1927–28 Chicago Black Hawks season, Regular season, Season standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals AgainstTeams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1927–28 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team
The 1927–28 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented the University of Cincinnati during the 1927–28 NCAA men's basketball season. The head coach was Boyd Chambers, coaching his tenth season with the Bearcats. The team finished with an overall record of 14–4.


1927–28 Connecticut Aggies men's basketball team
The 1927–28 Connecticut Aggies men's basketball team represented Connecticut Agricultural College, now the University of Connecticut, in the 1927–28 collegiate men's basketball season. The Aggies completed the season with an 11–3 overall record. The Aggies were members of the New England Conference, where they ended the season with a 3–1 record. The Aggies played their home games at Hawley Armory in Storrs, Connecticut, and were led by first-year head coach Louis A. Alexander.


1927–28 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season
The 1927–28 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season was the 22nd season of play for the program. The teams was coached by Nick Bawlf in his 8th season.


1927–28 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season
A common but unwelcome occurrence, Cornell's season began late due to a lack of ice. The team didn't get on their skates until January and, as a result, the first home game wasn't scheduled until the 14th. Warm weather continued to plague the team through the first half of the month and eventually the first game against Syracuse had to be cancelled. The situation got so bad for the Big Red that they were forced to hold practices inside, without ice. All of the team's early misfortune resulted in a terrible game for Cornell to start the season. The Big Red lost a road game to Princeton 1–14, setting a program worst for the most goals allowed and the largest margin of defeat. The result could hardly be surprising as Princeton was playing on their home rink, and was competing in their eighth game of the season.


1927–28 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season
After the drubbing, Cornell returned home to find the weather still wasn't up to the take to freeze Beebe Lake. There were fears that their next game would have to be cancelled as well but the team was finally able to play at home on the 28th. The Big Red played much better than they had in the first match but their conditioning was still lacking and the team faded in the later half of the game. The following game took place two weeks later but the warm weather was still a problem.


1927–28 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season
Initially the game was delayed and then cancelled but, owing to a small patch of ice on the northwest section of the lake, a temporary rink was built and the game took place on the 10th. The result was more indicative of Cornell's lack of practice than any superiority by Williams, but the Big Red lost their third game out of three matches. Team captain Taylor was forced to sit out the game due to taking a puck in the eye in one of the few practice sessions before the match.


1927–28 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season
Another game with Syracuse, which was to be held on February 18, ended up being nixed due to weather conditions. Union, owing to having the same rink arrangement as Cornell, was in much the same shape as the Ithacans. The result was a win for the Big Red in front of a very small crowd. The match was supposed to have been the team's final game of the season, however, the weather suddenly turned cold and the ice was good enough for one more game to be tacked onto the end of the season.


1927–28 Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey season, Season
The game was reported as being a 'post season' match, which it was in a literal sense as it took place after the team's schedule had concluded. Once again, Cornell faced a squad as equally impacted by weather conditions as they were and the Big Red came out on top. MacPherson scored the only goal of the game and Cornell was able to finish the season with a respectable record in spite of all their troubles.


1927–28 Czechoslovak First League
Statistics of Czechoslovak First League in the 1927–28 season. Karel Meduna was the league's top scorer with 12 goals.


1927–28 Czechoslovak First League, Overview
It was contested by 7 teams, and FK Viktoria Žižkov won the championship.


1927–28 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen
The 1927–28 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen i Fodbold was the 1st edition of the new year-long league structure for the Danish national football championship play-offs, a Danish FA-organised club football tournament between the highest ranking clubs from each of the six regional football associations. The national tournament at the top of the Danish football league system consisted of two stages, a preliminary round contested by 20 teams split into 5 groups determined by draw and distributed evenly among all regional associations, where the five winners of each group would qualify for the final championship round held at the end of the season. The clubs participating in the nationwide competition were also simultaneously contesting in their local regional league championships.


1927–28 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen
The preliminary group stage began on 28 August 1927 with four matches at Horsens, Odense, Korsør and Rønne, and ended on 15 April 1928, while the final championship group stage was played between 4 May and 13 June 1928. No clubs from the five provincial football association qualified for the final phase of the tournament, which only involved clubs from Copenhagen. Boldklubben af 1893 were the defending Danish national champions. Three teams, B.93, B 1903 and BK Frem, ended up with the same number of points in the final group stage.


1927–28 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen
Although B.93 had the best goal difference, the rules for this season did not include situations in case of ties on points. The Danish FA dictated that rematches between the top three teams should be played, but B.93 and BK Frem did not want to participate, while B 1903 were not interested in winning the championship without playing an actual rematch. This was the first year of the national tournament and the Danish FA had not taken this specific situation into account, and the tournament was therefore declared without a winner.


1927–28 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen, Season summary
A nationwide tournament was established as a replacement for the Sylow-Tournament and the Danish national football championship play-off structure, known as the Landsfodboldturneringen that had existed between 1913 and 1927. The intention behind the establishment of the new national season-long league tournament was to help increase the level of play in the provincial football clubs to that of the leading clubs based in Copenhagen by having the leading clubs in the entire country play against each other.


1927–28 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen, Season summary
Compared to Danish football, Swedish football have had an established national league for several years, which had raised the level of football play for even smaller cities. The Danish FA determined, that structure of the tournament would initially consist of 20 teams distributed in five groups, where each team played each other one time either at home or away — each team was secured at least one match in their home town. The participants in each group were determined by draw, and distributed evenly among all the regional associations.


1927–28 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen, Season summary
The Fredericia Social-Demokrat argued that the Copenhagen-based clubs would likely feature their best players in the match line-ups in the preliminary round, rather than squads packed with reserve players, giving that all clubs needed to qualify for the championship round on equal terms. Qualifying to the next season's Danish championship tournament would also stimulate the clubs to work harder in the six regional championship leagues so they would finish in the top spots.


1927–28 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen, Season summary
The first goal of the season, and the first goal in the new tournament, was netted after 5 minutes of play by a reserve player, centre forward Oluf "Ole" Petersen of Korsør BK, who played at their home ground in Korsør, known as Banen ved Taarnborgvej, against the reigning Danish football champions, B.93, on 28 August 1927.


1927–28 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen, Season summary
The first match day also saw the largest victory of the season and the largest number of goals made by one player in the same match, when B 1903 won 11–0 in their away game against Rønne BK on 28 August 1927, with three goals being scored in the first half and another eight in the second half, in front of a record crowd of 1,100 spectators at the Østergadebanen field in Rønne.


1927–28 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen, Season summary
The centre-forward Aksel ("Axel") Hansen, who had just recently been promoted the club's first team squad featuring several Danish national team players, scored 8 goals, which contributed greatly to him securing the tournament's topscorer title. Viborg FF's left half back and captain, Hermann Brügmann, was credited with scoring the first own goal of the tournament, in his side's 1–8 away loss to Horsens FS on 4 September 1927, when an attempt of a pass back to Viborg FF goalkeeper Aksel Laursen in the 23rd minute of the game failed completely.


1927–28 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen, Season summary
Different news outlets made the claim that the players of BK Fremad Amager lost their away match i Viborg on 18 September 1927 against Viborg FF due intoxication before the match. The Copenhagen team fielded their strongest line-up, but only had three shots on target, and did not impress the media present at the match. The accusations were dismissed as unfounded and unjustified by the Danish FA after an investigation.


1927–28 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen, Season summary
The first senior tournament match for Carl "Skoma'r" Hansen after his return to his former status as an amateur football player in Danish competitive football, following a 2-year mandatory suspension period for having signed a professional contract with the Scottish side Rangers F.C. (1921–1925) as the first Danish professional player abroad, was originally scheduled for the KBU league match against Kjøbenhavns BK on 23 October 1927, but the match was cancelled 20 minutes before the start due to the severe weather conditions of rain and storm. Hansen instead participated in an away match in Nykøbing Falster against B 1901 on 6 November 1927 as part of the Danish championship this season.


1927–28 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen, Season summary
The match schedule for the tournament's spring season was published on 3 January 1928 by the Danish FA. At the start of the spring season, Kjøbenhavns BK had already outplayed their possibilities of advancement in the tournament by losing to Horsens FS and BK Fremad Amager, while the three other teams could still win the group — Horsens FS (4 points), Viborg FF (2 points), BK Fremad Amager (2 points) and Kjøbenhavns BK (0 points). Two matches in group 1 remained: Kjøbenhavns BK vs. Viborg FF and BK Fremad Amager vs Horsens FS.


1927–28 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen, Season summary
The rules of the tournament stated, that if three teams would end up with the exact number of points, the team with the best goal average would win the group — Horsens FS had the best options at that point in time due to a better goal average. If only two teams had obtained the same number of points, the team, who had been declared the winner in the teams' football match, would win the group.


1927–28 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen, Season summary
The first championship replay match between B 1903 and BK Frem were originally scheduled to take place on 27 June 1928. At a meeting in the evening on 25 June, BK Frem decided to inform the Danish FA, that they would not participate in the first replay match. B 1903 had arranged private matches as part of their 25 years anniversary and did not want to participate in additional games for the Danish league championship.


1927–28 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen, Season summary
At the same time, the players of the first team of B.93 informed the club's board, that they would not be able to play due to several injuries — the goalkeeper Fritz Tarp had gotten a ruptured muscle at their last match in Fredrikstad — during their tour in Norway. The Danish FA decided to cancel the championship tournament resulting in no winner being announced this season, as both B.93, B 1903 and BK Frem had the same number of points in the championship round.


1927–28 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen, Season summary
In late March 2020, B.93 requested the Danish FA to be acknowledged as winners, as they had the best goal score, goal ratio, and had the best internal match score compared to the two other title contenders with six points, BK Frem and B 1903. The request was denied on 1 May 2020 on the basis on the era's different set of rules and that the Danish FA had already at that time made a definite decision.


1927–28 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen, Qualified teams
With a capacity of more than 15,000 spectators, Københavns Idrætspark was the biggest stadium of the football tournament, and it was the only stadium in use in the championship round. Together with the stadiums at Nykøbing Falster and Rønne, it had partly covered stands, limited seating arrangements and somewhat terraced pitches and fences surrounding the ground. The football fields in Klampenborg, Haslev, Sakskøbing and Odense were left without such features.


1927–28 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen, Season statistics, Scoring, Goal scorers
There were 244 goals scored in 40 matches, for an average of 6.1 goals per match.


1927–28 Detroit Cougars season
The 1927–28 Detroit Cougars season was the second season of the Detroit, Michigan National Hockey League (NHL) franchise. The Detroit Cougars scored 44 points, finishing fourth in the American Division and failing to make the playoffs in their sophomore year.


1927–28 Detroit Cougars season
The Cougars finally moved into what would be their home for the next fifty years, Detroit's Olympia Stadium. Their also received a new coach and general manager in Jack Adams. Adams made an immediate impact, picking up Reg Noble and quickly naming him Captain. Detroit performed much better to start off the season and only finished two points out of a playoff spot.


1927–28 Detroit Cougars season, Regular season, Season standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals AgainstTeams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1927–28 Detroit Cougars season, Player stats, Skaters
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes


1927–28 Detroit Cougars season, Player stats, Goaltending
Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average


1927–28 Detroit Cougars season, Transactions
The Cougars were involved in the following transactions during the 1926–27 season.


1927–28 Detroit Cougars season, Roster
2 – Loughlin •5 – Fraser •7 – Brown •14 – Traub •


1927–28 Detroit Cougars season, Roster
4 – Hay •5 – Keats •6 – Walker •7 – Palangio •8 – Cooper •9 – J. Sheppard •10 – F. Sheppard •10 – Foyston •12 – Aurie •15 – Noble •


1927–28 Detroit Cougars season, Roster
General Manager: Jack Adams • Coach: Jack Adams • Duke Keats


1927–28 Divisione Nazionale
AS Roma and SC Napoli joined the championship as special guests by order of the fascist authorities to allow a wider representation of Southern Italy.


1927–28 Divisione Nazionale, Clubs
Novara, Pro Patria, Reggiana and Lazio joined from the lower First Division. Some clubs in Rome and Genoa were merged.


1927–28 Divizia A
The 1927–28 Divizia A was the sixteenth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.


1927–28 Divizia A, Final Tournament of Regions, Semifinals
1 The team from Sibiu failed to appear, so it lost the game with 0–3, by administrative decision.


1927–28 Divizia A, Champion squad
Goalkeepers: Loembel. Defenders: Columban, Balint. Midfielders:Török, Ioan Csajka, Adalbert Hrehuss. Forwards: Peterfi, Hecht, Kemeny, Ion Gebrovski, Gruber. (the players that played the final)


1927–28 Drexel Engineers men's basketball team
The 1927–28 Drexel Engineers men's basketball team represented Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry during the 1927–28 men's basketball season. The Engineers, led by 1st year head coach Walter Halas, played their home games at Main Building.


1927–28 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team
The 1927–28 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University during the 1927–28 men's college basketball season. The head coach was George Buchheit, coaching his fourth season with the Blue Devils. The team finished with an overall record of 9–5.


1927–28 Dumbarton F.C. season
The 1927–28 season was the 51st Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League and the Scottish Cup. In addition Dumbarton played in the Dumbartonshire Cup.


1927–28 Dumbarton F.C. season, Scottish League
Dumbarton's sixth consecutive season in the Second Division, while certainly an improvement on the previous season, was unremarkable in most respects. A run of six league defeats at the beginning of 1928 brought the threat of relegation, but 5 wins from 6 games at the end of the season lifted the team to an 11th place out of 20 with 36 points - 18 behind champions Ayr United.


1927–28 Dumbarton F.C. season, Scottish Cup
Dumbarton were knocked out in the first round by Hamilton.


1927–28 Dumbarton F.C. season, Dumbartonshire Cup
Dumbarton were runners-up in the Dumbartonshire Cup for the fourth season running, losing out to Clydebank in the final.


1927–28 Dumbarton F.C. season, Player statistics, Transfers, Players out
In addition Alfred Aitchison, John Black, robert Dennett, George Greenshields and Robert Main all played their last games in Dumbarton 'colours'.


1927–28 Dundee F.C. season
The 1927–28 season was the thirty-third season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where they would finish in 14th place. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they would make it to the 3rd round before being knocked out by Dunfermline Athletic. The club would also wear black shorts occasionally as a change kit.


1927–28 Dundee United F.C. season
The 1927–28 season was the 23rd year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1927 to 30 June 1928.


1927–28 Dundee United F.C. season, Match results
Dundee United played a total of 42 matches during the 1927–28 season.


1927–28 Dundee United F.C. season, Match results, Legend
All results are written with Dundee United's score first. Own goals in italics


1927–28 Eintracht Frankfurt season
The 1927–28 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 28th season in the club's football history.


1927–28 Eintracht Frankfurt season
In 1927–28 the club played in the Bezirksliga Main-Hessen, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 1st season in the Bezirksliga Main-Hessen. The league was founded with the clubs of the north-eastern part of the Bezirksliga Rheinhessen-Saar merging with those of the Bezirksliga Main (Main division).


1927–28 Eintracht Frankfurt season
The season ended up with Eintracht winning the Bezirksliga Main-Hessen (Main division). In the South German Championship round finished as runners-up but were eliminated in the round of 16 of the German Championship knockout stage.


1927–28 Elitserien season
The 1927–28 Elitserien season was the first season of the Elitserien, the top level ice hockey league in Sweden. Four teams participated in the league, and IK Göta won the inaugural championship.


1927–28 FA Cup
The 1927–28 FA Cup was the 53rd staging of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. Blackburn Rovers won the competition for the sixth and (as of 2017) final time, beating Huddersfield Town 3–1 in the final at Wembley.


1927–28 FA Cup
Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. Some matches, however, might be rescheduled for other days if there were clashes with games for other competitions or the weather was inclement. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held until a winner was determined. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played in a replay, a 30-minute period of extra time would be played.


1927–28 FA Cup, First round proper
At this stage 40 clubs from the Football League Third Division North and South joined the 25 non-league clubs who came through the qualifying rounds. Of those Third Division sides not playing in the First Round Proper, Millwall and Brentford were given a bye to the Third Round, Barrow were entered into the Fourth Qualifying Round (losing 3–1 to Workington), and Torquay United were not involved at any stage of the competition. To make the number of matches up, non-league Northfleet United, Aberdare Athletic and Leyton were given byes to this round. 34 matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 26 November 1927. Six matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture.


1927–28 FA Cup, Second Round Proper
The matches were played on Saturday, 10 December 1927. Two matches were drawn, with replays taking place in the following midweek fixture.


1927–28 FA Cup, Third round proper
The 44 First and Second Division clubs, entered the competition at this stage, along with Third Division Millwall and Brentford. Also given a bye to this round of the draw were amateur side Corinthian. The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 14 January 1928. Three matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture.


1927–28 FA Cup, Fourth Round Proper
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 28 January 1928. Three games were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture.


1927–28 FA Cup, Fifth Round Proper
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 18 February 1928. There was one replay, played in the next midweek fixture.


1927–28 FA Cup, Sixth Round Proper
The four quarter-final ties were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 3 March 1928. There were no replays.


1927–28 FA Cup, Semi-Finals
The semi-final matches were played on Saturday, 24 March 1928. The Huddersfield Town–Sheffield United local derby tie went to two replays before it was settled in Huddersfield's favour. Huddersfield went on to meet Blackburn Rovers in the final at Wembley.


1927–28 FA Cup, Final
The 1928 FA Cup Final was contested by Blackburn Rovers and Huddersfield Town at Wembley. Blackburn won 3–1, with goals from Jack Roscamp (2) and Tommy McLean. Alex Jackson scored Huddersfield's goal, making this the first final in 18 years where both teams scored.


1927–28 FAI Cup
The FAI Cup 1927–28 was the seventh edition of Ireland's premier cup competition, The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or FAI Cup. The tournament began on 7 January 1928 and concluded on 17 March with the final held at Dalymount Park, Dublin. An official attendance of 25,000 people watched amateur side Bohemians defeat defending champions Drumcondra to secure a quadruple of trophies.


1927–28 FAI Cup, Notes
A. From 1923-1936, the FAI Cup was known as the Free State Cup.


1927–28 FAI Cup, Notes
B.   Attendances were calculated using gate receipts which limited their accuracy as a large proportion of people, particularly children, attended football matches in Ireland throughout the 20th century for free by a number of means.


1927–28 FBUs Mesterskabsrække
The 1927–28 FBUs Mesterskabsrække was the 24th season of the Funen Football Championship since its establishment in 1904 under the administration of Fyns Boldspil-Union (FBU), and the 2nd season since the league was renamed to the FBUs Mesterskabsrække. The launch of the season began on 2 October 1927 and the final round of regular league fixtures were played on 29 April 1928 with the play-off promotion/relegation match being held on 13 May 1928. B 1909 were the defending league champions from the 1926–27 season.


1927–28 FBUs Mesterskabsrække
The league ran simultaneously with the inaugural edition of the 1927–28 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen i Fodbold, in which three the league's best placed teams from the previous season participated. The three highest ranking teams in the final standings would automatically qualify for the 1928–29 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen i Fodbold. All eligible teams in the FBUs Mesterskabsrække including the top placed teams of the 1927–28 FBUs A-række would also participate in the next season of the Funen regional cup tournament, 1928 FBUs Pokalturnering. After the end of the season, the league winner would take part in the 1928 Provinsmesterskabsturneringen.


1927–28 FBUs Mesterskabsrække
The winner of the league were B 1913, who secured their third FBU top-flight title. During the fall season, B 1913 also secured their third consecutive regional cup title by defeating B 1909 in the 1927 FBUs Pokalturnering final. For the second season in a row, BK Marienlyst finished last in the Funen FA's primary football league, and they would therefore be scheduled to play a promotion/relegation play-off match against the winner of the 1927–28 FBUs A-række, the reserve team of B 1909.


1927–28 FBUs Mesterskabsrække
This season the team managed to lose all 10 league matches, but they won their relegation/promotion play-off match, securing their spot in the next season of FBUs Mesterskabsrække. BK Marienlyst would not have been relegated to FBUs A-række regardless of the result of the play-off match, because the winner of the tier 2 league was a reserve team, that was ineligible for promotion to FBUs Mesterskabsrække the following season, where the club's best senior team was playing.


1927–28 FBUs Mesterskabsrække, Season summary
The defending league champions from the previous season, B 1909, launched their season with a walkover game against the team, that finished last in the prior season's league standings, Nyborg G&IF. The East Fynian football club were not able to field an entire senior team in their first league away in Odense, and hence B 1909 was awarded a two points victory by the Funen FA with the goalless score of 0–0.


1927–28 FBUs Mesterskabsrække, Season summary
At the end of the fall season of 1927, Odense BK were leading the table with 9 points following by B 1913 with 8 points and B 1909 with 6 points, while Nyborg G&IF at that point in time had gathered 4 points, Svendborg BK 3 points and BK Marienlyst 0 points. During the winter break the Nyborg-based team got several new developing players on to their first team.


1927–28 FBUs Mesterskabsrække, Season summary
In the spring season af 1928, B 1909 was left behind early in the run for the league championship, which ended up being fought between the two other Odense teams, B 1913 and Odense BK. In one of the decisive league matches in the last part of the season, B 1913 played against Odense BK on 22 April 1928.


1927–28 FBUs Mesterskabsrække, Season summary
The referee of the game, Remtoft from Copenhagen, did not get on good terms with the 1,800 spectators, was criticised for the handling of the game, and both the players and the spectators in different ways contributed to a bad atmosphere during the match. After the referee dismissed one player, the commotion culminated with the referee expulsing a second player in the second half, Odense BK's best player during the match Otto Eriksen, from the game. This resulted in B 1913 scoring an additional two goals in the second half, securing a 3–0 victory, and gaining a one-point lead in the league standings just ahead of Odense BK.


1927–28 FBUs Mesterskabsrække, Season summary
B 1913 almost jeopardised the championship lead, when playing in Svendborg against Svendborg BK on 29 April 1928. Svendborg BK was leading their home match, 2–0, in the first half, before B 1909 scored three goals with a determined final sprint in the second half, securing a 3–2 win and hence the Funen League Championship title. Had Svendborg BK won the match, Odense BK would have obtained the league championship, while a tie would have meant that a replay match would be played to decide the championship between Odense BK and B 1913.


1927–28 FBUs Mesterskabsrække, Season summary
Although the old tournament, Landsfodboldturneringen, had been dissolved last season, the provincial championship tournament was continued, and as the winner of the league, B 1913 qualified for the 1928 Provinsmesterskabsturneringen played after the ordinary league season. BK Marienlyst did not obtain any points during the season by losing all their league matches, but won their very last game of the season, which was an insignificant promotion/relegation play-off match against winner of the 1927–28 FBUs A-række, the reserve team of B 1909, who was eligible for promotion that season.


1927–28 FBUs Mesterskabsrække, League table
A total of six teams were contesting the league, all 6 sides from the 1926–27 season. Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal average unless this concerned the Funen Championship, qualification for the national championship tournament or qualification for promotion/relegation play-offs, in which case replay matches would be scheduled. The team with the most points were crowned champions, while the team with the fewest points would enter a promotion/relegation play-off.


1927–28 FBUs Mesterskabsrække, Season statistics, Top scorers
B 1909's top scorer in the league became Creutz Jensen with 11 goals followed by Hans Pedersen with 5 goals.


1927–28 FBUs Mesterskabsrække, Promotion/Relegation play-offs
BK Marienlyst, who at this point in their history were located at Skibhusvej, finished last in the league and was scheduled to participate in the promotion/relegation play-off at Odense Boldklubs football field at Munke Mose in Odense against the winner of the 1927–28 FBUs A-række, the reserve team of B 1909, for a spot in the next season of the FBUs Mesterskabsrække.


1927–28 FBUs Mesterskabsrække, Promotion/Relegation play-offs
The Sunday match did not gather overwhelmingly great support and the excitement surrounding the play-off match was lacking; regardless of the final result, BK Marienlyst would not be relegated, because B 1909's reserve team could not be promoted to the premier division under Funen FA. BK Marienlyst won the play-off match. Both clubs remained in their respective tiers for the 1928/29–season regardless of the result.


1927–28 FBUs Mesterskabsrække, Promotion/Relegation play-offs
The BK Marienlyst team was played in white shirts and red shorts, while the B 1909 reserves were playing in red shirts and white shorts. Although the match victory to BK Marienlyst was narrow, it was not a proper reflection of the strength of the two teams during the match. BK Marienlyst was dominant throughout the match with several goal opportunities, and the victory would have been larger, if the team had not taken it easy after increasing their lead to 4–2 in the second period - having finished the first half with the score 2–1. The physical aspect was more prominent than the technical aspect during the game. The B 1909's reserves utilized the relaxed play after BK Marienlyst's last goal to score an additional goal by having an elevated pressure against the Marienlyst goal post in the last minutes of the match.


1927–28 FC Barcelona season
The 1927–28 season was the 29th season for FC Barcelona.


1927–28 FC Basel season
The FC Basel 1927–28 season was their thirty fifth season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. The club's new chairman was Karl Junker took over the presidency from Carl Burkhardt at the AGM on 8 July 1927. However Junker only remained as president until 15 September, then Karl Ibach took over for his third period. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel.


1927–28 FC Basel season, Overview
Karl Bielser was team captain for the third season in a row and as captain he led the team trainings and was responsible for the line-ups. During the season Peter Riesterer took over as team captain and he acted as team coach from then onwards. Basel played a total of 27 matches in their 1927–28 season. 16 of these were in the domestic league, one was in the Swiss Cup and 10 were friendly matches. Of these 10 friendlies four were played at home in the Landhof and six were away games. Apart from the away game against Mulhouse all other matches were in Switzerland. The team won four of the friendly games and lost the other six. They scored 20 goals and conceded 26.


1927–28 FC Basel season, Overview
Probably one of the biggest highlights during these friendly games, was the fixture in the Landhof against Everton, who had just won the English Football League championship that season. The game attracted 8,000 supporters, but Basel lost the comparison against the English champions by two goals to nil. Both goals were scored by Dixie Dean. Dean's greatest point of note is that he is still the only player in English football to score 60 league goals in one season and this (1927–28) was the season in that he accomplished this record. At that the end of that season he was 21 years old.


1927–28 FC Basel season, Overview
The 1927–28 Swiss Serie A was divided into three regional groups, each group with nine teams. Basel were allocated to the Central group together with the other three local clubs Concordia Basel, Nordstern Basel and Old Boys Basel. The other five teams allocated to this group were Young Boys Bern, FC Bern, Aarau, Grenchen and Solothurn. The teams that won each group continue to the finals and the last placed teams in the groups had to play a barrage against relegation. FC Basel played a good season, won ten matches, one was drawn and they suffered five defeats.


1927–28 FC Basel season, Overview
Basel scored 27 goals and conceded 21. With 21 points they ended the season in third position, two points behind group winners and local rivals Nordstern. Nordstern advanced to the finals. Grasshopper Club won the championship, Nordstern were runner-up and Étoile Carouge were third. Solothurn finished the season in last position and competed the promotion/relegation play-off against Luzern. Winning the first match and drawing the second leg they retained their place in the top tier of Swiss football.


1927–28 FC Basel season, Overview
In this season's Swiss Cup Basel were drawn against Young Fellows Zürich in the first round and were eliminated because they lost 0–1. Servette won the cup, beating Grasshopper Club 5–1 in the final.


1927–28 FC Basel season, Players
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1927–28 Football League
The 1927–28 season was the 36th season of The Football League.


1927–28 Football League, Final league tables
The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at  website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, with home and away statistics separated.


1927–28 Football League, Final league tables
Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season. From the 1922–23 season on Re-election was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South.


1927–28 French Amateur Football Championship
Statistics of the French Amateur Football Championship in the 1927-28 season.


1927–28 French Rugby Union Championship
The 1927-28 French Rugby Union Championship of first division was won la Pau  that beat the 'Quillan in the final.


1927–28 French Rugby Union Championship, Context
The 1928 Five Nations Championship was won by Ireland, the France was last, hunted by the death of Yves du Manoir on January u,2.


1927–28 French Rugby Union Championship, Context
Quillan was sustained by a rich businessman, Jean Bourrel, owner of a factory producing hats. The club, engaged a lot of players from other clubs, especially from US Perpignan. In the little city of Quillan, in Aude, all the players were employed in the Bourrel's factory. The club was accused of  "masked professionalism" but was not sufficient to win the title ( « Pau est French Champion : la morale est sauve. And the béret defeated chapeau. » )


1927–28 French Rugby Union Championship, First round
(3 point for each victory, 2 for a draw, 1 for a los)


1927–28 Galatasaray S.K. season
The 1927–28 season was Galatasaray SK's 24th in existence. The Istanbul Football League was aborted due to 1928 Summer Olympics, which were held in Amsterdam.


1927–28 Galatasaray S.K. season, Squad statistics, İstanbul Ligi
Only two matches were played. Kick-off listed in local time (EET)


1927–28 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
The 1927–28 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1927–28 NCAA college basketball season. Elmer Ripley coached it in his first season as head coach. Georgetown was an independent and played its home games at the Arcade Rink, also known as the Arcadia and as the Arcade Auditorium, in Washington, D.C., which it had also used for home games from 1911 to 1914.


1927–28 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
Ripley played professional basketball, including with the "Original Celtics," from 1908 to 1930, coached for three seasons from 1922 to 1925 at Wagner College with an overall record of 23-22, and was being pursued by George Preston Marshall's Washington Palace Five team of the professional American Basketball League in 1927 when Georgetown hired him as head coach. He immediately showed great talent for coaching, leading the Hoyas to a 12-1 record. During three separate stints as head coach, Ripley would coach Georgetown for a combined ten seasons between 1927 and 1949 and lead the school to its first post-season tournament appearance when it advanced to the final game of the 1943 NCAA Tournament.


1927–28 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
On-campus Ryan Gymnasium, where the Hoyas had played their home games from the 1914-15 season through the 1926-27 season, had no seating, accommodating fans on a standing-room only-basis on an indoor track above the court. This precluded the accommodation of significant crowds, providing the self-sustaining Basketball Association with little revenue with which to fund the team's travel expenses and limiting Georgetown to an average of no more than three road games a year from the 1918-19 season through the previous season.


1927–28 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Georgetown Athletic Director Lou Little allowed Ripley to schedule home games off campus this season for the first time since the 1913-14 season in order to generate greater revenue to pay for travel expenses; although this season the Hoyas continued the pattern of playing virtually all of their games at home, they would finally begin to travel more regularly again the following season. It was the Arcade Rink's last season hosting Georgetown men's basketball games, but it was only the first of 22 straight seasons of off-campus home games for the Hoyas, who would not have an on-campus home court again until the opening of McDonough Arena for the 1951-52 season.


1927–28 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Senior forward and team captain Bob Nork was the team's leader for the third straight year, playing in all 13 games, scoring 97 points, and averaging 7.2 points per game. He averaged 8.8 points per game over his collegiate career.


1927–28 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Sophomore guard Fred Mesmer joined the team this season and immediately became a starter and one of the team's leaders. He was an important defensive presence for the team during the season and a skilled passer. He scored in all 13 games, averaging 7.1 points per game.


1927–28 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Sophomore center Don Dutton, Mesmer's high school teammate, also joined the team this year. He started every game and was a strong rebounder and offensive player. His average of 8.8 points per game was the highest for a Georgetown center since the 1907-08 season.


1927–28 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The team's 12-1 record was the best Georgetown finish since the 1919-20 team's 13-1 season. Its only loss was to nationally renowned New York University, and its February 14, 1928, victory over Navy was Georgetown's first win over Navy since January 23, 1909, bringing to an end a 15-game Hoya losing streak against the Midshipmen.


1927–28 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Roster
Georgetown players did not wear numbers on their jerseys this season. The first numbered jerseys in Georgetown men's basketball history would not appear until the 1933-34 season.


1927–28 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Roster
Sophomore guard Fred Mesmer would become Georgetown's head coach for the 1931-32 season and coach the Hoyas for seven seasons.


1927–28 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, 1927–28 schedule and results
Georgetown's victory at Navy this season was its first over the Midshipmen since 1909. In the interim, the Hoyas had lost 15 straight games to Navy.


1927–28 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season
The 1927–28 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season was the 30th season of play for the program.


1927–28 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season, Season
Joseph Stubbs was brought in as the program's 4th head coach and like his predecessors he was a Harvard grad. Unlike the previous three coaches, however, Stubbs had not been a member of the team. That seemed to make little difference when the team began the season with a 9–0 drubbing of MIT. The Crimson played well thorough the early part of their season, winning their first three games before dropping a match against McGill at Madison Square Garden.


1927–28 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season, Season
Harvard dominated in their next two games, but those matches were spread out over a month. By mid-February the Crimson had played only three games from the start of the year and when they met Dartmouth the Indians finally broke through with their first win over Harvard in four years. Following their second loss, Harvard had just its series with Yale remaining and the two titans fought a close battle in the first match. Regulation ended in a 1–1 draw and the arrangement between the two teams called for two 5-minute overtime periods to be played. John Chase scored mid-way through the first and then the Harvard defense held the fort to earn the Crimson the win.


1927–28 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season, Season
The rematch was played a week later and this time Harvard was able to win the game in regulation, shutting down Yale's offense. The win prevented Yale from being able to claim an Intercollegiate championship, with the Eli's having been undefeated against all other collegiate opponents. Because Dartmouth, Harvard and Yale had all defeated one another during the season and with no conference championship to settle the difference, no Eastern champion was named in 1928.


1927–28 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season
During the 1927–28 season Hearts competed in the Scottish First Division, the Scottish Cup and the East of Scotland Shield.


1927–28 Hibernian F.C. season
During the 1927–28 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, finished twelfth out of 20 clubs in the Scottish First Division.


1927–28 Hong Kong First Division League
The 1927–28  Hong Kong First Division League season was the 20th since its establishment.


1927–28 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season
Huddersfield Town's 1927–28 campaign was the last season of Town's true dominance of English football. They finished 2nd behind Everton, although if they had won all their last 3 games, they would have won the title, but they only beat Portsmouth and lost to Sheffield United and Aston Villa. They also reached their 3rd FA Cup Final, losing to Blackburn Rovers in controversial circumstances.


1927–28 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Squad at the start of season
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1927–28 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
Town's team of the mid 1920s were all-conquering, almighty and described as the best team in the world. Just 1 season after relinquishing their championship title, but they were still a formidable force in the 1st Division. This was proven by their record 8-2 win over Cardiff City in October and the 7-1 win over Sheffield United in November. George Brown still continued his goalscoring exploits by scoring 35 goals during the season, including 27 in the league. They were still in the hunt for the title until late April. They needed to win their last 3 games to have a realistic chance of reclaiming their title, but defeats to Sheffield United and Aston Villa made the win over Portsmouth irrelevant. They missed out on the championship by 2 points to Everton.


1927–28 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Squad at the end of the season
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1927–28 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The 1927–28 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1927–28 NCAA college basketball season. Members of the Pacific Coast Conference, the Vandals were led by first-year head coach Rich Fox and played their home games on campus at the   in Moscow, Idaho.


1927–28 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The Vandals were 14–10 overall and 4–6 in conference play.


1927–28 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
Head coach Dave MacMillan had departed for Minnesota in the summer, and was succeeded by alumnus Fox, who had coached Pocatello High School to the state title in 1927; he returned to Moscow and led the Vandals for nine seasons.


1927–28 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
This was the final season for varsity basketball at the Armory and Gymnasium as the Memorial Gymnasium opened in November 1928. The older building became the women's gym, and continues today as the Art and Architecture South.


1927–28 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
The 1927–28 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.


1927–28 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
The 1927-28 season produced the only losing campaign in the 14 year tenure of head coach Craig Ruby at the University of Illinois. Having only one returning senior on a team predominantly consisting of Juniors, Ruby entered his sixth season as head coach of the Fighting Illini with an overall record of 50 wins and 33 losses. This season also produced the Ruby's only losing season in the Big Ten with a conference record of 2 wins and 10 losses. The starting lineup included captain Everett Olson at center, Ernest Dorn and Earl H. Drew at forward, and future head coach Douglas R. Mills, Keston J. Deimling and Andrew R. Solyom at guard.


1927–28 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The 1927–28 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Everett Dean, who was in his 4th year. For the last time, the team played its home games at the Men's Gymnasium in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.


1927–28 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 15–2 and a conference record of 10–2, finishing 1st in the Big Ten Conference.


1927–28 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
The 1927–28 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team (also known informally as Ames) represented Iowa State University during the 1927-28 NCAA men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Bill Chandler, who was in his seventh and final season with the Cyclones. They played their home games at the State Gymnasium in Ames, Iowa.


1927–28 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
They finished the season 3–15, 3–15 in Missouri Valley play to finish in tenth place.


1927–28 Irish League
The Irish League in season 1927–28 comprised 14 teams, and Belfast Celtic won the championship.


1927–28 Isthmian League
The 1927–28 season was the 19th in the history of the Isthmian League, an English football competition.


1927–28 Isthmian League
St Albans City were champions for the second season in a row, winning their third Isthmian League title.


1927–28 JBUs Mesterskabsrække
The 1927–28 JBUs Mesterskabsrække was the 30th season of the Jutland Football Championship since its establishment in 1902. The season was launched in August 1927 and concluded in May 1928 with the final match of the regular league fixtures, while the championship play-offs and promotion/relegation play-off matches were held in May and June 1928. Aalborg BK won both final matches, securing their 4th Jutland league championship and qualifying for the 1928 Provinsmesterskabsturneringen, which they also won. Holstebro BK and BK Herning Fremad were relegated and replaced by Brønderslev IF and Haderslev FK from the 1927–28 JBUs A-række. In the 1927 JBUs Pokalturnering, Aalborg BK obtained their fourth consecutive cup championship, by winning the final against Esbjerg fB.


1927–28 JBUs Mesterskabsrække, Championship play-offs
The finals were contested on neutral venues between the winners of the North and South groups, Aalborg BK and Esbjerg fB. The winner qualified for the semi-finals of the 1928 Provinsmesterskabsturneringen.


1927–28 JBUs Mesterskabsrække, Promotion/Relegation play-offs
Holstebro BK and BK Herning Fremad finished last in their respective groups and were relegated from the JBUs Mesterskabsrække after having lost in their respective promotion/relegation play-off matches against Brønderslev IF and Haderslev FK. Brønderslev IF had won the northern section of JBUs A-række, while Haderslev FK had won the southern section of JBUs A-række including winning the overall Jutland Championship Final of the JBUs A-Række at Randers on 17 June 1928. Both play-off matches were contested on neutral venues.


1927–28 KBUs A-række
The 1927–28 KBUs A-række (administratively known as Senior Række A 1, 1927/28) was the 22nd season of the KBUs A-række – the second tier of the Copenhagen football league structure organised by Kjøbenhavns Boldspil-Union (KBU). The season was launched in on 28 August 1927 and the final rounds of regular league fixtures were held on 21 June 1928 with the play-off promotion match being held on 4 July 1928. Handelsstandens BK were the defending league winners from the 1926–27


1927–28 KBUs A-række
KBU season, but did not manage to earn promotion to the 1927–28 KBUs Mesterskabsrække in last season's promotion play-off matches and hence remained in the league. The winner of the league qualified for promotion/relegation play-off matches against the lowest placed team of the 1927–28 KBUs Mesterskabsrække for a spot in the 1928–29 KBUs Mesterskabsrække. The winners and the runners-up would also qualify for the 1928 KBUs Pokalturnering at the end of the season, while the winners, the runners-up and the third placed team qualified for participation in the 1928–29 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen i Fodbold.


1927–28 KBUs A-række
The winners of the league were Hellerup IK (HIK), who secured the overall league victory on 3 June 1928 against Østerbros BK at their home ground, and hence qualified for the promotion play-off matches against the lowest placed team in the 1927–28 KBUs Mesterskabsrække, BK Fremad Amager. This was the club's second overall tier 2 Copenhagen league championship, having won the league six years earlier. For the third consecutive season, Østerbros BK finished as the runners-up in the league.


1927–28 KBUs A-række
In 1928, the profits from the organisation of the matches involving the Denmark national football team were redistributed to the highest ranking clubs under the Copenhagen FA – primarily to the largest clubs in the KBUs Mesterskabsrække and secondarily to the clubs located in the KBUs A-række. Hemming Nielsen, who during the season played for B 1908, became the top goalscorer with 16 goals, scoring more than half of the goals for his club.


1927–28 KBUs A-række, Season summary
The season was started on 28 August 1927 with two league match fixtures; BK Borup against BK Viktoria and Hellerup IK against BK Union, while a third match between Frederiksberg BK and KFUMs BK had to be cancelled due to the condition on the football field. Three days prior to the season's start, on 26 August, B 1908 won the final match in the 1927 edition of the Fælledklubbernes Pokalturnering against the league rivals Handelstandens BK.


1927–28 KBUs A-række, Season summary
Halfway through the season, Østerbros BK were leading the KBU league with 10 points, while the club in the competition located farthest to the north, Hellerup IK, was in second place with 9 points for 5 matches after 4 wins and 1 draw, and with 20 goals scored and 6 against them. Prior to one of the season's last league matches on 3 June 1928 11:00 CEST at Hellerup Sportspark (also referred to as "Banen ved Phistersvej" or simply "H.I.K. 's Bane"), both competitors for the league championship this season, Hellerup IK and Østerbros BK, were undefeated in the league.


1927–28 KBUs A-række, Season summary
Throughout the season, the two clubs had followed each other; Hellerup IK had 15 points for 8 matches (one draw against KFUMs BK in the fall of 1927), while Østerbros BK had 16 points for 9 matches due to two draws (1–1 against BK Viktoria and 2–2 against B 1908). Hence, Hellerup IK could settle with a tie in the forthcoming match as the team (playing in a kit featuring white shirts and blue shorts) were expecting to win their last match in the season against Valby BK, who had lost a significant number of matches. The season's top league match, which was attended by 4-500 spectators and refereed by Lauritz Andersen (affiliated with BK Velo), would secure either club the overall league title of the season.


1927–28 KBUs A-række, Season summary
In the first half of the game, the away team, Østerbros BK, had the upper hand, but the Ø.B. players were not able to take advantage of their chances and score against the home team. Instead the H.I.K. centerforward, Reinholdt Sylvander (still with injuries from a game against B 1908), used a momentum during the first half to dribble through the opponent's defence, but as he was about make a shot inside the penalty area, he was turned upside down by defender Aage Andersen — an offence the referee deemed illegal and the Hellerup team was awarded a penalty kick.


1927–28 KBUs A-række, Season summary
The penalty kick was quickly executed by Ejvind Andersen and this goal ended up being the only one during the entire match. During the second half, the teams were more even, and both the Hellerup IK and Østerbros BK forwards had several close attempts. Hence Hellerup IK secured the club's second KBUs A-række league championship, for the first time in six years, while Østerbros BK for the second consecutive season finished in second place.


1927–28 KBUs A-række, Season summary
The regular players featured in the Hellerup-team's line-ups during the season included the following the goalkeeper Henry Schnabelrauch (attached to BK Fremad Amager the previous season, making him debut on 28 August 1927); the defenders Poul Petersen, P. Kjærgaard and Alf Nilsson; the midfielders William Kirkland, Knud Sørensen, Louis Olsen and Arnold Jensen; the forwards Ejvind "Møllen" Andersen, Mogens Larsen, Reinholdt Sylvander, Oscar Olsen, Ejnar Nilsson, Claude Vincent and Ejnar Rørby.


1927–28 KBUs A-række, Season summary
The league match between BK Standard and Valby BK played on 23 October 1927, 12:00 at Sundby Idrætspark ended with a 2–0 victory to BK Standard. The second half of the match was not played, because it was abandoned by the Valby BK players due to the severe weather conditions (rain and storm) and the effect on the football field, that had been ongoing since 7 o'clock in the morning.


1927–28 KBUs A-række, Season summary
In the week up to the match, several of the Valby BK players had been sick in bed, and therefore found it reasonable to abandon the remaining part of the match. Kjøbenhavns Boldspil-Union (KBU) later changed the score to 0–0! and awarded BK Standard the game as a 2 points victory. Several other matches in the lower levels across the Copenhagen area, that took place on the same day, were also either cancelled or abandoned for the same reasons.


1927–28 KBUs A-række, Season summary
Unlike the 1927–28 KBUs Mesterskabsrække, the majority of the league matches of the KBUs A-række took place at the club's home/away fields or at a neutral ground located in Copenhagen.


1927–28 KBUs A-række, Season summary
Five league matches of importance at the very end of the season were scheduled to be played at Københavns Idrætspark with the purpose of promoting the second tier league championship and at a lower entrance fee at the gates – the matches were played on 10 May (BK Viktoria vs. Østerbros BK), 24 May (BK Union vs. Østerbros BK), 6 June (BK Viktoria vs. B 1908), 7 June (Handelsstandens BK vs. BK Standard) and 17 June 1928 (Valby BK vs. Hellerup IK). The promotion/relegation play-off matches for the team with the fewest points in the league were cancelled this season.


1927–28 KBUs A-række, Season summary
Instead, the winners of the 1927–28 KBUs B-række, Boldklubben Ydun (of Frederiksberg), were automatically promoted to the 1928–29 season of the KBUs A-Række. After BK Velo pulled their senior men's team from the league following the completion of the fall season of 1926–27 season, the second-tier KBU league was left with only 11 teams, which would be expanded to 12 teams beginning with the 1928–29 season.


1927–28 KBUs A-række, Teams, Stadia and locations
Five league matches involving BK Viktoria, Østerbros BK, BK Union, B 1908, Handelsstandens BK and BK Standard were played at Københavns Idrætspark.


1927–28 KBUs A-række, League table
A total of 11 teams were contesting the league, all 11 sides from the 1926–27 season. No team was promoted from the 1926–27 KBUs B-række or relegated from the 1926–27 KBUs Mesterskabsrække. Every team played one game against each other team, either one at home, away or on a neutral field. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by head-to-head points and goal ratio. The team with the most points were crowned winners of the league and entered a promotion play-off.


1927–28 KBUs A-række, Results
†: The match between Handelsstandens BK and BK Borup played on 15 March 1928, 13:00 at Fælledparken originally ended in a tie (1–1), but Handelsstandens BK appealed the first goal in match by BK Borup, and won the appeal, resulting in winning the match 1–0.‡: The second half of the match between BK Standard and Valby BK played on 23 October 1927, 12:00 at Sundby Idrætspark was not played. The match was abandoned at the score of 2–0 by the Valby BK players due to the severe weather conditions. Kjøbenhavns Boldspil-Union (KBU) later changed the score to 0–0! and awarded BK Standard the game as a 2 points victory.


1927–28 KBUs Mesterskabsrække
The 1927–28 KBUs Mesterskabsrække was the 40th season of the Copenhagen Football Championship since its establishment in 1889, and the 26th under the administration of Kjøbenhavns Boldspil-Union (KBU). The season was launched on 21 August 1927 with a match between BK Fremad Amager and B.93 at Københavns Idrætspark and concluded on 9 May 1928 with the final match of the regular league fixtures, with the play-off promotion/relegation match being held on 4 July 1928. B.93, playing in white shirts, started as the defending league champions from the 1926–27 KBUs season.


1927–28 KBUs Mesterskabsrække
The Copenhagen FA first-tier league ran simultaneously with the inaugural edition of the 1927–28 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen i Fodbold, in which all of the league's teams participated. All six teams in the league, including the winners and the runners-up of the 1927–28 KBUs A-række automatically qualified for the 1928 edition of KBUs Pokalturnering, while the same teams and the third placed team of the 1927–28 KBUs A-række  qualified for the 1928–29 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen.


1927–28 KBUs Mesterskabsrække
This was the first season, that the new offside rule was implemented in the league's matches. Østerbro-based B.93 won their second consecutive title of the league and their 7th overall KBU league championship, while B 1903 also finished as runners-up for the second year in a row. Vilhelm Nielsen from Kjøbenhavns BK became the league's top goalscorer with 9 goals. BK Frem, at that time based in the Vesterbro-area of Copenhagen, secured the regional cup title by defeating the defending cup champions, B.93, in the 1927 KBUs Pokalturnering final.


1927–28 KBUs Mesterskabsrække
BK Fremad Amager finished last in the Copenhagen FA's primary football league, but managed to win the first promotion/relegation play-off match against the 1927–28 KBUs A-række winner, Hellerup IK, securing their spot in the next season of KBUs Mesterskabsrække. All league matches during the season, including the play-offs, were played at Københavns Idrætspark.


1927–28 KBUs Mesterskabsrække, Season summary
The new offside rule was implemented in the league's matches this season. The newspapers speculated, that the implementation would result in several more goals being scored. During the course of the season, BK Fremad Amager appeared in three different kits — in a match against BK Frem at Københavns Idrætspark, the players of the Amager-based even had to change their outfit from red shirts/white shorts to red shirts/black shorts in the second half, because the combination were too similar to BK Frem's kit (red/blue vertical striped shirts and white shorts) in the first half.


1927–28 KBUs Mesterskabsrække, Season summary
The defending league champions from the previous season, the Østerbro-based club B.93, played the inaugural match on 21 August 1927 at Københavns Idrætspark against BK Fremad Amager, that had finished in the last spot of the league in the previous season. BK Fremad Amager had made some changes in the line-up, which now included a new goalkeeper, Heinrich Hansen, as a replacement for last season's player in that position, Schnabelrauch.


1927–28 KBUs Mesterskabsrække, Season summary
The first match of the season was played in pouring rain, lightning and thunder, and although much of the football field was under water, the game was not cancelled by the referee, Cand. jur. Otto Remke (affiliated with Akademisk BK). The first goal of the match — which was attended by 3,000-4,000 spectators — and the season, was made after only 3 minutes of play by the BK Fremad Amager inner winger, Henrik Selschau, by scoring between the legs of B.93's goalkeeper, Svend Jensen.


1927–28 KBUs Mesterskabsrække, Season summary
For the new season, Kjøbenhavns BK had reconstructed their first senior team's line-up, so it consisted mostly of new and young players, having played in the youth team's league under the Copenhagen FA — only the old players, and national team player, the midfielders Valdemar Laursen and Aage Jørgensen, and the defender Steen Steensen Blicher were kept on the roster. The two teams, Kjøbenhavns BK and BK Frem, reportedly fielded the youngest rosters in the league, when they meet each other in their first season match on 11 September 1927 at Københavns Idrætspark.


1927–28 KBUs Mesterskabsrække, Season summary
The match originally ended in a 1–1 draw, but Kjøbenhavns Boldspil-Union (KBU) later administratively changed the score to 0–0! and awarded Kjøbenhavns BK the game as a 2 points victory due to the BK Frem player Eiler Holm being used illegally after having played on the club's reserve team earlier in the fall of 1927.


1927–28 KBUs Mesterskabsrække, Season summary
The match schedule for the league's spring season was published on 3 January 1928 by the Copenhagen FA. Following the conclusion of the fall season, B.93 was the best placed club with 8 points for five matches, while the B 1903 player Axel Hansen was leading the league's top scorer table with 7 goals. Axel Hansen did not manage to score any goals in the spring season.


1927–28 KBUs Mesterskabsrække, Season summary
Vilhelm Nielsen entered the team line-up of Kjøbenhavns BK late in the fall season, and hence did not play in all league matches, but still managed to score enough goals to score the largest number of goals in the league. B 1903 played their last KBU league match of the season on 1 May, finishing temporarily at the top of the league, with 14 points for 10 matches. Three matches still needed to be played before the conclusion of the league championship, where two matches involved B.93, and two matches involved BK Fremad Amager.


1927–28 KBUs Mesterskabsrække, Season summary
While B.93 could still secure their second consecutive title of the league and their 7th overall KBU league championship by winning their last two matches, BK Fremad Amager also had to possibility to avoid the relegation play-off matches at the end of the season by securing three points in their last two matches. The season's last regular league match involved both clubs and was won by the white shirts, B.93.


1927–28 KBUs Mesterskabsrække, League table
A total of six teams were contesting the league, all 6 sides from the 1926–27 season. A double round-robin schedule was used as every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal average. The team with the most points were crowned champions, while the team with the fewest points would enter a promotion/relegation play-off.


1927–28 KBUs Mesterskabsrække, Season statistics, Top scorers
Vilhelm Nielsen of Kjøbenhavns BK scored a total of 9 goals during the season, becoming the leading top scorer of the league at the end of the season. Pauli Jørgensen from BK Frem scored an equal number of goals during the season, but the goal, that the centre forward scored on 11 September 1927 in the match between Kjøbenhavns BK and BK Frem, is not included in the scoring list, because the match's final score was later changed to 0–0! by the Kjøbenhavns Boldspil-Union (KBU), and neither team's goals count in KBU's archives. Pauli Jørgensen are hence listed in second place with 8 goals on the list, together with his teammate Henri Olsen and B.93's top scorer in the league, the forward Michael Rohde.


1927–28 KBUs Mesterskabsrække, Season statistics, Top scorers
Source: Idrætsbladet‡: The goals scored by Pauli Jørgensen and Oscar Jørgensen in the match on 11 September 1927 between Kjøbenhavns BK and BK Frem, are not included, because Kjøbenhavns Boldspil-Union (KBU) later changed the score to 0–0!


1927–28 KBUs Mesterskabsrække, Promotion/Relegation play-offs
The 6th-placed team of the 1927–28 KBUs Mesterskabsrække met the winners of the 1927–28 KBUs A-række for a spot in the next season of the KBUs Mesterskabsrække. The rules, that had been implemented from the beginning of the 1923–24 season, were designed so that winners of the KBUs A-række had to obtain at least three points (two points for a win, 1 point for a tie and 0 points for a loss) over the course of two play-off matches in order for the team to gain promotion.


1927–28 KBUs Mesterskabsrække, Promotion/Relegation play-offs
BK Fremad Amager won the first play-off match against Hellerup IK with the score 3–1 (all scored in the first half of the game) and both clubs therefore remained in their respective tiers for the 1928/29–season – voiding a second play-off match. The Hellerup IK forward and captain Ejnar Nilsson got a strain after only three minutes of play, but choose to continue playing, giving the Hellerup team a handicap having to basically play as only 10 men for the remaining part of the match. Fremad Amager dominated the match start to finish. The second play-off match would have been played no later than 15 July 1928.


1927–28 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
The 1927–28 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1927–28 college men's basketball season.


1927–28 Lancashire Cup
The 1927–28 Lancashire Cup competition was the 20th competition in the  history of this regional rugby league event and the final was a repeat of the 1925–26 Lancashire Cup Final, with Swinton beating Wigan by 5-2. The match was played at Watersheddings, Oldham. The attendance was 22,000 and receipts £1,275.


1927–28 Lancashire Cup, Background
The number of teams entering this year’s competition dropped back to 13 due to no amateur participation. This resulted in the competition running with 3 byes in the first round.


1927–28 Lancashire Cup, Competition and results, Final, Teams and scorers
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points


1927–28 League of Ireland
The 1927–28 League of Ireland was the seventh season of the League of Ireland. Shamrock Rovers were the defending champions.


1927–28 League of Ireland, Overview
For the first time since the foundation of the League, the teams were the same as the previous season.


1927–28 Leicester City F.C. season
The 1927–28 season was Leicester City's 30th season in the Football League and their 4th in the First Division. Leicester finished the season in their highest ever league finish to date, finishing 3rd in the First Division. Though they would go on to break that again the following season.


1927–28 Leicester City F.C. season
Arthur Chandler also broke the club record for the most goals in a single season, scoring 34 times. He would equaled this record himself in the 1928–29 season. This record still stands today at the most goals ever scored by a Leicester player in a single top tier season.


1927–28 Leicester City F.C. season
The 1927–28 season also saw the club's record ever home attendance, as 47,289 people turned up to watch an FA Cup fifth round match with Tottenham Hotspur.


1927–28 Luxembourg National Division
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1927–28 Luxembourg National Division
The 1927–28 Luxembourg National Division was the 18th season of top level association football in Luxembourg.


1927–28 Luxembourg National Division, Overview
The competition contested by 8 teams, and CA Spora Luxembourg won the championship.


1927–28 Magyar Kupa
The 1927–28 Magyar Kupa (English: Hungarian Cup) was the 11th season of Hungary's annual knock-out cup football competition.


1927–28 Malmö FF season
Malmö FF is a Swedish football team that competed in the country's Division 2 Sydsvenska Serien (South Sweden series) for the 1927–28 season.


1927–28 Maltese Premier League
The 1927–28 Maltese First Division was the 17th season of top-tier football in Malta. It was contested by 7 teams, and Floriana F.C. won the championship.


1927–28 Manchester City F.C. season
The 1927–28 season was Manchester City F.C. 's thirty-seventh season of league football and second season in the Football League Second Division, which they won for the fourth time in their history.


1927–28 Manchester United F.C. season
The 1927–28 season was Manchester United's 32nd season in the Football League.


1927–28 Marquette Blue and Gold men's ice hockey season
The 1927–28 Marquette Blue and Gold men's ice hockey season was the 6th season of play for the program.


1927–28 Marquette Blue and Gold men's ice hockey season, Season
There was again quite a bit of change from last years' varsity team, including the "Three Macs" being reduced to two with George McTeer transferring to McGill University. Fortunately, the other two Macs stayed and spearheaded a season for the ages. At the end of the previous season, at the invitation of Minnesota's head coach Emil Iverson (the brother of Kay Iverson), Marquette joined with several other regional schools to form the Northern Intercollegiate Hockey Association. The group of 16 schools, included some members of the MIAC and two junior colleges.


1927–28 Marquette Blue and Gold men's ice hockey season, Season
The organization was designed to codify rules under which the midwestern teams would play and give support to members by attempting to schedule one another where applicable. The 'major' universities included Michigan, Michigan State, Michigan Tech, Minnesota and Wisconsin, all of the schools who participated for the regional intercollegiate championship. The result of their association was that Marquette was able to play an expansive schedule against other colleges and use their revamped lineup to great effect.


1927–28 Marquette Blue and Gold men's ice hockey season, Season
The Blue and Gold began the season with two overpowering games against a local amateur club. McFadyen and MacKenzie demonstrated that they had lost none of their speed and talent in the two games and the rest of the team was coming along as well. After another pair of wins over a second local club, Marquette played their first intercollegiate game of the season and escaped with a narrow victory over Wisconsin. The team had a long layoff before returning to the ice in late January and attending their second Wausau tournament.


1927–28 Marquette Blue and Gold men's ice hockey season, Season
This time the hilltoppers won both games and prepared for the start of their Michigan road trip. The team played three games in three days, beginning with a relatively easy victory over Michigan State and then began to look tired in the two matches against Michigan. The Wolverines were not a good team that season, winning just 2 of 13 games, but they seemed to find their game against the Blue and Gold. Fortunately, Marquette was able to skate to victory in both games and returned home for a showdown against the powerhouse, Minnesota.


1927–28 Marquette Blue and Gold men's ice hockey season, Season
The Gophers were coming off of a bad series at Wisconsin and seemed lost playing near the Illinois border. They were routed by the Blue and Gold, keeping Marquette's record pristine and placing the hilltoppers firmly at the top of the league standings. After a second victory over Wisconsin a week later, Marquette was just one game away from capturing their first championship and they headed to Minneapolis at the end of the month with that goal in mind.


1927–28 Marquette Blue and Gold men's ice hockey season, Season
Because Minnesota had two losses in league play, the Gophers would have to win both games against Marquette to surpass the Blue and Gold. In the first game, Marquette fought a much more even duel with the Maroons and, in front of 5,000 spectators, the game was a defensive battle throughout regulation. The teams were tied at one apiece going into overtime and it took until the second extra session for another goal to be scored.


1927–28 Marquette Blue and Gold men's ice hockey season, Season
Minnesota was finally able to pull ahead and then tried to hold onto their lead (sudden death rules were not in effect) but McFadyen managed to even the score before time had expired and the game was declared a draw. The tie meant that Minnesota, who was 8–2–2 in league play, couldn't finish ahead of Marquette (6–0–1) so the Blue and Gold were guaranteed the Western Intercollegiate title. The Gophers got a bit of revenge in the final game, preventing Marquette from finishing with an undefeated record, but Iverson's team were Collegiate Champions.


1927–28 Marquette Blue and Gold men's ice hockey season, Schedule and results
† Michigan archives incorrectly list the two games as being played in January. Minnesota records the score of the game as 4–1. Wisconsin has the game being played on February 15.


1927–28 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
The 1927–28 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate basketball during the 1927–28 season. The team played its home games at Yost Field House on the school's campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The team finished fifth in the Western Conference. This was E. J. Mather's final season as head coach. Frank Harrigan served as team captain and the second highest scorer with 104 points in 17 games. Bennie Oosterbaan was the Western Conference scoring champion with 129 points in conference games. Oosterbaan had 172 points in 16 overall games, an average of 10.8 points per game, and was selected as a first-team 1928 All-American in basketball.


1927–28 Montreal Canadiens season
The 1927–28 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 19th season, and 11th in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team improved from its second-place finish to place first in the Canadian Division and qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens lost in a playoff rematch against the rival Maroons in a two-game total-goals series 3–2.


1927–28 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season
Howie Morenz, the NHL's top drawing card, dominated the scoring race and was runaway winner of the Hart Trophy. He scored 33 goals and led the league in assists as well. The Canadiens, who were running away with the Canadian Division at mid-season, slumped after an injury to Pit Lepine but managed to hold on to first place at season's end.


1927–28 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1927–28 Montreal Canadiens season, Playoffs
The Canadiens received a first-round bye and met the Maroons in the semi-finals. In a two-game, total goals series, the series was tied going into sudden-death overtime before Russell Oatman scored the winner at 8:20 to win the series 3–2 ( 2–2, 1–0) for the Maroons.


1927–28 Montreal Maroons season
The 1927–28 Montreal Maroons season was the 4th season for the National Hockey League franchise.


1927–28 Montreal Maroons season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1927–28 Montreal Maroons season, Playoffs
The Maroons made it into the playoffs. They defeated Ottawa in the first round 3 goals to 1 or 3–1. They went against the Canadiens in the second round and won 3 goals to 2, or 3–2. The 2nd game was a reversal of fortune from previous year against Montreal Canadiens, when Howie Morenz eliminated them with an overtime goal. This year it was Maroons Russell Oatman who provided the margin of victory, at 8:10 of overtime, to upset the 1st place Canadiens.


1927–28 Montreal Maroons season, Playoffs
They went against the Rangers in the finals in a best of five and lost in 5 games, or 3–2. All games were played at the Montreal Forum with New York's Madison Square Gardens unavailable due a circus. Forty-four-year-old Rangers coach/manager Lester Patrick replaced the injured Lorne Chabot in game 2 and backstopped New York to 2–1 overtime victory. After Maroons won game 3, 2–0, with Clint Benedict recording his NHL record 15th and final shutout, Rangers came back to win games 4 and 5 and secure the Stanley Cup. Goaltender Joe Miller was loaned to New York by New York Americans for the final 3 games of the series as an injury replacement.


1927–28 Montreal Maroons season, Player stats
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;


1927–28 NCAA men's basketball season
The 1927–28 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1927, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1928.


1927–28 NCAA men's basketball season, Awards, Helms College Basketball All-Americans
The practice of selecting a Consensus All-American Team did not begin until the 1928–29 season. The Helms Athletic Foundation later retroactively selected a list of All-Americans for the 1927–28 season.


1927–28 NCAA season
The 1927–28 NCAA championships were contested by the NCAA during the 1927–28 collegiate academic school year, the NCAA's seventh season of championships, to determine the team and individual national champions of its three sponsored sports.


1927–28 NCAA season
Wrestling was introduced as the NCAA's third officially-sponsored sport this season.


1927–28 NCAA season
Before the introduction of the separate University Division and College Division before the 1955–56 school year, a single national championship was conducted for each sport. Women's sports were not added until 1981–82.


1927–28 NHL season
The 1927–28 NHL season was the 11th season of the National Hockey League. Ten teams played 44 games each. The New York Rangers won the Stanley Cup beating the Montreal Maroons, becoming the first NHL team based in United States to win it.


1927–28 NHL season, League business
The O'Brien Cup, which used to go to the National Hockey Association (NHA), later the NHL league champion, would now go to the winner of the Canadian Division. The Prince of Wales Trophy, first awarded to the winner of the first game at Madison Square Garden, and later the NHL league champion, would now go to the winner of the American division.


1927–28 NHL season, League business
The Toronto Maple Leafs introduce new sweaters of blue and white, changing from the former green logo on white uniform. They are the first team in the NHL to have a set of white uniforms and a set of dark uniforms.


1927–28 NHL season, League business, Rule changes
The league changed the rule for substitution, allowing "on the fly" changes, as long as the player going off is on the bench before the substitute goes on.


1927–28 NHL season, Regular season
The Chicago Black Hawks fired coach Pete Muldoon before the season, and coaching was split between Hugh Lehman and Barney Stanley. The Black Hawks finished last, recording only seven wins. The firing of Muldoon prompted him to publicly put "a curse" (known as the "curse of the Muldoons") on the Black Hawks, stating that the team would never win the NHL pennant. The Black Hawks would not place first in the NHL until the 1966–67 season.


1927–28 NHL season, Regular season
The Ottawa Senators, the smallest market in the league, were affected by franchises in the U.S. and sold their star right wing Hooley Smith to the Montreal Maroons for $22,500 plus the return of right wing Punch Broadbent, followed by the sale of defenceman Edwin Gorman to Toronto.


1927–28 NHL season, Regular season
Howie Morenz, the NHL's top drawing card, dominated the scoring race and was runaway winner of the Hart Trophy. He scored 33 goals and led the league in assists as well. Despite Ottawa's financial difficulties, Alex Connell, Ottawa goalkeeper, set an all-time record with six consecutive shutouts. His record shutout sequence reached 460 minutes and 59 seconds without being scored on.


1927–28 NHL season, Regular season
Toronto, now the Maple Leafs, showed power early on and it looked like they would make the playoffs. However, injuries to Hap Day and Bill Carson doomed the team, and the Leafs sagged to fourth, out of the playoffs for the third straight year. It would take another 80 years until the Leafs missed the playoffs three straight times again.


1927–28 NHL season, Regular season
Thanks to the great play of Eddie Shore and goaltender Hal Winkler, who tied with Connell for the leader in shutouts with 15, the Boston Bruins finished first for the first time in the American Division, while the Canadiens, who were running away with the Canadian Division at mid-season, slumped after an injury to Pit Lepine but managed to hold onto first place at season's end.


1927–28 NHL season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PIM = Penalties in minutesNote: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold


1927–28 NHL season, Playoffs
In the Canadian Division, the Montreal Maroons beat the Ottawa Senators and then went to the limit against the Canadiens before Russell Oatman put the Maroons into the finals with a goal in overtime.


1927–28 NHL season, Playoffs
In the American Division, the New York Rangers knocked off the Pittsburgh Pirates in a rough series, and then beat Boston to go to the finals against the Montreal Maroons.


1927–28 NHL season, Playoffs, Stanley Cup Finals
The circus knocked the Rangers out of Madison Square Garden, and all games were played in the Montreal Forum, even though Boston offered to host the Rangers. The Maroons won game one 2–0, with Nels Stewart and goaltender Clint Benedict the stars.


1927–28 NHL season, Playoffs, Stanley Cup Finals
Drama took over in game two when Nels Stewart fired a hard shot that struck New York goaltender Lorne Chabot in the eye. He could not continue, and the Rangers needed a goaltender. However, when coach Eddie Gerard refused to let the Rangers use Alex Connell or minor league goaltender Hugh McCormick, Lester Patrick, Ranger coach, in anger, decided to don the pads himself. The Rangers then body-blasted any Maroon who got near Patrick. Bill Cook scored, putting the Rangers ahead 1–0, but Nels Stewart was not to be denied and scored, tying the game. In overtime, Frank Boucher got the winner for the Rangers and they carried Patrick, tears streaming down his eyes, off the ice. Patrick stopped 17 of 18 shots he faced.


1927–28 NHL season, Playoffs, Stanley Cup Finals
Joe "Red Light" Miller, New York Americans goalie, was allowed to take Chabot's place in goal and he played well in a 2–0 loss in game three. However, Frank Boucher starred as the Rangers took the next two games, and the Stanley Cup. Drama almost took place in the final game when Miller was badly cut on a shot, but he was able to continue. The crowd became unruly at times and referee Mike Rodden took abuse for disallowed goals by Maroon players. Even NHL president Frank Calder was a target of some fans for not intervening. The Rangers became the second American team to win the Cup and the first NHL American team to do so. In addition, the Rangers became the first team to win the Stanley Cup at the Montreal Forum which was only repeated in 1989


1927–28 NHL season, Awards
The terms for awarding the O'Brien Cup and the Prince of Wales Trophy were changed to honour the top finisher in each of the NHL's divisions. Howie Morenz won the Hart Trophy, the first of three times he would be named most valuable player. Frank Boucher won the Lady Byng, the first of seven times he would win the award. George Hainsworth won the Vezina Trophy for the second consecutive year.


1927–28 NHL season, Player statistics, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points


1927–28 NHL season, Player statistics, Leading goaltenders
Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; GA = Goals against; SO = Shut outs; GAA = Goals against average


1927–28 NHL season, Debuts
The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1927–28 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs):


1927–28 NHL season, Last games
The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1927–28 (listed with their last team):* Denotes last game was in the playoffs.


1927–28 National Football League (Ireland)
The 1927–28 National Football League was the 2nd staging of the National Football League, a Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland, held in 1927 and 1928.


1927–28 National Football League (Ireland), Format
There were three divisions – Northern, Southern, and Western. Division winners played off for the NFL title.


1927–28 National Football League (Ireland), Format
The league was not decided by a one-match final. The three division winners played each other in a series of Inter-Divisional tests. As Kerry and Kildare both defeated Mayo, it meant that the Kerry v Kildare tie was a 'de facto' final.


1927–28 National Football League (Ireland), Results, Northern Division, Table
Meath beat Down, but forfeited the points for being late on the field


1927–28 National Football League (Ireland), Results, Southern Division, Table
Laois were awarded the points in respect of their tie with Clare at Kilkee


1927–28 National Football League (Ireland), Results, Western Division
Mayo won, finishing ahead of Sligo, Galway, Roscommon and Leitrim.


1927–28 National Hurling League
The 1927–28 National Hurling League was the second edition of the National Hurling League (NHL).


1927–28 National Hurling League
The nine participating teams were Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kilkenny, Laois, Limerick, Offaly, Tipperary and Wexford who agreed to play an eight-game format whereby each team would play each of their eight rivals once with two points awarded for a win and one point awarded for a drawn game. The team with the most points at the completion of the season would be declared National Hurling League champions.


1927–28 National Hurling League
Tipperary won the league after securing 14 points from their eight games. Galway were second with 12 points.


1927–28 Nelson F.C. season
For the 1927–28 season, Nelson Football Club played as a professional outfit in the Football League for the seventh consecutive campaign. Nelson finished last out of 22 teams in the Third Division North, with a record of 10 wins, 6 draws and 26 defeats, corresponding to a tally of 26 points. As a result, the club was forced to apply for re-election to the League at the end of the season. The application was successful, with Nelson retaining their berth in place of Durham City.


1927–28 Nelson F.C. season
Due to the departure of Percy Smith to Bury, Nelson did not have a manager installed during the entire season. The team played inconsistently throughout the campaign from the outset, losing the opening two matches before winning four consecutive games during September 1927. Nelson suffered several comprehensive defeats during the 1927–28 season, including a 1–9 defeat to Bradford City, a 0–8 loss away at Stockport County and a 1–7 reverse against Accrington Stanley. In total, the team conceded 136 goals in 42 league matches, one of the highest totals in Football League history.


1927–28 Nelson F.C. season
Outside of league competition, Nelson entered the FA Cup but were knocked out in the First Round following a 0–3 defeat to Bradford Park Avenue at Seedhill. They also competed in the Lancashire Senior Cup, but suffered a 2–10 loss to Second Division side Manchester City. Nelson used 33 different players during the season. Many of these were new arrivals at the club; a number of the professional staff from the previous campaign had been released due to the club's increasing debts.


1927–28 Nelson F.C. season
Forward Jimmy Hampson, the top goalscorer in 1926–27, was sold to Blackpool in October 1927 for a transfer fee of £1,250 and went on to become an England international. His replacement, Bernard Radford, was Nelson's highest scorer in the 1927–28 campaign with 17 league goals. Scottish striker Buchanan Sharp was the only other player to reach double figures with his tally of 11. Only one player, Joe Halliwell appeared in all 43 competitive matches; former England international George Wilson appeared in 40 of the games. Many squad members were bit-part players, with more than half of the team making fewer than 10 competitive appearances.


1927–28 Nelson F.C. season
The highest attendance of the season at Nelson's Seedhill stadium was around 9,000 for the FA Cup tie against Bradford Park Avenue, while the lowest gate was 1,126 (the club's lowest ever Football League attendance) for the 3–5 home defeat to Tranmere Rovers on 24 April 1928.


1927–28 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and Ferencvárosi TC won the championship.


1927–28 Netherlands Football League Championship
The Netherlands Football League Championship 1927–1928 was contested by 50 teams participating in five divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of the eastern, northern, southern and two western football divisions of the Netherlands. Feijenoord won this year's championship by beating AFC Ajax, NOAD, ZAC and Velocitas 1897.


1927–28 New York Americans season
The 1927–28 New York Americans season was the American's third season of play. The team finished in last place in the Canadian Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.


1927–28 New York Americans season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1927–28 New York Rangers season
The 1927–28 New York Rangers season was the second season for the team in the National Hockey League. In the regular season, the Rangers finished in second place in the American Division with a 19–16–9 record and qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs. In a pair of two-game total goals series, New York defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Bruins to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals, where they faced the Montreal Maroons. The Rangers defeated the Maroons 3–2 to win their first Stanley Cup.


1927–28 New York Rangers season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals AgainstTeams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1927–28 New York Rangers season, Playoffs
The circus knocked the Rangers out of Madison Square Garden, and all games for the Stanley Cup Finals were played in the Montreal Forum. The Maroons won game one 2–0, as Red Dutton and Bill "Bat" Phillips scored goals, and goaltender Clint Benedict made 19 saves.


1927–28 New York Rangers season, Playoffs
A well-known incident occurred in game two when Nels Stewart fired a hard shot that struck New York goaltender Lorne Chabot in the eye. He could not continue, and the Rangers needed a goaltender. However, when the Maroons refused to let the Rangers use Alex Connell or minor league goaltender Hugh McCormick, Rangers coach Lester Patrick decided to don the pads himself. The Rangers then increased their defensive pressure when any Maroon attempted a shot on Patrick. Bill Cook scored, putting the Rangers ahead 1–0, but Nels Stewart was not to be denied and scored, tying the game. In overtime, Frank Boucher got the winner for the Rangers 7:05 into overtime. The 44-year-old Patrick made 17 saves in his goaltending stint.


1927–28 New York Rangers season, Playoffs
Joe "Red Light" Miller, New York Americans goalie, was allowed to take Chabot's place in goal, and he played well in a 2–0 loss in game three. However, Frank Boucher starred as the Rangers took the next two games, and the Stanley Cup; he scored twice in the Rangers' 2–1 game five victory. The Rangers almost lost another goalie to injury in the final game when Miller was badly cut while Murray Murdoch attempted to clear a loose puck away from goal, but he was able to continue.


1927–28 New York Rangers season, Playoffs
The crowd became unruly in the third period, throwing objects onto the ice after referee Mike Rodden disallowed an apparent game-tying goal by the Maroons. Even NHL president Frank Calder was a target of some fans immediately following the game. The Rangers became the second Stanley Cup champion from the United States, and the NHL's first American Cup-winning team.


1927–28 New York Rangers season, Player statistics
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only. ‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.


1927–28 Newport County A.F.C. season
The 1927–28 season was Newport County's eighth season in the Football League, seventh season in the Third Division South and eighth season overall in the third tier.


1927–28 Newport County A.F.C. season, League table
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points


1927–28 Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team
The 1927–28 Niagara Orange Eagles men's basketball team represented Niagara University during the 1927–28 NCAA college men's basketball season. The head coach was Peter Dwyer, coaching his first season with the Purple Eagles.


1927–28 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team
The 1927–28 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina during the 1927–28 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The team finished the season with a 17–2 record.


1927–28 Northern Football League
The 1927–28 Northern Football League season was the 35th in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in Northern England.


1927–28 Northern Football League, Clubs
The league featured 13 clubs which competed in the last season, along with one new club:


1927–28 Northern Rugby Football League season
The 1927–28 Rugby Football League season was the 33rd season of rugby league football. Swinton won All four cups.


1927–28 Northern Rugby Football League season, Season summary
Swinton won their second, and successive, Championship when they defeated Featherstone Rovers 11-0 in the play-off final. Swinton had also ended the regular season as the league leaders.


1927–28 Northern Rugby Football League season, Season summary
The Challenge Cup Winners were Swinton who beat Warrington 5-3 in the final.