majors football team was an American football team that represented Millsaps College as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1927 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Herman F. Zimoski, the team compiled a 3–8 record.


1927 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
The 1927 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1927 Big Ten Conference football season. In their third year under head coach Clarence Spears, the Golden Gophers compiled a 6–0–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined score of 209 to 51. The Gophers shared the Big Ten title, the ninth in school history.


1927 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
Fullback Herb Joesting and guard Harold Hanson were named All-American status by the Associated Press. Joesting, Hanson, quarterback Harold "Shorty" Almquist, tackle Mike Gary and end Ken Haycraft were named All-Big Ten first team.


1927 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
Total attendance for the season was 166,848, which averaged to 23,126. The season high for attendance was against Wisconsin.


1927 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Michigan
On November 19, 1927, Minnesota defeated Michigan by a 13-7 score at Michigan Stadium. Bennie Oosterbaan scored Michigan's touchdown in the first quarter on a long forward pass from halfback William Puckelwartz, and Louis Gilbert kicked the point after touchdown. Minnesota came from behind with 13 points in the second half on touchdown runs by Herb Joesting and a touchdown pass from Harold "Shorty" Almquist to Haycraft. Minnesota had 15 first downs in the game while Michigan had only two. Minnesota's victory was its first over Michigan since 1919.


1927 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Michigan
The game was also the Michigan's first defeat at Michigan Stadium and the final college football game for Michigan stars Oosterbaan and Gilbert and for Minnesota stars Joesting and Almquist. Walter Eckersall served as the game's referee and wrote in the Chicago Tribune: "For hard, aggressive playing combined with splendid sportsmanship it was one of the best struggles I ever officiated in."


1927 Mississippi A&M Aggies football team
The 1927 Mississippi A&M Aggies football team represented the Mississippi A&M Aggies of Agricultural and Mechanical College of the State of Mississippi during the 1927 Southern Conference football season.


1927 Mississippi College Choctaws football team
The 1927 Mississippi College Choctaws football team was an American football team that represented Mississippi College in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association during the 1927 college football season. In their third year under head coach George Bohler, the team compiled an 8–0 record and finished as SIAA co-champion.


1927 Mississippi State Teachers Yellow Jackets football team
The 1927 Mississippi State Teachers Yellow Jackets football team was an American football team that represented the Mississippi State Teachers College (now known as the University of Southern Mississippi) as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach William Herschel Bobo, the team compiled a 3–4–1 record.


1927 Mississippi gubernatorial election
The 1927 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1927, in order to elect the Governor of Mississippi. Incumbent Democrat Dennis Murphree, as he had not served a full term, was eligible for and ran for election. As was common at the time, the Democratic candidate ran unopposed in the general election so therefore the Democratic primary was the real contest, and winning the primary was considered tantamount to election.


1927 Mississippi gubernatorial election, Democratic primary
No candidate received a majority in the Democratic primary, which featured 4 contenders, so a runoff was held between the top two candidates. The runoff election was won by former Governor Theodore G. Bilbo, who defeated incumbent Governor Dennis Murphree.


1927 Missouri Tigers football team
The 1927 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (Missouri Valley) during the 1927 college football season. The team compiled a 7–2 record (5–1 against Missouri Valley opponents), won the Missouri Valley championship, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 129 to 90. Gwinn Henry was the head coach for the fifth of nine seasons. The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.


1927 Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
The 1927 Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season consisted of a record 10 member institutions. The regular season champions were Missouri. Missouri had a conference win percentage of .833%.


1927 Mitropa Cup
The 1927 season of the Mitropa Cup football club tournament was won by Sparta Prague in a final against Rapid Wien. This was the inaugural edition of the tournament.


1927 Mitropa Cup, Semi-finals, Second leg
Sparta Prague was awarded win after MTK fielded an ineligible player.


1927 Montana Grizzlies football team
The 1927 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1927 college football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC). The Grizzlies were led by second-year head coach Frank W. Milburn, played their home games at Dornblaser Field and finished the season with a record of three wins, four losses and one tie (3–4–1, 0–4 PCC).