1927 Montana State Bobcats football team
The 1927 Montana State Bobcats football team represented Montana State College (later renamed Montana State University) in the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1927 college football season. In its seventh and final season under head coach Ott Romney, the team compiled a 4–4 record (3–1 against RMC opponents), finished third in the conference, and was outscored by a total of 104 to 79.


1927 NC State Wolfpack football team
The 1927 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University  during the 1927 Southern Conference football season. They played their home games in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Wolfpack were coached by Gus Tebell in his third year as head coach, compiling a record of 9–1 and outscoring opponents 216 to 69.


1927 NC State Wolfpack football team
NC State tied with Georgia Tech and Tennessee for the Southern Conference title, including the only unbeaten and untied conference record. Also in the conference were Bill Spears-led Vanderbilt (giving both Tech and Tennessee their ties) and Georgia's "dream and wonder team." NC State was led by All-Southern running back and College Football Hall of Fame inductee Jack McDowall.


1927 NC State Wolfpack football team, Game summaries, Week 1: Elon
The Wolf Pack opened the season with a 39–0 victory over Elon.


1927 NC State Wolfpack football team, Game summaries, Week 2: at Furman
In the second week, NC State suffered the season's only loss on the road to the Furman Purple Hurricane 0–20. Furman quarterback Whitey Rawl scored three touchdowns.


1927 NC State Wolfpack football team, Game summaries, Week 3: Clemson
The Wolfpack beat the Clemson Tigers 18–6. Though Jack McDowall did not score any of the touchdowns his play resulted in all the scores, including passes to Childress and Goodwin.


1927 NC State Wolfpack football team, Game summaries, Week 3: Clemson
The starting lineup for the Wolfpack against Florida: Goodwin (left end), Evans (left tackle), Vaughan (left guard), Metts (center), Nicholson (right guard), Lepo (right tackle), Childress (right end), Adams (quarterback), Outen (left halfback), McDowall (right halfback), Warren (fullback). Herman Stegeman was umpire.


1927 NC State Wolfpack football team, Game summaries, Week 4: Wake Forest
The Wake Forest Demon Deacons were defeated 30–7. McDowall threw several passes, and returned a punt  60 yards for a touchdown.


1927 NC State Wolfpack football team, Game summaries, Week 5: at Florida
In the fifth week of play, the Wolfpack faced captain Jack McDowall's native Florida Gators in Tampa, winning 12–6. Neither team scored until the final period. Since McDowall had been turned down by the University of Florida, legend has it just afterwards he mailed coach Tom Sebring the game ball.


1927 NC State Wolfpack football team, Game summaries, Week 5: at Florida
A drive brought  the Wolfpack to the 3-yard line, the feature play of which was a 30-yard pass from McDowall to Childress. A pass from McDowall to Frank Goodwin got the score. The Gators then began passing desperately in an attempt to win. A pass bounced off the hands of a Florida back and into McDowall's, who returned the ball 75 yards for the deciding score. On the ensuing kickoff, Gator back Tommy Owens ran it back for an 88-yard touchdown.


1927 NC State Wolfpack football team, Game summaries, Week 5: at Florida
The starting lineup for the Wolfpack against Florida: Goodwin (left end), Lepo (left tackle), Nicholson (left guard), Metts (center), Vaughan (right guard), Evans (right tackle), Childress (right end), Adams (quarterback), McDowall (left halfback), Cram (right halfback), Warren (fullback).


1927 NC State Wolfpack football team, Game summaries, Week 6: North Carolina
NC State defeated the in-state rival North Carolina Tar Heels 19 to 6.


1927 NC State Wolfpack football team, Game summaries, Week 6: North Carolina
The first score came after a 30-yard pass from Jack McDowall to Hunsucker set up a 9-yard end run from McDowall for touchdown. The third touchdown was a 4-yard touchdown pass the width of the field from McDowall to Hunsucker.


1927 NC State Wolfpack football team, Game summaries, Week 6: North Carolina
The starting lineup for the Wolfpack against North Carolina: Goodwin (left end), Evans (left tackle), Vaughan (left guard), Metts (center), Nicholson (right guard), Lepo (right tackle), Childress (right end), Adams (quarterback), McDowall (left halfback), Hunsucker (right halfback), Lipscomb (fullback).


1927 NC State Wolfpack football team, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. Davidson
The Wolf Pack beat the Davidson Wildcats 25–6. McDowall had a run of 65 yards.


1927 NC State Wolfpack football team, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. Davidson
The starting lineup was: Goodwin (left end), Evans (left tackle), Vaughan (left guard), Metts (center), C. Nicholson (right guard), Lepo (right tackle), Childress (right end), Adams (quarterback), Hunsucker (left halfback), McDowall (right halfback), Warren (fullback).


1927 NC State Wolfpack football team, Game summaries, Week 8: at Duke
NC State defeated Duke in Durham 20–18 "in one of the most thrilling football battles ever staged in N. C." After the Blue Devils rushed out to an early 12–0 lead, McDowall's two drop kicks proved the difference.


1927 NC State Wolfpack football team, Game summaries, Week 10: Michigan State
In the season's final game, NC State hosted a northern opponent, the Michigan Aggies. On a muddy, waterlogged field, the Wolfpack won 19 to 0.


1927 NC State Wolfpack football team, Game summaries, Week 10: Michigan State
Captain Jack McDowall was cited as the best player in his final game, despite his only scoring play being a pass for an extra point.


1927 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The 1927 College Basketball All-American team, as chosen retroactively by the Helms Athletic Foundation. The player highlighted in gold was chosen as the Helms Foundation Player of the Year retroactively in 1944.


1927 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
The 1927 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships were contested at the Field House Pool at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa as part of the fourth annual NCAA swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.


1927 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
Only individual championships were officially contested during the first thirteen-NCAA sponsored swimming and diving championships. Unofficial team standings were kept but a team title was not officially awarded until 1937.


1927 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
Michigan is acknowledged as this year's unofficial team champion, the first such title for the Wolverines.


1927 NCAA Track and Field Championships
The 1927 NCAA Track and Field Championships was the sixth NCAA track and field championship. The meet was held at Soldier's Field in Chicago, Illinois in June 1927.


1927 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Team scoring
No team championship was recognized at the 1927 event. However, the Associated Press reported that, if team points had been counted, the following universities would have been the points leaders:


1927 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Team scoring
1. Illinois - 17-7/10 points2. Texas - 14¾ points3. Washington - 14⅓ points4. Iowa - 13¾ points5. Pittsburgh - 13 points6. Michigan - 11 points6. Michigan State - 11 points7. Northwestern - 10-6/10 points


1927 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Track events
100-yard dash  1. Fred Alderman, Michigan St. - 9.9 seconds2. Dean Anderson, Washington3. Hermansen, Northwestern4. Aubrey Cockrell, Texas5. Wibecan, Pittsburgh6. Lowell Grady, Kansas


1927 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Track events
120-yard high hurdles 1. Weems Baskin, Alabama Poly - 14.9 seconds2. Frank Cuhel, Iowa3. Ray Dunson, Oklahoma4. Don McKeever, Illinois5. George Otterness, Minnesota6. Charles Doorbos, Kansas


1927 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Track events
220-yard dash 1. Fred Alderman, Michigan St. - 21.1 seconds2. Lowell Grady, Kansas3. Della Maria, Notre Dame4. John Everingham, Iowa5. Bohn Grim, Michigan St.6. Aubrey Cockrell, Texas


1927 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Track events
220-yard low hurdles 1. Edwin Spence, College of City of Detroit (Wayne State) - 23.4 seconds (NCAA record)2. Frank Cuhel, Iowa3. Reay, Carelton4. Goeriz, Hillsdale5. William Shelley, Washington6. Paul Toolin, New Hampshire


1927 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Track events
440-yard dash 1. Herman Phillips, Butler 48.5 (NCAA record)2. Ed Haynes, Denver3. Butler, Geneva4. Ernest Knotz, Georgia Tech5. Ben Brite, Southwest Texas State Teachers6. Ed Peltret, Washington


1927 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Track events
880-yard run 1. John Sittig, Illinois - 1:54.2 (NCAA record)2. Jim Charteris, Washington3.Virgil Gist, Chicago4. Lindus Caulum, Iowa St.5. Glenn Johnson, Nebraska6. Emmett Brunson, Rice Institute


1927 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Track events
One-mile run 1. Ray Conger, Iowa St. - 4:17.6 (NCAA record)2. Galen Elliott, North Carolina3. Emmett Brunson, Rice Institute4. Burke, Utah Aggies5. Hooper, SMU6. Jim Little, Purdue


1927 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Track events
Two-mile run  1. Melvin Shimek, Marquette - 9:34.42. Harold Kennedy, Ohio St.3. Poco Frazier, Kansas4. Arnold Gillette, Montana5. Ray Hall, Illinois6. Harold Fields, Indiana


1927 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Field events
Broad jump 1. Ed Hamm, Georgia Tech - 24 feet, 1 inch2. Joseph Simon, Illinois3. C.B. Smith, Texas4. McCormick, Hendrix5. Arthur Meislahn, Illinois6. Williams Mullins, Oklahoma


1927 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Field events
High jump 1. Anton Burg, Chicago - 6 feet, 5½ inches1. Garland Shepherd, Texas - 6 feet, 5½ inches3. Summerfield Brunk, Drake5. Geer, Doane5. Nolder, Illinois Normal6. McCormick, Hendrix6. John Kingerly, Iowa St.6. Rettig, Northwestern6. Ted Wachowski, Illinois


1927 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Field events
Pole vault 1. William Droegemueller, Northwestern 13 feet2. J.B. O'Dell, Clemson2. Claude Dailey, SW Texas St Teachers2. Frank Glaser, Marquette2. Frank Wirsig, Nebraska2. Xavier Boyles, Iowa2. Ralph Hammons, Texas


1927 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Field events
Discus throw 1. James Corson, College of Pacific - 144 feet, 2 inches2. Welch, Pittsburgh3. Tiny Gooch, Texas4. Jack Taylor, Baylor5. Cecil Mau, Iowa6. Peter Rasmus, Ohio St.


1927 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Field events
Javelin 1. Doral Pilling, Utah - 199 feet, 8 inches2. Jack Lovette, Michigan3. Lee Bartlett, Albion4. Wilmer Rinehart, Indiana5. Dunkak, South Dakota6. Fred Stuttle, Illinois


1927 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Field events
Shot put 1. Herman Brix, Washington - 48 feet, 7⅝ inches2. Daniel Lyon, Illinois3. Forest Rinefort, Grinnell4. Leland Lewis, Northwestern5. Jack Lovette, Michigan6. Karsten, Northwestern


1927 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Field events
Hammer throw 1. Dan Gwinn, Pittsburgh - 155 feet, 8 inches2. Holly Campbell, Michigan3. Howard Linn, Pittsburgh4. Wilford Ketz, Michigan5. Vern Lapp, Iowa6. Olwin, Chicago


1927 NFL season
The 1927 NFL season was the eighth regular season of the National Football League. Prior to the season, the league decided to eliminate the financially weaker teams. As a result, the league dropped from 22 to 12 teams. The league absorbed many players and one franchise (the New York Yankees) from the defunct American Football League. Wilfrid Smith in the Chicago Tribune wrote that "the reduction formed a more compact circuit and provided better competition." Smith opined that the "outstanding feature" of the 1927 NFL season was the debut of Benny Friedman who became one of the game's "best drawing cards" and proved that professional football could support itself in Cleveland.


1927 NFL season
Although five black players participated in the 1926 season (including future Hall of Famer Fritz Pollard), none played during the 1927 season.


1927 NFL season
The New York Yankees were added from the American Football League (albeit technically as a continuation of the defunct Brooklyn franchise), Cleveland Bulldogs returned and Buffalo Rangers returned to the Buffalo Bisons name. The Bisons suspended operations five games into the season (all losses). The Rochester Jeffersons remained officially inactive for the second consecutive year.


1927 NFL season
The axed teams were Kansas City Cowboys, Los Angeles Buccaneers, Detroit Panthers, Hartford Blues, Brooklyn Lions, Canton Bulldogs, Milwaukee Badgers, Akron Indians, Racine Tornadoes, Columbus Tigers, Hammond Pros, and Louisville Colonels. The excising of the majority of the Ohio teams left the Dayton Triangles as the last surviving connection to the Ohio League, which served as the basis for the NFL's founding. The Triangles themselves are the only remaining Ohio League member that can arguably be considered a team that remains active to the present day, as the franchise, in some form, never missed a season and now operates as the Indianapolis Colts, just 117 miles to the west of their origin.


1927 NFL season
The New York Giants were named the NFL champions after finishing the season with the best record. The Giants performance was notable, particularly on defense. They allowed only 20 points in 13 games, including 10 shutout victories.


1927 NFL season, Teams
The league dropped from 22 teams in 1926 to 12 teams in 1927.


1927 NFL season, Major rule changes
The goal posts were moved to the end line. They were later moved to the goal line from 1933 to 1973, but since 1974, have remained on the end line.


1927 NFL season, Championship race
After seven weeks, the Chicago Bears were unbeaten at 5–0–1, followed by the once-beaten New York Giants (6–1–1) and Green Bay Packers (5–1–1). Two games played in New York City on Tuesday, November 8, changed the standings. The New York Yankees handed the Bears a 26–6 defeat, while the Giants beat Providence, 25–0. At 7–1–1, the Giants were in first place, while the Bears and Packers were tied for second (5–1–1). On November 20, the Bears beat the visiting Packers, 14–6, and, at 7–1–1, were within striking distance of the 8–1–1 Giants. Thanksgiving Day, however, saw the Bears lose at Wrigley Field to their crosstown rivals, the Chicago Cardinals.


1927 NFL season, Championship race
With three games left, the most important game of the regular season took place on November 27, at the Polo Grounds, where 15,000 turned out to watch the Bears (7–2–1) face the Giants (8–1–1). A Bears' win would have tied the teams for first place, but the Giants won, 13–7. The New York Giants and New York Yankees closed their seasons with a two-game series. At home at the Polo Grounds, the Giants beat the Yankees 14–0 to clinch the title on December 4, and then beat them again at the old Yankee Stadium on December 11, to finish at 11–1–1.


1927 NFL season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1927 NSWRFL season
The 1927 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the twentieth season of Sydney's top-level rugby league club competition, Australia's first. Nine teams from across the city contested during the season, which culminated in South Sydney's victory over St. George in the premiership final.


1927 NSWRFL season, Season summary
The 1927 season saw a new record for length of a player's suspension. Balmain's Bill Maizey was suspended for twelve months for punching Easts player George Clamback. The season was also the last as a player in the NSWRFL for future Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame inductee, Frank Burge, who had returned as captain-coach of St. George after three seasons out of the NSWRFL.


1927 NSWRFL season, Finals
All four finalists had been decided before the end of the final round and by coincidence faced each other in the penultimate round. 1926 wooden spooners St. George had a massive turnaround in 1927, with a chance to become minor premiers in the final round when they played South Sydney who were just one point ahead of them on the ladder. However looking for their third successive title, South Sydney prevailed 22-9 in front of a large crowd of 26,649 at the Sydney Cricket Ground, and as a result took the minor premiership. On the same day, Western Suburbs and Eastern Suburbs played each other for third spot, with Western Suburbs winning 8-6.


1927 NSWRFL season, Finals
In the semi-finals, both South Sydney and St. George overcame their opponents and were able to set up a rematch of their Round 18 game just two weeks earlier.


1927 NSWRFL season, Finals, Final
Playing on a quagmire at the Royal Agricultural Society Grounds in front of a modest crowd of 12,124 St. George contested their first ever premiership decider in their seventh year in the top league. They confronted the might of South Sydney who were reigning premiers in the two prior years and minor premiers at the end of the 1927 regular season.


1927 NSWRFL season, Finals, Final
The two teams had already met earlier in the season at the Sydney Cricket Ground when Souths defeated Saints 17–14 in front of a massive crowd of 31,500. With heavy rain falling throughout the match, refereed by former Rabbitoh and international Webby Neill Souths took a 13–6 lead to the half time break. The Rabbitohs won the decider scoring four tries to three to take their third successive premiership and becoming the third club to do so.


1927 NSWRFL season, Finals, Final
South Sydney 20 (Tries: Carr, Root, Wearing, Finch. Goals: Blair 2, Kadwell 2)


1927 NSWRFL season, Finals, Final
St George 11 (Tries: Justice, Carstairs, Saunders. Goal: Saunders )


1927 NYU Violets football team
The 1927 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In their third year under head coach Chick Meehan, the team compiled a 7–1–2 record.


1927 Nagpur riots
The Nagpur riots of 1927 were part of series of riots taking place across various cities in British India during the 1920s. Nagpur was then the capital of Central Provinces and Berar (CP&B) state of British India which covered most of the central India. The riots occurred on 4 September 1927. On that day, there was a procession for Mahalakshmi, which is said to have been blocked by Muslims when it came to the Mahal neighbourhood. In the afternoon, there was rioting near the Hindu houses of the neighbourhood, which continued for three days.


1927 Nagpur riots, Background
The mutual trust between Hindu and Muslim communities had reached a low in the 1920s, and riots were seen frequently across many cities of India. In 1923, India witnessed eleven riots, in 1924 there were eighteen riots, in 1925 there were sixteen riots, and in 1926 there were thirty five riots. In the twelve months from May 1926 to April 1926, 40 more riots occurred across various cities. They mostly occurred in Bengal, Punjab and United Provinces (UP). Lahore riots of August 1927 were the most deadly recorded riots in this series.


1927 Nagpur riots, Background
The earlier riot of 1923 was caused when the members of Hindu Mahasabha took out a procession and passed in front of a mosque, playing loud music. The Muslim community objected, starting a skirmish between the two parties. These riots had a profound impact on K. B. Hedgewar, prompting him to form, in 1925, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist organization and one of the largest Hindu organizations in the world.


1927 Nagpur riots, Background
Christophe Jaffrelot in his book The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics records a testimony saying that Hedgewar led the Ganesha procession in 1927, beating the drums in defiance of the usual practice not to pass in front of the mosque with music. All these events acted as a catalyst building up the tensions between two communities.


1927 Nagpur riots, Riots
On the morning of 4 September, the day of Lakshmi Puja, Hindus took out a procession like every year, and passed in front of a mosque in the Mahal area of Nagpur. However, the Muslims stopped the procession this time around and did not allow it to pass through the area. In the afternoon, when the Hindus were resting after the morning procession, Muslim youths took out a procession shouting Allahu Akbar, armed with weapons like javelins, daggers and knives.


1927 Nagpur riots, Riots
Muslim youths threw stones at the house of Hedgewar, who was then away from Nagpur. RSS cadres, sensing the mood of the procession, came out in the narrow lanes of the Mahal area and reciprocated with lathis, further intensifying the riots. Liaquat Ali Khan, in his book Pakistan – The Heart of Asia, also describes a major arson incident during the riot that seemed pre-meditated with explosives gathered well before the riots began.


1927 Nagpur riots, Riots
The Washington Post reported 22 had been killed and more than 100 injured in riots that continued for two days.


1927 Nagpur riots, Riots
Later, the government ordered troops into the city to restore peace. During the riots, the RSS had grouped its cadres in 16 shakhas, spread out across the city to protect the Hindu communities.


1927 Nagpur riots, Aftermath
Many Hindu homes and temples had been vandalized and Hindus had also been killed in large numbers including 13 RSS members who were lynched by a furious Muslim mob. RSS had showcased its role in defending Hindus during the riots. The popularity of the organization grew as the news of the incident spread across the country, and it saw a spurt in its membership. By 1929, the organization formed an elaborate hierarchical structure. Between 1931–1939, the number of its branches grew from 60 to 500. The membership count had reached 60,000 by this time.


1927 National Challenge Cup
The 1927 National Challenge Cup was the annual open cup held by the United States Football Association now known as the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.


1927 Navy Midshipmen football team
The 1927 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1927 college football season. In their second season under head coach Bill Ingram, the Midshipmen compiled a 6–3 record, shut out two opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined score of 192 to 84.


1927 Navy Midshipmen football team
The annual Army–Navy Game was played on November 26 at the Polo Grounds in New York City; Army won 14–9.


1927 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
The 1927 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Nebraska in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1927 college football season. In its third season under head coach Ernest Bearg, the team compiled a 6–2 record (4–1 against conference opponents), finished second in the MVC, and outscored opponents by a total of 211 to 59. The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.


1927 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Before the season
Coach Bearg's third season began with a reduction from the record 60 players on the Cornhusker squad in 1926, heading into the 1927 season with 45 on the roster. Nebraska had not performed well in Bearg's first season, finishing well down in the conference standings, but had improved to 2nd place in 1926. 1927 seemed as likely as any for Bearg to attain his first conference title.


1927 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Roster
Ashburn, Clifford (Unk) EAsmus, Charles (So.) CBeck, Victor (Jr.) FBBronson, Willard (Unk) QBBrown, John (Sr.) QBBushee, Charles (So.) GDrath, Walter (Jr.) GElkins, Fait (So.) QBFarley, George (So.) HBGrow, Lloyd (Sr.) CHolm, Elmer (Jr.) GHolt, George (So.) CHowell, Edward (Jr.) HBHurd, Clinton (So.) GJames, Theodore (Unk) CJeffries, Ralph (So.) EKrall, Bob (Jr.) ELawson, Vinton (Sr.) ELee, Evard (Sr.) ELewandowski, Adolph (So.) ELindell, Don (Jr.) QBLucas, Leroy (Jr.) TMcBride, Clark (So.) HB


1927 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Roster
McMullen, Dan (Jr.) GMunn, Glenn (So.) TOehlrich, Arnold (Sr.) FBPeaker, Harold (Jr.) QBPresnell, Glenn (Sr.) HBRaish, Clarence (Sr.) GRandels, Ray (Sr.) TRay, George (So.) TReeves, Joe (Jr.) CRichards, Raymond (So.) TSchulz, William (Jr.) GShaner, George (Sr.) ESimic, Adolph (Jr.) ESloan, Clair (So.) HBSprague, Leon (Sr.) EStill, Joe (Jr.) GToms, Howard (So.) EVoris, Earl (Jr.) HBWhite, Lloyd (So.) GWhitmore, Robert (Sr.) GWitte, Willard (So.) HBZuver, Merle (Jr.) C


1927 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Iowa State
Iowa State was first up for the 1927 slate, and coach Bearg made an effort to get all of the new Cornhusker players in the game. Nebraska only scored six in the contest, but still secured the shutout victory to open conference play and advance farther ahead in the series to 17-4-1.


1927 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Missouri
Although Nebraska racked up impressive statistics and seemed at times to move the ball with ease, time and time again the Missouri squad held back the Cornhuskers. Nebraska HB Presnell rolled up more yards on the day then the entire Missouri team combined, but it was the Tigers that emerged the winner by one point, marking their third straight victory over the Cornhuskers. Those three straight wins accounted for half of all of Missouri's wins against Nebraska since the beginning of the series in 1892, and they gained slightly on the series by pulling up to 6-14-1.


1927 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Grinnell
Nebraska responded severely to the continued frustration dealt to them by Missouri the previous week by absolutely smashing Grinnell in Lincoln with a shutout 58-0 performance, which was the most points they had scored against an opponent since the 66-0 downing of South Dakota in 1922. Grinnell and Nebraska had shared conference affiliations since 1919, but this was the first time the teams had met on the field since 1908. It was also the last meeting of the teams, ending one of the oldest series in the Nebraska program's history dating back to 1894, with Nebraska in command at 7-2.


1927 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Syracuse
Three years had passed since the Cornhuskers had last taken a shot at the Orangemen, and Nebraska was aiming to cut the 2-game series lead held by Syracuse. The success of the previous game was extended as the Cornhuskers played an additional four quarters of football without being scored upon, sending the eastern team home as recipients of a 0-21 blanking in Lincoln. The win brought Nebraska up to within one game of tying the series, to 2-3 all-time against Syracuse.


1927 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Kansas
The Cornhuskers were on a roll, after recording two consecutive shutouts since the bitter loss to Missouri, and ran over Kansas with minimal effort. Though the shutout streak was broken, the margin of victory was indicative of the offensive production put forth by the Nebraska team. Even with the 1-point loss to the Tigers in the second game, the Cornhuskers had outscored their opponents 138-20 during the season so far. Nebraska improved their series lead with Kansas to 23-9-2.


1927 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh
The Cornhuskers journeyed to Pittsburgh to face the Panthers for only the second time ever, the previous meeting a Pitt victory in 1921. Undefeated Pittsburgh scored first, but was soon matched by an answering score from Nebraska. The match was a close contest which remained in doubt until late in the game, but ultimately Nebraska returned to Lincoln winless against Pitt all-time despite the honorable effort.


1927 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Kansas State
The Kansas State Aggies had played Nebraska close in the previous two seasons, pulling down a tie and a three-point loss for their efforts, and today seemed like it might be another fight as halftime arrived and Nebraska was ahead with a weak 6-0 edge. The second half was a different story, however, as Nebraska piled on the points and kept the Aggies scoreless for the duration of the game. Kansas State sent the Cornhuskers home, but were left harboring a bitter, winless 0-11-1 record against Nebraska to date.


1927 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, New York University
For the second time of the season, Nebraska met an undefeated eastern team when NYU arrived in Lincoln. Although the Cornhuskers scored first and held a respectable 19-6 lead by the half, the Violets stormed back to pull within one point after the half. Nebraska then buckled down as the stands came to life with spectators on their feet, as the Cornhuskers rolled off an additional eight unanswered points and defeated the visiting NYU squad in glorious fashion to end the season with victory. This was the second and last game between NYU and Nebraska, with both contests recorded as Cornhusker victories


1927 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, After the season
Coach Bearg's third season was another moderate success, although the conference title once again eluded him, as his career record improved to 16-6-2 (.708). The program's overall record edged up slightly to 213-73-19 (.730), but Nebraska's conference record slipped a touch down to 49-8-5 (.831). Despite the two ties that marred the undefeated season, Nebraska's strength of schedule resulted in a final #9 national ranking under the Dickinson System.


1927 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, After the season
The Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association was fractured following the 1927 season, as Drake, Grinnell, Oklahoma A&M, and Washington (MO) departed the MVIAA to form the Missouri Valley Conference. The larger remaining schools, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma remained in the MVIAA and became informally known as the Big Six.


1927 Nevada Wolf Pack football team
The 1927 Nevada Wolf Pack football team was an American football team that represented the University of Nevada in the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1927 college football season. In their third season under head coach Buck Shaw, the team compiled a 2–6–1 record (1–3 FWC) and finished fifth in the conference.


1927 Nevada Wolf Pack football team, Previous season
The Wolf Pack finished the 1926 season 3–1–0 and 4–4–0 in FWC play to finish in second place.


1927 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
The 1927 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the New England Conference during the 1927 college football season. In its 12th season under head coach William "Butch" Cowell, the team compiled an 0–7–1 record, and were outscored by their opponents, 134–50. After starting the season with a scoreless tie, the team lost each of their seven remaining contests. The team played its home games in Durham, New Hampshire, at Memorial Field.


1927 New Hampshire Wildcats football team, Schedule
The 1927 game remains the last time that the Bowdoin and New Hampshire football programs have met.


1927 New Jersey state highway renumbering
In 1927, New Jersey's state highways were renumbered. The old system, which had been defined in sequence by the legislature since 1916, was growing badly, as several routes shared the same number, and many unnumbered state highways had been defined. A partial renumbering was proposed in 1926, but instead a total renumbering was done in 1927.


1927 New Jersey state highway renumbering
Some amendments were made in 1929, including the elimination of Route 18N (by merging it into Route 1), and the addition of more spurs, as well as Route 29A, but the system stayed mostly intact until the 1953 renumbering.


1927 New Jersey state highway renumbering, Proposed 1926 Renumbering
A partial renumbering was proposed in 1926 to get rid of the duplicates and assigning numbers to many of the unnumbered routes. The proposed 1926 renumbering would have:


1927 New Jersey state highway renumbering, Proposed 1926 Renumbering
It was eventually determined that an entire overhaul of the numbering system was necessary.


1927 New Jersey state highway renumbering, Design
Chapter 319 of the 1927 public laws defined the new system of routes. Major roads received numbers from 1 to 12 and 21 to 50, as follows:


1927 New Jersey state highway renumbering, Design
Spurs were also defined, being assigned a prefix of S. For example, Route S26 was a short spur of Route 26 connecting to Route 25 south of New Brunswick. A second spur of Route 4 was assigned Route S4A, but two separate spurs of Route 24 both received the Route S24 designation.


1927 New Jersey state highway renumbering, Design
While the majority of already-acquired routes were included in the new system, four sections of pre-1927 routes were not. The law authorizing the renumbering indicated that these were to remain, and so the State Highway Commission added a suffix of N to distinguish them from the new routes of the same number:


1927 New Jersey state highway renumbering, Additions, 1929 Amendment
Chapter 126 of the 1929 public law amended the 1927 act, removing redundant designations and creating entirely new roads in the New York Metropolitan Area. The amendments included


1927 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team
The 1927 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team was an American football team that represented New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts (now known as New Mexico State University) during the 1927 college football season. In their first year under head coach Ted Coffman, the Aggies compiled a 3–5 record and shut out four opponents. The team played its home games on Miller Field, sometimes also referred to as College Field.


1927 New Mexico Lobos football team
The 1927 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In their eighth season under head coach Roy W. Johnson, the Lobos compiled an 8–0–1 record, shut out five of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 215 to 73.


1927 New Mexico Lobos football team
Two New Mexico players were recognized as first-team players on the 1927 All-Southwest football team selected by Bob Ingram of the El Paso Post: Malcolm Long at quarterback and Bob Crist at end. Long was also selected as the team's most valuable player. Halfback Geard "Rusty" Armstrong from Roswell was the team captain.


1927 New South Wales state election
The 1927 New South Wales state election to elect the 90 members of the 28th Legislative Assembly was held on 8 October 1927. During the previous parliament the voting system, which had  been a form of proportional representation with multi-member seats and a single transferable vote (modified Hare-Clark), was changed to single member constituencies with optional preferential voting. Severe divisions occurred within the Labor Party caucus in the four months prior to the election (see Lang Labor) and a caretaker government composed of the supporters of the Premier of New South Wales and party leader, Jack Lang was in power at the time of the election.


1927 New South Wales state election
As a result of the election the Lang government was defeated and a Nationalist/Country Party coalition government led by Thomas Bavin and Ernest Buttenshaw was formed with a parliamentary majority of 1 and the usual support of the 2 Nationalist independents. The Parliament first met on 3 November 1927, and ran its maximum term of 3 years. Lang remained the leader of the Labor Party throughout the Parliament.


1927 New South Wales state election
To date, it remains the only time that an elected Labor Premier in New South Wales has been defeated after only one parliamentary term.


1927 New South Wales state election, Results
New South Wales state election, 29 October 1927Legislative Assembly << 1925–1930 >>


1927 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the United Kingdom and British Empire. They were announced on 31 December 1926.


1927 New Year Honours
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.


1927 New Year Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Privy Councillor
The King appointed the following to His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council:


1927 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The 1927 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by King George V on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. The awards celebrated the passing of 1926 and the beginning of 1927, and were announced on 1 January 1927.


1927 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


1927 New York City aldermanic election
An election was held on November 8, 1927 to fill the 72 seats of the New York City Board of Aldermen, in addition to elections to the New York State Assembly and various other questions on the ballot. 66 Democrats and 6 Republicans were elected to the Board. Brooklyn lost its sole Republican alderman.


1927 New York Giants (MLB) season
The 1927 New York Giants season was the franchise's 45th season. The team finished third in the National League with a record of 92–62, 2 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.


1927 New York Giants (MLB) season, Offseason
During the offseason, the Giants acquired Rogers Hornsby from the St. Louis Cardinals for Frankie Frisch and Jimmy Ring. Hornsby's offensive numbers rebounded in 1927, as he hit .361 and led the league in runs scored (133), walks (86), and an on-base percentage (.448). The deal was held up because Hornsby, as part of his contract as the manager of the Cardinals (he was a player-manager at the time), owned several shares of stock in the Cardinals. Cardinals owner Sam Breadon offered Hornsby a sum for the stock considerably lower than what Hornsby demanded for it, and neither would budge. Eventually, the other owners of the National League made up the difference, and the trade went through.


1927 New York Giants (MLB) season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1927 New York Giants (MLB) season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1927 New York Giants (MLB) season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1927 New York Giants (MLB) season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1927 New York Giants (MLB) season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1927 New York Giants season
The 1927 New York Giants season was the franchise's 3rd season in the National Football League, and first under head coach Earl Potteiger. The Giants suffered their only loss and sole tie to the Cleveland Bulldogs. They were ranked first in yards allowed, yards gained, and points allowed, and were second in points scored. Over the entire season, the Giants scored 197 points and allowed 20. The team was led in scoring by fullback Jack McBride who scored 57 points, with six rushing touchdowns, two field goals, and 15 extra points. They then lost an exhibition game on December 26, 1927, in Oklahoma to Otto and Ira Hamilton's  (all Native American team), 13–6 (Documentary: Playground of the Native Son).


1927 New York Giants season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1927 New York Yankees (NFL) season
The 1927 New York Yankees season was their inaugural season in the league. The team finished 7–8–1, and finished sixth in the league.


1927 New York Yankees (NFL) season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1927 New York Yankees season
The 1927 New York Yankees season was the 25th season of the New York Yankees of the American League. The team finished with a record of 110–44, winning their fifth pennant and finishing 19 games ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics and were tied for first or better for the whole season. New York was managed by Miller Huggins. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the 1927 World Series, they won, sweeping the Pittsburgh Pirates. This Yankees team was known for their feared lineup, which was nicknamed "Murderers' Row", and is widely considered to be the greatest baseball team in MLB history.


1927 New York Yankees season, Regular season
The Yankees' 110 victories broke the previous American League mark of 105 (set by the 1912 Boston Red Sox) and would stand as the American League single-season record until it was broken by the Cleveland Indians in 1954.


1927 New York Yankees season, Regular season
This was the first year the Yankees acknowledged their team nickname on their uniforms, albeit their road uniforms. Their home uniforms remained free of any kind of logo except for the "NY" on their caps.


1927 New York Yankees season, Regular season
The roster included seven future Hall of Famers: Pitchers Herb Pennock and Waite Hoyt, Infielders Lou Gehrig and Tony Lazzeri, outfielders Babe Ruth and Earle Combs, and Manager Miller Huggins.


1927 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Babe Ruth
With the race long since decided, the nation's attention turned to Babe Ruth's pursuit of his own home run mark of 59, set in 1921. Early in the season, Ruth expressed doubts about his chances: "I don't suppose I'll ever break that 1921 record. To do that, you've got to start early, and the pitchers have got to pitch to you. I don't start early, and the pitchers haven't really pitched to me in four seasons. I get more bad balls to hit than any other five men...and fewer good ones."


1927 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Babe Ruth
Ruth was also being challenged for his slugger's crown by teammate Lou Gehrig, who nudged ahead of Ruth's total in midseason, prompting the New York World-Telegram to anoint Gehrig the favorite. But Ruth caught Gehrig (who would finish with 47), and then had a remarkable last leg of the season, hitting 17 home runs in September. His 60th came on September 30, in the Yankees' next-to-last game. Ruth was exultant, shouting after the game, "Sixty, count 'em, sixty! Let's see some other son of a bitch match that!" In later years, he would give Gehrig some credit: "Pitchers began pitching to me because if they passed me they still had Lou to contend with." In addition to his career-high 60 home runs, Ruth batted .356, drove in 164 runs and slugged .772.


1927 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1927 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1927 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1927 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1927 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1927 New York Yankees season, Awards and honors
Since a voter could select only one player per team, two good candidates from the same team could find their votes split and both of their chances of winning hurt. In addition, the clause prohibiting repeat winners led to unusual results like Babe Ruth's 1927 (one of the greatest offensive seasons of all time) not being eligible for the award. As The New York Times wrote in 1925, "[T]he purpose, of course, is to pass the honor around, but the effect is to pass an empty honor around."


1927 New York Yankees season, In popular culture
In 2016, ESPN announced 1927: The Diary of Myles Thomas, part a new genre of storytelling known as "real-time historical fiction." The core of the project is a historical novel in the form of a diary of Myles Thomas, written by Douglas Alden, complemented by a wealth of fact-based content from the season, all published along the same timeline as the events unfolded almost 90 years ago.


1927 New York Yankees season, In popular culture
Through Myles Thomas's diary entries, additional essays and real-time social-media components (including Twitter) "re-living" that famous Yankees season, the goal is to explore the rarefied nexus of baseball, jazz and Prohibition — defining elements of the remarkable world that existed in 1927. The diary runs the length of the full 1927 season, from April 13 through October 10, 1927.


1927 New York state election
The 1927 New York state election was held on November 8, 1927, to elect a judge of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly. Nine amendments to the New York Constitution were also proposed.


1927 New York state election, History
In 1927, there was only one state officer to be elected statewide: a judge of the Court of Appeals, to succeed Benjamin N. Cardozo, who had been elected Chief Judge in 1926. John F. O'Brien was appointed in January 1927 to fill the vacancy temporarily.


1927 New York state election, History
The Democratic state convention met on September 29 at the Harmanus Bleecker Hall in Albany, New York. The incumbent John F. O'Brien was nominated to succeed himself.


1927 New York state election, History
The Republican state convention met on September 30 in Rochester, New York, and endorsed the Democratic nominee John F. O'Brien.


1927 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours
The 1927 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours were appointments by George V of New Zealanders to the Royal Victorian Order, to mark the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York to New Zealand that year. They were announced on 27 June 1927.


1927 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


1927 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours, Royal Victorian Order, Member, fourth class (MVO)
In 1984, Members of the Royal Victorian Order, fourth class, were redesignated as Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO).


1927 New Zealand rugby league season
The 1927 New Zealand rugby league season was the 20th season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand.


1927 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
New Zealand returned from their disastrous 1926-1927 tour of Great Britain that saw seven players banned for life by the New Zealand Rugby League for strike action. The "Auckland All Blacks" lost to Auckland 24-21 at Carlaw Park in April after the teams return.


1927 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Northern Union Cup
South Auckland held the Northern Union Cup at the end of the season after they defeated Auckland 29-12.


1927 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Northern Union Cup
Auckland had toured with the trophy in September, defeating Canterbury 24-13 at Monica Park, West Coast-Buller 44-15 at Greymouth, Otago 20-13 at Dunedin and Wellington 41-23 at Wellington. Auckland also defeated Buller, who included Vern Goodall, 60-33.


1927 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Inter-district competition
Canterbury toured the West Coast, playing the West Coast at Greymouth, Buller at Westport and Inangahua at Reefton.


1927 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Inter-district competition
During the season Otago defeated the West Coast. They were not to repeat this feat until 1998.


1927 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Inter-district competition
The Auckland squad included Craddock Dufty, Charles Gregory, G Wade, M Little, Claude List, J Wilson, captain Maurice Wetherill, Stan Webb, H McIntyre, Jim O'Brien, Wally Somers, Horace Dixon, Lou Hutt, Trevor Hall, J Payne, Alan Clarke and Nelson Bass while South Auckland included Tom Timms, James Jones and Bob Stephenson. Auckland were selected by Ernie Asher, Edward Fox and Alan Blakey.


1927 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
Newton won the Auckland Rugby League's competition and the Stormont Shield. They defeated Ponsonby 6-3 before 13,000 fans to win the Championship. Richmond won the Roope Rooster while Ellerslie won the Norton Cup.


1927 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
The Mount Albert Lions were founded in 1927, splitting from this Marist club.


1927 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
A primary school management committee was set up consisting of delegates from Newmarket, Otahuhu, Papatoetoe, Richmond, Onehunga School and Onehunga Convent. Otahuhu were coached by Jim Clark and won the inaugural competition.


1927 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
Newton included Craddock Dufty, Alan Clarke, Trevor Hall and Wally Somers while Marist included Charles Gregory. Claude List played for Kingsland, Lou Hutt for Ponsonby and Maurice Wetherill and Nelson Bass for City. Devonport included Stan Webb, Jim O'Brien and Horace Dixon.


1927 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Canterbury
Marist Old Boys defeated Greymouth Marist 14-12 to win the Thacker Shield.


1927 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Other Competitions
Hornby won the Gore Cup, defeating Athletic from the Otago Rugby League, 19-5.


1927 Nicaraguan parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Nicaragua on 4 September 1927 to elect half of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies and one-third of the seats in the Senate of the National Congress.


1927 Nicaraguan parliamentary election
The elections had been held in several normally liberal districts where the civil war had prevented their being held at the usual time. Except in Bluefields, the liberals won, because the conservatives had promised Henry L. Stimson (former U.S. Secretary of War) that they would not present candidates. In Estelí, however, bandit operations had made voting impossible in many districts, and the liberals asked that a supplementary election be held.


1927 Nicaraguan parliamentary election
American marines acted as unofficial observers in various departments where elections were held at the end of August, 1927, to select Senators and Deputies in those districts where elections were not held in 1926 because of revolutionary disturbances, but there was no American supervision of these elections. The Conservatives did not contest in the principal Liberal departments.


1927 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
The 1927 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1927 college football season. The Tar Heels defeated Davidson College 27-0, with the first touchdown in Kenan Memorial Stadium.


1927 North Dakota Agricultural Bison football team
The 1927 North Dakota Agricultural Bison football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota Agricultural College (now known as North Dakota State University) in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1927 college football season. In its third season under head coach Ion Cortright, the team compiled a 3–5 record (1–3 against NCC opponents) and finished in fifth place out of teams in the NCC. The team played its home games at Dacotah Field in Fargo, North Dakota.


1927 North Dakota Flickertails football team
The 1927 North Dakota Flickertails football team, also known as the Nodaks, was an American football team that represented the University of North Dakota in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1927 college football season. In its second year under head coach Tod Rockwell, the team compiled a 4–4 record (1–2 against NCC opponents), finished in a tie for seventh place out of nine teams in the NCC, and was outscored by a total of 103 to 88.


1927 North Tango earthquake
The 1927 North Tango earthquake (Japanese: 北丹後地震) occurred in Kyoto Prefecture on 7 March with a moment magnitude of 7.0. Up to 2,956 people were killed and 7,806 were injured. Almost all the houses in Mineyama (now part of Kyōtango) were destroyed as a result. The earthquake was felt as far away as Tokyo and Kagoshima.


1927 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team
The 1927 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team was an American football team that represented Northern Arizona Teachers College (now known as Northern Arizona University) as an independent during the 1927 college football season. The Lumberjacks compiled a 6–1–2 record, shut out eight of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 208 to 24.


1927 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team
Rudy Lavik was the team's head coach. He was assisted by Edward Voltmer. The team played its home games at McMullen Field in Flagstaff, Arizona.


1927 Northern Illinois State Teachers football team
The 1927 Northern Illinois State Teachers football team represented Northern Illinois State Teachers College in the 1927 college football season. They were led by second-year head coach Roland Cowell and played their home games at Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus. The Teachers finished the season with an 1–4–1 record. Howard Larson and Ivan Nicholas were the team's co-captains.


1927 Northwestern Wildcats football team
The 1927 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1927 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first year under head coach Dick Hanley, the Wildcats compiled a 4–4 record (2–3 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in a tie for sixth place in the Big Ten Conference.


1927 Norwegian Football Cup
The 1927 Norwegian Football Cup was the 26th season of the Norwegian annual knockout football tournament. The tournament was open for all members of NFF, except those from Northern Norway. Last years losing finalist Ørn won 4–0 against Drafn in the final, and won their second title. Odd were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Drafn in the quarterfinal. The final was the first and only final that was played in Sandefjord.


1927 Norwegian Football Cup, First round
Fram (Larvik), Hof, Kvik (Fredrikshald), Odd, Stavanger, Urædd and Ørn had a walkover.


1927 Norwegian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 17 October 1927. The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 59 of the 150 seats in the Storting.


1927 Norwegian parliamentary election, Results
The Conservative Party and the Liberal Left Party continued their alliance, but in some constituencies the Liberal Left Party ran separate lists. It won one seat on the joint lists and one seat on a separate list.


1927 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
The 1927 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1927 college football season. Although most selectors have named either Illinois or Georgia as the 1927 national champion, Notre Dame was retroactively named as the national champion by one selector, the Houlgate System.


1927 Nova Scotia hurricane
The 1927 Nova Scotia hurricane (also known as the 1927 Great August Gale or the Great Gale of August 24) was the deadliest tropical cyclone striking Canada in the 20th century. The first observed storm of the season, this cyclone developed from a tropical wave over the deep tropics of the Atlantic Ocean on August 18. Initially a tropical storm, it moved west-northwestward and intensified into a Category 1 hurricane on the modern day Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale by August 19.


1927 Nova Scotia hurricane
The storm intensified significantly over the next few days, and by August 22, it peaked as a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph (205 km/h). Around that time, the system began curving northwestward and later northward. By August 23, it turned to the north-northeast and then began weakening on August 24. Thereafter, the storm accelerated toward Atlantic Canada. Late on August 24, the hurricane struck near Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, as a Category 2 hurricane, just before becoming extratropical.


1927 Nova Scotia hurricane
In New England, rainfall caused minor street flooding, especially in central Massachusetts and Maine, where 2.09 inches (53 mm) of precipitation fell in the city of Portland. Of the 173–192 fatalities in Canada, most of them occurred due to damaged or missing ships, with two boats losing their entire crew. On land, Nova Scotia was impacted most significantly. Heavy rainfall washed out 20–25 percent of the rail lines, which disrupted rail service. Flooding also damaged numerous roads and swept away bridges, making traveling difficult.


1927 Nova Scotia hurricane
Crop damage from the hurricane was severe as the storm destroyed about half of the fruit, vegetable, and hay harvest, leaving a loss of $1 million (1927 USD). Property damage in the province was in the thousands of dollars range. There were many electrical and telephone service outages. The storm's rains and winds caused similar but less severe damage in the provinces of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland. Overall, the hurricane caused just under $1.6 million in damage.


1927 Nova Scotia hurricane, Meteorological history
The Atlantic hurricane database indicates that a tropical wave became a tropical storm about 1,020 mi (1,640 km) east of the southernmost islands of Cabo Verde at 12:00 UTC on August 18. Moving west-northwestward, it intensified into a Category 1 hurricane on the modern day Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale by August 19. The storm deepened significantly over the next few days, becoming a Category 2 late on August 20 and reaching Category 3 at 06:00 UTC on August 21.


1927 Nova Scotia hurricane, Meteorological history
The cyclone peaked as a Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 125 mph (205 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 950 mbar (28 inHg) around 06:00 UTC on August 22. The latter was observed by the S.S. Maraval, while the former was estimated using the pressure-wind relationship. Around that time, the system began curving northwestward and later northward. By August 23, it turned to the north-northeast and then began weakening on August 24, falling to Category 2 intensity by 12:00 UTC.


1927 Nova Scotia hurricane, Meteorological history
Thereafter, the storm accelerated toward Atlantic Canada. Around 18:00 UTC on August 24, the hurricane made its closest approach to the United States, passing about 60 mi (100 km) southeast of Nantucket island in Massachusetts. About five hours later, the system struck near Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, as a Category 2 hurricane with winds of 105 mph (165 km/h). Based on distribution of rainfall over Nova Scotia, the storm was believed to have made landfall as a tropical cyclone. By 00:00 UTC on August 25, the hurricane transitioned into an extratropical cyclone. The remnants moved quickly east-northeastward, striking Newfoundland and later Iceland, before dissipating near Jan Mayen on August 29.


1927 Nova Scotia hurricane, Preparations and impact
Shipping ahead of the hurricane received repeated warnings broadcast by both American and Canadian weather officials. Small craft warnings and a hurricane warning for New York City were also issued. However, the majority of fishing vessels in Atlantic Canada in this period did not have radios, leaving the large fishing fleet on the offshore banks unaware of the approaching disaster.


1927 Nova Scotia hurricane, Preparations and impact
Because of the fast forward speed of the hurricane, the damage was minimal in New England. However, the hurricane was devastating in Atlantic Canada as the storm caused tremendous damage and 173-192 fatalities, most of which were at sea. The hurricane was the deadliest tropical cyclone (or remnants) in Canada at least since a hurricane in 1900.


1927 Nova Scotia hurricane, Preparations and impact, New England
Rainfall from the hurricane caused flooding portions of New England, especially Maine and Massachusetts. In the latter, up to 3 in (76 mm) of precipitation was recorded in Lawrence, a daily record for the city. Dirt roads were washed out, forcing evacuations, while a 50 ft (15 m) stone wall collapsed. Damage reached the thousands of dollars range. In nearby Shawsheen Village, a pond overflowed, inundating yards and streets. Rainfall from the hurricane contributed to causing the Taunton River to reach its then-highest known crest at some locations, forcing floodgates to be opened.


1927 Nova Scotia hurricane, Preparations and impact, New England
Route 24 was inundated with over 1 ft (0.30 m) of water, while several other roads were also flooded. Street cars stalled or were delayed as long as 45 minutes. About a half-dozen locations along the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad from Brockton to Middleborough were inundated with between 6 and 10 in (150 and 250 mm) of water, resulting in a difficult passage of trains over the low-lying grades. In Maine, precipitation up to 2 in (50.8 mm) was reported across the state, causing isolated street flooding. In Eastport, a weather station reported a low pressure of 983 mbar (29.0 inHg). Offshore, the hurricane damaged a fishing ship, leaving one dead and three injured.


1927 Nova Scotia hurricane, Preparations and impact, Atlantic Canada
Nova Scotia received heavy rainfall up to 4 in (102 mm) and gale-force winds. The hardest hit area was Harbourville and adjacent settlements along the "Bay Shore" coastline of the Bay of Fundy. There the hurricane completely destroyed a gravel road which had been built shortly before the storm's impact. Another road connecting to a hotel was also severely damaged. Heavy rainfall brought by the hurricane caused landslides and flooding along the Harbourville Mountain which washed out numerous roads. In the Annapolis Valley, the rainfall fell so quickly that drainage ditches and small creeks overflowed.


1927 Nova Scotia hurricane, Preparations and impact, Atlantic Canada
In Lakeville, flooding washed away a 25-foot (7.6 m) bridge, and fallen trees and other storm debris littered the streets and roads. The Cornwallis River overflowed its banks, causing serious flash flooding. Near Harrington's Crossing, a small creek overflowed its banks, stalling numerous automobiles. Roads were extensively impacted in Digby, Wolfville, Yarmouth, and Annapolis County, which suffered $150,000 in damage to streets alone. Overall, there was about $500,000 in damage to roads in Nova Scotia.


1927 Nova Scotia hurricane, Preparations and impact, Atlantic Canada
In Halifax, wind gusts of 48 mph (77 km/h) were observed, damaging a grain elevator. Heavy rainfall washed out the railroad lines between Halifax and Yarmouth. A power plant in Pictou County suffered $500 in damage after the roof blew off. In Springhill, strong winds downed trees, fences, and houses. A warehouse in Sydney was destroyed after being tossed about 50 ft (15 m) by the wind. Throughout Nova Scotia, flooding washed out 20–25 percent of the rail lines across Nova Scotia, disrupting rail service. Flooding also damaged numerous roads and swept away bridges making traveling difficult.


1927 Nova Scotia hurricane, Preparations and impact, Atlantic Canada
Crop damage from the hurricane was severe as the storm destroyed 50 percent of the fruit, vegetable, and hay harvest, leaving a loss of $1 million. Other parts of Nova Scotia received similar damage. Overall, property damage in the province was in the thousands of dollars range and there were many electrical and telephone service outages.


1927 Nova Scotia hurricane, Preparations and impact, Atlantic Canada
Wind gusts in Newfoundland as strong as 90 mph (140 km/h) at the Corner Brook subdivision of Curling caused about $500 in damage to circus tents and associated equipment. In New Brunswick, precipitation peaked at 3.3 in (84 mm) in Saint John. A car tumbled into washed out culvert in Horseman's Hill, injuring three people. Several bridges and culvert were destroyed in Springhill. A dam broke near University of St. Joseph's College, severely flooding the campus and demolishing the gymnasium. Throughout the province, streets, bridges, gardens, and crops, particularly hay and grain, were damaged, while railroad lines were destroyed.


1927 Nova Scotia hurricane, Preparations and impact, Atlantic Canada
Power outages and loss of telephone services were common. Damage in New Brunswick totaled at least $51,000. In Prince Edward Island, 2 in (51 mm) of rain fell in Charlottetown and winds of 30 mph (45 km/h) were observed. The city was littered with debris. Generally minor street flooding occurred. Fruit trees and crops suffered extensive damage. At the exhibition grounds, buildings and fences received about $1,000 in damage.


1927 Nova Scotia hurricane, Preparations and impact, Atlantic Canada
Offshore, seventy-five fishing boats of the Lunenburg fishing fleet were reported missing in the Grand Banks. Of the seventy-five, four vessels were reported as total losses. The Joyce Smith and Clayton Walters were the first two fishing vessels to fall victim to the hurricane. The Joyce Smith was carrying 22 men (mostly from Newfoundland) and it and the Walters were fishing off the coast of Sable Island at the time of the hurricane. The last sighting of the two fishing boats was from the crew of the Marshall Frank 27 mi (43 km) off Sable Island.


1927 Nova Scotia hurricane, Preparations and impact, Atlantic Canada
Newspaper reports suggested that both fishing boats did not survive the storm and all 43 crewmen perished at sea. The Mahala, another fishing schooner, was also listed among the ships missing after the hurricane. A search in the area where the ship was reported missing turned up nothing and it was assumed that the ship sank along with its eighteen fishermen. The fourth fishing boat to be reported missing was the Uda R. Corkum, which was carrying a crew of 21 men and 1800 quintals of fish.


1927 Nova Scotia hurricane, Preparations and impact, Atlantic Canada
In all, the loss from all four vessels totaled up to 80 and monetary losses from all four ships totaled over $100,000. Four more fishing boats also sank, taking 33 lives. In addition to the Canadian fishing boats, the famous U.S. racing and fishing schooner Columbia. carrying 22 crew men (many from Nova Scotia) sank during the storm off the coast of Sable Island. There were no survivors.


1927 Nova Scotia hurricane, Preparations and impact, Atlantic Canada
The Nova Scotia hurricane of 1927 followed another tragic August storm the previous year and together they became known as "The August Gales", remembered for generations as one of the worst tragedies in the fisheries of Maritime Canada. The severe shipping losses, especially among banks fishing schooners, accelerated a move to outfit Canadian schooners with motors and radios. Today, the hurricane is commemorated in a waterfront monument and an exhibit at the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.


1927 Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football team
The 1927 Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football team represented the Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels of Oglethorpe University.


1927 Ohio Bobcats football team
The 1927 Ohio Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Ohio University in the Buckeye Athletic Association (BAA) and the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1927 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Don Peden, the Bobcats compiled a 4–2–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 85 to 69.


1927 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
The 1927 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 1927 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 4–4 record but still won the point battle, 131–92. They lost to Michigan for the sixth straight season.


1927 Ohio state highway renumbering
In early July 1927, the Ohio Department of Highways implemented the system of United States Numbered Highways that had been approved by the states in late 1926. This resulted in the renumbering of many of the state highways to avoid overlaps with the new U.S. Routes and numbers used by both classes of route. In addition to the U.S. Routes, a new State Route 6 was formed, extending West Virginia Route 6 northwest from the Ohio River at Bridgeport to Norwalk. (Route 6 later became U.S. Route 250 in both states.)


1927 Ohio state highway renumbering
A number of State Routes - 1, 10, 13, 15, 16, 31, 49, 95, 112, 124, 130, 160, 180 , and 223 - were entirely replaced by U.S. Routes or the new State Route 6. The numbers 6, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 30, 40, 42, 50, 52, and 127 conflicted with new designations, so the State Routes with those numbers were renamed. Some others - 28, 48, 63, 125, 126, 129, 142, and 263 - were replaced by extensions of other State Routes or new State Routes where not part of a U.S. Route. State Routes 102 and 249 became portions of other routes, but the numbers were reused in the immediate vicinity, 102 for the old alignment of 2 and 249 as part of a three-way route alignment swap in the immediate vicinity. The numbers freed up were reused on other routes.


1927 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football team
The 1927 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma A&M College in the 1927 college football season. This was the 27th year of football at A&M and the seventh under John Maulbetsch. The Cowboys played their home games at Lewis Field in Stillwater, Oklahoma. They finished the season 4–4–0, 3–2–0 in the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association.


1927 Oklahoma City Goldbugs football team
The 1927 Oklahoma City Goldbugs football team was an American football team that represented Oklahoma City University during the 1927 college football season as a member of the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference (OIC). In Pappy Waldorf's third and final season as head coach, the team compiled an 8–1–2 record (5–1–2 against conference opponents), shared the OIC title with Oklahoma Baptist, and outscored all opponents by a total of 162 to 43. The Goldbugs had an opportunity to secure the conference title in the final game of the season, but played a scoreless tie against Oklahoma Baptist on December 3.


1927 Oklahoma City Goldbugs football team
Fullback Bill Moore was the team captain. Moore and center Ray Allen both received first-team honors on the Daily Oklahoman's All-Oklahoma first team. Quarterback Perk Whitman and end Jack Alexander were named to the second team. Freshman halfback Ace Gutowsky went on to play eight seasons in the National Football League and set the league's career rushing record.


1927 Oklahoma City Goldbugs football team
Grady Skillern was an assistant coach in charge of the backfield. Waldorf, who also served as Oklahoma City's athletic director and track coach, left the school after the 1927 season to accept an assistant coaching position at the University of Kansas. He went on to coach at several other schools and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1966.


1927 Oklahoma City Goldbugs football team, Roster
The team's players had an average weight of 165 pounds. Senior Catherine Schumaker, president of the school's pep council, was voted by the members of the team as the "Football Queen" for 1927.


1927 Oklahoma Sooners football team
The 1927 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1927 college football season. In their first year under head coach Adrian Lindsey, the Sooners compiled a 3–3–2 record (2–3 against conference opponents), finished in seventh place in the Missouri Valley Conference, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 117 to 101.


1927 Oklahoma Sooners football team
Tackle Granville Norris was recognized as an All-American, and end Roy LeCrone received all-conference honors.


1927 Ole Miss Rebels football team
The 1927 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1927 Southern Conference football season. Ole Miss won the first Egg Bowl with a trophy in 1927, led by players Sollie Cohen and V. K. Smith. The team was captained by Ap Applewhite


1927 Open Championship
The 1927 Open Championship was the 62nd Open Championship, held 13–15 July at the Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland. Amateur Bobby Jones successfully defended the title with a dominating six-stroke victory, the second of his three victories at the Open Championship.


1927 Open Championship
The regional qualification that had been used in 1926 was abandoned and the previous system of local qualifying just before the Open was reintroduced. Qualifying was held 11–12 July, Monday and Tuesday, with 18 holes on the Old Course and 18 holes on the New Course,  and the top 100 and ties qualified. In heavy rain early that flooded the bunkers, Jones shot 76 on Monday at the Old Course, and 71 on Tuesday at the New Course for 147, three strokes behind the low qualifier. Amateur Cyril Tolley led the field with 144; the qualifying score was 160 and 108 players advanced.


1927 Open Championship
Prize money was increased £50 to £250, although the winner's share remained at £75.


1927 Open Championship
Jones, age 25, returned to St Andrews to make amends for his first experience on the course; six years earlier in 1921, he walked off the Old Course in frustration during the third round. He shot 68 (−5) in the first round on Wednesday, three clear of the rest of the field, and after a second round 72 was at 140 (−6), two shots ahead of Bert Hodson and four clear of Joe Kirkwood Sr. To make the cut, players had to be within fourteen strokes of the leader after 36 holes; it was at 154 (+8) and 54 advanced.


1927 Open Championship
On Friday, Hodson ballooned to 81 (+8) in the third round and Jones closed with 73-72 for 285, a new championship record. Aubrey Boomer and Fred Robson tied for second place, six shots back.


1927 Open Championship
Future three-time champion Henry Cotton, age 20, made his Open debut and finished in ninth place. Five-time champion J.H. Taylor made his last cut in the Open at the age of 56.


1927 Open Championship, Round summaries, Final round
Amateurs: Jones (−7), Perkins (+8), Torrance (+8), Tweddell (+14),                 Harris (+15), Tolley (+15), de Montmorency (+17), Nettlefold (+26).


1927 Oregon State Aggies football team
The 1927 Oregon State Aggies football team represented Oregon State University in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1927 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Paul J. Schissler, the Beavers compiled a 3–3–1 record (2–3 against PCC opponents), finished in a tie for fifth place in the PCC, and outscored their opponents, 98 to 78. Under coach Schissler, from 1925 to 1932, no team captains were elected. The team played its home games at Bell Field in Corvallis, Oregon.


1927 Oregon Webfoots football team
The 1927 Oregon Webfoots football team represented the University of Oregon in the 1927 college football season. It was the Webfoots' 34th overall and 12th season as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC). The team was led by head coach John McEwan, in his second year, and played their home games at Hayward Field in Eugene and at Multnomah Field in Portland. They finished the season with a record of two wins, four losses and one tie (2–4–1 overall, 0–4–1 in the PCC).


1927 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)
1927 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo) was the 21st water polo championship in Hungary. There were seven teams who played one-round match for the title.


1927 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo), Final list
* M: Matches W: Win D: Drawn L: Lost G+: Goals earned G-: Goals got P: Point


1927 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo), 2. Class
1. OTE 8, 2. BSZKRT SE 4, 3. BEAC 4 pont, Postás and VAC cancelled their participation.


1927 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo), Countryside
1. MOVE Eger SE, 2. Szegedi UE, 3. Pannonia UE Sopron, 4. Tatatóvárosi AC.


1927 Ottawa Senators (CFL) season
The 1927 Ottawa Senators finished in 2nd place in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union with a 3–2–1 record, but failed to qualify for the playoffs and defend their Grey Cup title.


1927 Ottawa municipal election
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 5, 1927 to elect members of the 1928 Ottawa City Council.


1927 Ottawa municipal election, Mayor of Ottawa
Controller Arthur Ellis defeated incumbent mayor John P. Balharrie and future mayor Patrick Nolan in a three-way race. Ellis won all but two of the city's nine wards, losing just the western wards of Dalhousie and Victoria to Nolan.


1927 PGA Championship
The 1927 PGA Championship was the 10th PGA Championship, held from October 31 to November 5 in Texas at Cedar Crest Country Club in Dallas. Then a match play championship, Walter Hagen defeated Joe Turnesa 1 up in the finals to win his fourth consecutive PGA Championship, his fifth and final overall, and the ninth of his eleven major titles.


1927 PGA Championship
The victory ran Hagen's match record at the PGA Championship in the 1920s to 30–1 (.968), falling only to Gene Sarazen in 38 holes in the 1923 finals. With his fourth consecutive title, his winning streak stood at twenty matches. Hagen, age 34, was also the medalist in the 36-hole qualifier on Monday at 141 (−1).


1927 PGA Championship
The course, south of downtown Dallas, was designed by A. W. Tillinghast and opened in 1919. It hosted the Dallas Open less than two years earlier in January 1926, won by Macdonald Smith. The country club closed in 1929 and the course was purchased by the City of Dallas in 1946 and it continues as a public facility.


1927 PGA Championship
At the time, this was the furthest west and south that a major championship had been held. The western limit had been Illinois for multiple majors, and the southernmost venues had been Indiana for the PGA Championship in 1924 and Maryland for the U.S. Open in 1921. Two years later in 1929, the PGA Championship was played in Los Angeles, California.


1927 PGA Championship, Format
The match play format at the PGA Championship in 1927 called for 12 rounds (216 holes) in six days:


1927 Pacific Tigers football team
The 1927 Pacific Tigers football team represented the College of the Pacific (COP) as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1927 college football season. The team was led by seventh-year head coach Erwin Righter, and played home games at a field on campus in Stockton, California. Pacific compiled an overall record of 2–6 with a mark of 1–4 in conference play, placing last out of six teams in the FWC. The Tigers were outscored by their opponents 61–148 for the season.


1927 Pacific hurricane season
The 1927 Pacific hurricane season ran through the summer and fall of 1927. Before the satellite age started in the 1960s, data on east Pacific hurricanes was extremely unreliable. Most east Pacific storms were of no threat to land.


1927 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone One
A tropical cyclone moved along the coast of Mexico from June 14 to 18. It had gale-force winds and a minimum reported pressure of 29.58 inHg (100.2 kPa).


1927 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Two
A tropical storm existed off the coast of Mexico during late June. The initial low pressure area formed near the Gulf of Tehuantepec on June 23, moving west-northwest near the coast into July 1.


1927 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Three
A small tropical cyclone was detected on July 1. Its lowest reported pressure was 29.56 inHg (100.1 kPa), and was moving along the coast of Mexico.


1927 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Four
A ship encountered a tropical cyclone on July 5. The ship reported a pressure of 29.70 inHg (100.6 kPa). The cyclone was moving west-northwest.


1927 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Five
On July 28, a tropical cyclone moved eastward in the Gulf of Tehuantepec.


1927 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Six
Roughly southwest of the Gulf of Tehuantepec, a tropical cyclone formed on August 7. It moved along the coast and dissipated south of the entrance to the Gulf of California on August 10.


1927 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Seven
On September 6, a tropical cyclone formed south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec. It moved along the coast, and by September 8 it was west of Manzanillo. It entered the Gulf of California on September 10, and it made landfall or dissipated the next day. The lowest reported pressure was 29.15 inHg (98.7 kPa).


1927 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Seven
The tropical cyclone caused much damage and destruction. The cyclone drove huge waves ashore along the coast, and destroyed rail lines linking Mexico City with the Pacific coast. Some ships were also missing and presumed sunk. Shipping was badly damaged. Some of the ships initially reported sunk were later accounted for. The worst hit areas were Manzanillo and Salina Cruz. Salina Cruz was reduced to ruins. A sudden plunge in the barometer provided enough warning for emergency evacuations in those cities, which were credited with keeping the death toll below that which was initially reported. In Mazatlán, one person was killed by being swept over the sea wall. Acambaro, Guanajuanto was flooded. In the aftermath, displaced refugees attempted to cross the border and enter Nogales, Arizona.


1927 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Eight
A "tropical hurricane" formed well southwest of Mexico on September 7, dissipating on September 10.


1927 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Cyclone Nine
A tropical cyclone formed in the Gulf of Tehuantepec on September 11. It moved northwest and was last observed on September 12.


1927 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Ten
In the Gulf of Tehuantepec, a tropical cyclone was detected on September 25. It moved along the coast and was last seen on September 30. The lowest reported pressure was 29 inHg (98 kPa); a ship reported a maximum windspeed of 125 miles per hour (201 km/h; 109 kn).


1927 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Eleven
A tropical depression existed south of Acapulco on October 19 and 20.


1927 Pacific typhoon season
In 1927, there were 27 tropical cyclones observed in the western Pacific Ocean, north of the equator and west of the 180th meridian. Many of these storms affected the Philippines, China, and Japan, collectively leaving 15,952 fatalities. The strongest storm of the year also had the lowest barometric pressure recorded in a tropical cyclone worldwide at the time. On August 18, the Dutch steamship Sapoeroea recorded a barometric pressure of 886.7 millibar (26.185 inches of mercury) about 740 kilometres (460 miles) east of Luzon. This typhoon later struck near Hong Kong, where it halted transportation, wrecked buildings, and killed 15 people.


1927 Pacific typhoon season
The first storm of the year originated near the Caroline Islands on February 12, which capsized the freighter Elkton and caused the loss of its crew of 36 people. Storms were observed in each subsequent month of the year. In May, a typhoon wrecked the passenger ferry SS Negros near the Philippine province of Romblon, killing 108 people. A typhoon in July killed around 10,000 people in China, mostly related to mountain flooding near Zhangzhou, leaving around 100,000 people homeless. A month later, another landfalling typhoon in China killed about 5,000 people and damaged nearly 20,000 houses.


1927 Pacific typhoon season
In September, an intense typhoon moved through Japan around the same time that an undersea earthquake affected the region; the concurrent disasters killed about 600 people, after a 3 metre (10 foot) tsunami washed away boats and houses along the coast. Another Chinese typhoon in September killed 5,000 people. The final storm of the year dissipated on December 19 to the west of the Philippines.


1927 Pacific typhoon season, Season summary
The Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) tracked 21 tropical systems during the year, then referred as "depressions". Of these storms, 19 were estimated to have attained typhoon status, which has maximum sustained winds of at least 119 km/h (74 mph). The HKO distributed storm warnings to 86 weather stations or officials, including by telephone for the first time. During the year, 11 tropical cyclones passed near the Philippines, of which seven crossed land; four of these were typhoons. The fewer than average storms in the archipelago resulted in lower than average rainfall in western Luzon. The Philippines government insurance fund claimed ₱16,149.25 in damages, mostly related to a radio station that was destroyed in Baler.


1927 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, February–June
The first tropical cyclone observed in 1927 was noted on February 12 southeast of Yap in the Caroline Islands. It moved west-northwestward, passing near Ngulu Atoll on February 14. The storm was last observed on February 16 after recurving to the northeast. Yap recorded a barometric pressure of 986 mbar (29.11 inHg), suggesting that the storm was a typhoon. On February 15, the freighter Elkton sent a distress signal amid the storm about 870 km (540 mi) northwest of Guam.


1927 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, February–June
By the time the S.S. Liberator arrived the next day, it only observed a 520 km2 (200 sq mi) oil patch; this suggested that the ship, its crew of 36 people, and the $1 million worth of sugar aboard, had capsized. The United States Navy deployed four destroyers from Manila, but was unable to find the wreckage.


1927 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, February–June
A short-lived tropical cyclone was first observed on March 19, east of Mindanao in the Philippines. The system progressed northwestward through the Eastern Visayas, dissipating on March 20 over Masbate. On April 1, a tropical storm formed southwest of Taiwan, and progressed northeastward, passing between the island and the northern Philippines; the storm was last noted on April 4 south of Japan.


1927 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, February–June
As early as May 22, a tropical cyclone existed east of the Philippine island of Samar. Tracking west-northwestward, the storm was at typhoon intensity when it struck eastern Luzon on May 26 near Baler, where a pressure of 994 mbar (29.35 inHg) was recorded. The center became disrupted while traversing the island, emerging into the South China Sea near Dagupan. It slowed to a northwest drift, dissipating on June 1 southeast of China. On May 28, the passenger ferry SS Negros foundered near Romblon during the typhoon, with the loss of 108 of the 178 people on board.


1927 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, February–June
Another storm appeared east of the Philippines on May 26, located south of Yap. Initially, the system moved west-northwestward, passing over Palau, where 80% of houses were destroyed; damage was estimated at ¥400,000. The storm turned to the north-northwest, then later curved back to the west-northwest, reaching the Balintang Channel north of Luzon on June 2. That day, the town of Basco, Batanes in the waterway recorded a pressure of 973 mbar (28.73 inHg). On June 3, the storm crossed over Taiwan and recurved to the northeast. It was last noted on June 6 just south of the Japanese island of Kyushu.


1927 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, July
A tropical cyclone was first noted on July 11 east of Luzon. It moved generally to the west-northwest for a few days before curving to the northwest. On July 15, the steamer  Tjikandi encountered the typhoon, estimating winds of 160 km/h (100 mph); two quartermasters were washed overboard, and the railing and hatches were wrecked. On July 17, the typhoon struck southeastern Taiwan and moved across the southern portion of the island, where Hengchun recorded a barometric pressure of 978 mbar (28.89 inHg). Crossing the Taiwan Strait, the storm entered southeastern China near Xiamen on July 17, and dissipated the next day.


1927 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, July
On July 20, a tropical cyclone developed east of Luzon and proceeded to the west-northwest. Three days later, the storm struck Isabela province in eastern Luzon. It moved northwestward once in the South China Sea, passing near Pratas Island. On July 25, the SS President Madison encountered the storm near the coast of China, reporting hurricane force winds and a minimum pressure of 975 mbar (28.80 inHg). That day, the typhoon moved ashore near Hong Kong, where winds reached 116 km/h (72 mph).


1927 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, July
Also near Hong Kong, a Chinese junk sank, killing 191 people, while passengers were rescued by the steamer Wing On. The storm curved to the southwest over land, dissipating on July 27. Flooding along the Jiulong River killed 10,000 people by drowning, mostly in mountainous areas near Zhangzhou. The floods left another 100,000 people homeless, and caused $2 million in damages.


1927 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, August
The August issue of the Monthly Weather Review journal noted a small typhoon west of the Ryukyu Islands from August 2–4, moving northward and "of no great importance." A tropical cyclone was first reported on August 6 east of Luzon and north of Yap. It moved to the northwest, turned northeastward, and curved back to the northwest through the southern Ryukyu Islands. As it approached the eastern coast of China, the typhoon turned more to the north, and later crossed the Korean peninsula; it was last reported on August 10 off the east coast of the peninsula. Another storm originated north of Yap on August 11, and moved generally to the northwest. On August 16, the typhoon struck southeastern Taiwan and crossed the island. The storm proceeded westward, crossed the Taiwan Strait, and moved ashore southeastern China, dissipating on August 17.


1927 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, August
On August 13, a tropical cyclone was observed south of Guam. It moved west-northwestward and attained a great intensity. On August 18, the Dutch steamship Sapoeroea recorded a barometric pressure of 886.7 mbar (26.185 inHg) about 740 km (460 mi) east of Luzon. This was the lowest pressure recorded in a tropical cyclone at the time, until a Hurricane hunters plane released a dropsonde into Typhoon Ida in 1958 and recorded a pressure of 877 mbar (25.91 inHg). Early on August 19, the typhoon passed near Aparri in northern Luzon, which recorded a pressure of 969 mbar (28.60 inHg).


1927 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, August
The storm's strong winds affected Cagayan, Mountain, Ilocos Norte, and Ilocos Sur provinces. Progressing into the South China Sea, the typhoon approached within 16 km (10 mi) of Pratas Island on August 20, where Force 11 winds were recorded. Later that day, the storm passed about 95 km (60 mi) south of Hong Kong, where wind gusts reached 187 km/h (116 mph). In Cheung Sha Wan, the typhoon wrecked 120 buildings, and the entire shanty town in Kowloon Tong was ruined. Ferry and tram service was halted, and a bus was overturned on Salisbury Road. Throughout Hong Kong, 11 boats were wrecked, 15 people were killed, and another 22 others were injured. Continuing across southern China, the storm was last observed on August 22.


1927 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, August
As early as August 19, a tropical cyclone was near and south of Guam. Its track curved from the west-northwest to the north, drifting at times west of the Marianas Islands. The typhoon turned to the northwest, and was nearing the Ryukyu Islands on August 27. Turning westward and later to the west-southwest, the storm moved across Taiwan moved into the South China Sea. The typhoon moved ashore southern China in Guangdong on or after August 30 to the west of Hong Kong. In the province, the typhoon and its accompanying waves killed 5,000 people. More than 20,000 homes were damaged, and around 400 boats were wrecked, estimated at US$1 million in damage.


1927 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, August
The final August storm also originated near Guam on August 25. It moved to the northwest and intensified into a typhoon, later turning northeast and remaining south of Japan. The storm was last noted on September 2 to the east of Japan.


1927 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, September
A typhoon was first observed on September 9 northeast of the Philippines. Passing Guam two days later, its northward track shifted to the northeast toward Japan. The typhoon struck Kyushu on September 13, described in the Monthly Weather Review as the "most severe felt there in recent years." Around the same time, an underwater earthquake affected the region, which produced a 3.0 m (10 ft) tsunami that washed away buildings along the coast and carried boats two miles inland. Newspapers reported nearly 600 fatalities during the typhoon and earthquake. River flooding in Ōmura inundated 5,000 houses, leaving 15,000 people homeless. The storm ruined rice fields, causing prices to increase. Across Kyushu, the typhoon flooded or wrecked the roofs of thousands of homes. The typhoon moved through southern Japan and was last noted on September 15 nearing the Kuril Islands.


1927 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, September
A typhoon approached eastern Luzon on September 16, and moved across the island on the next day. In the municipality of Baler on the east coast, a minimum pressure of 969 mbar (28.63 inHg) was recorded. The typhoon's eye passed over and nearly destroyed the town. A tornado spawned by the typhoon hit Metro Manila. The typhoon progressed westward into the South China Sea, later curving to the northwest and entering the Gulf of Tonkin near the island of Hainan. After the storm, the Philippine government provided aid to residents.


1927 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, September
On September 20, a tropical cyclone was observed south off Guam, which proceeded northward through the Northern Marianas Islands. It turned to the northwest, but curved to the northeast by September 22. Passing south of Japan, the storm was last observed two days later. Another storm was observed on September 23 to the south of the Ryukyu Islands. It moved to the northeast at first before executing a loop in its track, passing through the Ryukyu Islands. The storm progressed to the northeast, remaining south of Japan, and was last noted on September 29.


1927 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, September
The final storm of the month was first observed on September 29 near Guam. Moving generally to the northwest at first, it turned to the northeast on September 30 and was last observed two days later to the southeast of Japan. While near the Bonin Islands, a station recorded a minimum pressure of 989 mbar (29.23 inHg).


1927 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, September
On September 26, a typhoon struck China, killing about 5,000 people.


1927 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, October–December
A typhoon was first observed southwest of Guam on October 1, which progressed steadily westward. On October 4, the storm crossed the Philippines, entering from Borongan in Eastern Samar to Capiz and into the South China Sea. Heavy damage occurred along the path, and several boats were wrecked in Capiz, resulting in several fatalities. The island of Mindoro lost communications with Manila during the storm. Shifting to the west-northwest, the storm moved ashore eastern Vietnam on October 8 near Danang. Another typhoon followed a similar path, originating near Guam on October 4 and progressing westward. Five days later, the storm struck the Philippine province of Camarines Norte, causing damage as it moved westward through Luzon. Moving across the South China Sea, the storm struck the east coast of what was then Indochina on October 11.


1927 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, October–December
A typhoon was observed on October 13 east of Guam, which moved generally northwestward for three days; then, it recurved to the northeast, and was last reported on October 18. Another typhoon originated southeast of Guam on October 19. It moved generally westward toward the Philippines before curving more to the north on October 24. The track shifted to the northeast, and the typhoon passed between Japan and the Bonin Islands. It was last observed on October 30.


1927 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, October–December
On November 17, a typhoon originated west of Guam, which moved slowly to the west or west-northwest. It approached the eastern Philippines but remained east of the island group. On November 22, the typhoon curved to the northeast, remaining south of Japan. Another storm appeared on November 22 to the northwest of the previous storm, just to the northeast of Samar. It moved northwestward at first, but recurved to the northeast away from Luzon, and was last reported on November 24. On that same day, a typhoon was observed southeast of Guam and proceeded westward.


1927 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, October–December
The storm passed near Yap on November 25 and later turned to the north. Two days later, a passing United States Navy ship encountered the storm. On November 29, a storm passed near the Bonin Islands, but it was uncertain whether it was the first typhoon of the month near the Philippines or the storm that affected Yap. This storm was last observed on November 30.


1927 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, October–December
A storm appeared west of Yap on December 3. Moving to the west-northwest, it crossed through the Visayas and Mindoro islands in the central Philippines. In the South China Sea, the storm trekked to the west-southwest and was last noted on December 9. The final system of the season originated on December 18 southeast of Zamboanga in the southern Philippines. It moved to the northwest and a day later dissipated in the Sulu Sea.


1927 Paraguayan Primera División season
The 1927 season of the Paraguayan Primera División, the top category of Paraguayan football, was played by 10 teams. The national champions were Olimpia.


1927 Paris–Roubaix
The 1927 Paris–Roubaix was the 28th edition of the Paris–Roubaix, a classic one-day cycle race in France. The single day event was held on 17 April 1927 and stretched 270 km (168 mi) from Paris to its end in a velodrome in Roubaix. The winner was Georges Ronsse from Belgium.


1927 Paris–Tours
The 1927 Paris–Tours was the 22nd edition of the Paris–Tours cycle race and was held on 1 May 1927. The race started in Paris and finished in Tours. The race was won by Heiri Suter.