1926–27 FA Cup
Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. Some matches, however, might be rescheduled for other days if there were clashes with games for other competitions or the weather was inclement. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held until a winner was determined. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played in a replay, a 30-minute period of extra time would be played.


1926–27 FA Cup, First round proper
At this stage 40 clubs from the Football League Third Division North and South joined the 25 non-league clubs who came through the qualifying rounds. Of those Third Division sides not playing in the First Round Proper, Millwall and Plymouth Argyle were given a bye to the Third Round, while Durham City and Queens Park Rangers were not involved at any stage of the competition. Two Second Division sides, Reading and Grimsby Town were entered at this stage, in addition to amateur side Northern Nomads. To make the number of matches up, eight non-league sides were given byes to this round. These were:


1926–27 FA Cup, First round proper
38 matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 27 November 1926. Eleven matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture, of which two went to another replay.


1926–27 FA Cup, Second round proper
The matches were played on Saturday, 11 December 1926. Three matches were drawn, with replays taking place in the following midweek fixture.


1926–27 FA Cup, Third round proper
42 of the 44 First and Second Division clubs entered the competition at this stage, along with Third Division Millwall and Plymouth Argyle. Also given a bye to this round of the draw were amateur side Corinthian. The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 8 January 1927. Four matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture, of which one went to a second replay.


1926–27 FA Cup, Fourth round proper
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 29 January 1927. Five games were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture, of which one went to a second replay.


1926–27 FA Cup, Fifth round proper
The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 19 February 1927. There was one replay, played in the next midweek fixture.


1926–27 FA Cup, Sixth round proper
The four Sixth Round ties were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 5 March 1927. There were two replays, played in the following midweek fixture.


1926–27 FA Cup, Semi-finals
The semi-final matches were played on Saturday, 26 March 1927. Cardiff City and Arsenal went on to meet in the final at Wembley.


1926–27 FA Cup, Final
The 1927 FA Cup Final was won by Cardiff City, who beat Arsenal 1–0. It is most remembered for Arsenal goalkeeper Dan Lewis' mistake which led to the only goal of the game. It was also the first ever Cup Final to be broadcast by BBC Radio. Commentators were Derek McCulloch and George Allison, who would later manage Arsenal.


1926–27 FAI Cup
The FAI Cup 1926–27 was the sixth edition of Ireland's premier cup competition, The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or FAI Cup. The tournament began on 8 January 1927 and concluded on 9 April with the final replay held at Shelbourne Park, Dublin. An official attendance of 10,000 people watched Leinster Senior League side Drumcondra defeat Brideville in the first final to be decided in extra time. Drumcondra completed a cup double having already won the FAI Intermediate Cup


1926–27 FAI Cup, Notes
A. From 1923-1936, the FAI Cup was known as the Free State Cup.


1926–27 FAI Cup, Notes
B.   Attendances were calculated using gate receipts which limited their accuracy as a large proportion of people, particularly children, attended football matches in Ireland throughout the 20th century for free by a number of means.


1926–27 FBUs Mesterskabsrække
The 1926–27 FBUs Mesterskabsrække was the 23rd season of the Funen Football Championship since its establishment in 1904 under the administration of Fyns Boldspil-Union (FBU). This was the first season played under the new name, Mesterskabsrækken, after the top-flight Funen league had previously been named A-rækken, a name that was passed on to the Funen second tier league. The launch of the season began on 26 September 1926 with three matches and the final round of regular league fixtures were played in April 1927 with the play-off matches being held on 1–8 May 1927.


1926–27 FBUs Mesterskabsrække
Svendborg BK were the defending league champions. The winner of the league would automatically qualify for the semifinals of the Provincial championship tournament that was held as part of the 1926–27 Landsfodboldturneringen that was played at the end of the regular season. The three highest ranking teams in the final standings participated in the inaugural season of the new Danish Championship play-off structure, the 1927–28 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen i Fodbold. All eligible teams in the FBUs Mesterskabsrække including the best teams of the 1926–27 FBUs A-række would also participate in the next season of the Funen regional cup tournament, 1927 FBUs Pokalturnering.


1926–27 FBUs Mesterskabsrække
The winner of the league were B 1909, who secured their fourth FBU top-flight title, after two championship replay matches was played against B 1913, as a consequence of both teams finishing level on points at the top of the table. During the fall season, B 1913 secured the regional cup title by defeating Odense BK in the 1926 FBUs Pokalturnering finale.


1926–27 FBUs Mesterskabsrække
Both, the newly promoted team, BK Marienlyst and Nyborg G&IF also finished level on points and last in the Funen FA's primary football league and an additional match had to scheduled to find the team that would participate in the promotion/relegation play-off match against the winner of the 1926–27 FBUs A-række, Middelfart G&IK. Even though losing the replay match, Nyborg G&IF managed to win the promotion/relegation play-off match, securing their spot in the next season of FBUs Mesterskabsrække.


1926–27 FBUs Mesterskabsrække, Season summary
The season was officially launched on 26 September 1926 with three league matches featuring B 1913 versus Odense BK at B 1913's home ground in Odense, newly promoted BK Marienlyst versus the defending regional league champions Svendborg BK at BM's home ground and Nyborg G&IF versus B 1909 at NG&IF's home ground at Nyborg. Along with the Funen league's name change from A-rækken to Mesterskabsrækken, a completely new tournament schedule and several laws were implemented. The remaining regional Funen leagues would begin playing their first rounds the following Sunday, while the regional top flight league would have a match-free weekend.


1926–27 FBUs Mesterskabsrække, Season summary
The first goal of the season being scored by B 1913's forward Carl Hansen after five minutes of play in front of a crowd of 5–600 spectators, with B 1913 eventually winning the game 4–2 against Odense BK. The match between B 1913 and Odense BK was a repetition of the 1926 edition's final of FBUs Pokalturnering that had been played three weeks prior to the first match day, which had also been won by B 1913. Newly promoted BK Marienlyst secured their place in the league this season by winning the promotion/relegation play-off match against Dalum BK.


1926–27 FBUs Mesterskabsrække, Season summary
On 10 April 1927, B 1909 won their match against the other league title contender B 1913, securing an advantage on points before the last round. In the season's last round of league fixtures on 24 April 1927, both the league championship (and hence participation in the 1926–27 Landsfodboldturneringen) and the relegation play-off spot, including participation in the 1927–28 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen was yet undetermined — two teams were competing for the Funen Championship, while the four lowest teams were in proximity (2 points between all clubs) of the relegation play-off match against the winner of the 1926–27 FBUs A-række.


1926–27 FBUs Mesterskabsrække, Season summary
Svendborg BK]played in Svendborg against the league championship contender B 1909 and drew the match to a 4–4 tie, Odense BK won their match 6–1 on their own home field, Munke Mose in Odense, against BK Marienlyst, and Nyborg G&IF lost their home match in Nyborg against the other league championship contender B 1909 with the score 0–5. These results meant that the top two clubs (B 1909 and B 1913) and the two bottom teams (BK Marienlyst and Nyborg G&IF) in the league were now equal on points and additional matches had to be scheduled to determine their final positions the league table.


1926–27 FBUs Mesterskabsrække, League table
A total of six teams were contesting the league, including 5 sides from the 1925–26 season and one team, BK Marienlyst, promoted from the 1925–26 FBUs B-række. Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal average unless this concerned the Funen Championship, national championship or qualification for promotion/relegation play-offs, in which case replay matches were scheduled. The team with the most points were crowned champions, while the team with the fewest points would enter a promotion/relegation play-off.


1926–27 FBUs Mesterskabsrække, Season statistics, Top scorers
B 1909's top scorer in the league became Creutz Jensen with 13 goals followed by Emil Petersen with 6 goals.


1926–27 FBUs Mesterskabsrække, Funen Championship replays
The two Odense-based clubs, B 1909 and B 1913, both finished level on points (13) at the top of the final standings. A replay match was scheduled at a neutral playing field, Munke Mose (OB's Bane; field owned by Odense BK), to determine the Funen League Championship, which ended in a 2–2 tie after the ordinary playing time (with the 1–1 in each half) and 3–3 tie after extra time (two times 15 minutes following a short break) with both goals scored in the first half of the extended time.


1926–27 FBUs Mesterskabsrække, Funen Championship replays
In order to determine the championship during this match, an additional 15 minutes was played with an early implementation of the golden goal rule (g.e.t./g.g.) — the first team to score a goal wins the match — but no more goals were scored in this period. A second replay match was hence played, which was eventually won by B 1909, who were crowned Fynsmestre for the 1926/27-season.


1926–27 FBUs Mesterskabsrække, Funen Championship replays
The final two matches of the Funen Championship saw an unprecedented number of spectators to a competitive match on Funen, with the close run of the replays attracting a new attendance record of around 3,000 spectators. The league matches in the original schedule between the two teams were attended by 1,000 and 1,100 spectators during the season. The second replay match was played on the same ground the following weekend, where B 1909 won 3–2, securing the championship (Fynsmesterskabet) and being crowned Fynsmestre (English: Funen Champions) after a 3–0 lead shortly into the second half of the game.


1926–27 FBUs Mesterskabsrække, Funen Championship replays
There was a very similar team line-up for the two matches, where only the B 1909-player Jens Nielsen had been replaced by a substitute. There was speculation in the local newspaper, Fyens Stiftstidende, that a drawing of lots would be necessary to determine the championship, if the second replay match had also ended in a tie.


1926–27 FBUs Mesterskabsrække, Promotion/Relegation play-offs
BK Marienlyst and Nyborg G&IF both finished level on points in the table and a qualification play-off match was scheduled to determine the team, that was going to finish last in the league standings, hence participating in the promotion/relegation play-off. Nyborg G&IF (NG&IF) lost the replay match 4–2, played just ahead of the championship replay-match on the same field, with the score 2–1 in each half, and therefore met the winners of the 1926–27 FBUs A-række, Middelfart G&IK (MG&IK), for a spot in the next season of the FBUs Mesterskabsrække.


1926–27 FBUs Mesterskabsrække, Promotion/Relegation play-offs
The promotion/relegation play-off match, also played on the same field after the championship replay game, between Nyborg G&IF and Middelfart G&IK was won by East Funen team and both clubs therefore remained in their respective tiers for the 1927/28–season. The majority of the spectators present at the Championship match, played earlier in the day, stayed to watch the first part of the promotion/relegation match, which was dominated by Nyborg G&IF.


1926–27 FC Barcelona season
The 1926–27 season was the 28th season for FC Barcelona.


1926–27 FC Basel season
The FC Basel 1926–27 season was their thirty fourth season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. The club's new chairman was Franz Rinderer. It was Rinderer's third period as chairman. He took over the presidency from Carl Burkhardt at the AGM. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel.


1926–27 FC Basel season, Overview
Karl Bielser was team captain for the second season in a row and as captain he led the team trainings and was responsible for the line-ups. Basel played a total of 32 matches in their 1926–27 season. 16 of these were in the domestic league, one was in the Swiss Cup and 15 were friendly matches. Of these 15 friendlies only two were played at home in the Landhof and 13 were away games, six in Switzerland, five in France and two un Germany. Eight of these games were won, one was drawn and six ended with a defeat. The team scored 33 goals in these friendlies, but conceded 37.


1926–27 FC Basel season, Overview
An interesting match among these friendlies this season, was the away game against Bayern Munich. Not because of the result, because Basel were defeated 0–10, but because of the goalscorer Josef Pöttinger. Pöttinger was not only for his club, but also for the German national team, one of the most effective goal scorers of his time. On the 3 April 1927, as Basel played in Munich, Pöttinger scored a "perfect" hat-trick within the first 12 minutes (3', 10', 12') of the match and in the second half he scored five consecutive goals (52', 60', 62', 68', 83').


1926–27 FC Basel season, Overview
As in the previous year, this's season the Serie A was divided into three regional groups, each group with nine teams. Basel were allocated to the Central group together with local clubs Concordia Basel, Nordstern Basel and Old Boys Basel. The other teams allocated to this group were Young Boys Bern, FC Bern, Aarau, Grenchen and Solothurn. The teams that won each group continue to the finals and the last placed teams in the groups had to play a barrage against relegation.


1926–27 FC Basel season, Overview
FC Basel played a mediocre season, winning eight matches, drawing three and suffering five defeats, scoring 29 goals and conceding 26. With 19 points they ended the season in fourth position, six points behind group winners Nordstern and the Young Boys, both of whom were level on points. Nordstern won the play-off 1–0 and advanced to the finals. Grasshopper Club won the championship, Nordstern were runner-up and Biel-Bienne were third. Aarau were the bottom placed team and won the promotion/relegation play-off against FC Madretsch.


1926–27 FC Basel season, Overview
In the round of 64 in the Swiss Cup Basel were drawn against Old Boys, but were eliminated in this round because they lost the match 0–2. Grasshopper Club won the cup, winning the final 3–1 against Young Fellows Zürich.


1926–27 FC Basel season, Players
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1926–27 Football League
The 1926–27 season was the 35th season of The Football League.


1926–27 Football League, Final league tables
The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at  website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, with home and away statistics separated.


1926–27 Football League, Final league tables
Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season. From the 1922–23 season on Re-election was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South.


1926–27 French Amateur Football Championship
Statistics of the French Amateur Football Championship in the 1926-27 season. The Championship was the main competition for the amateur football clubs from 1926 to 1929. There were 3 divisions: Excellence, Honor and Promotion.


1926–27 French Ice Hockey Championship
The 1926–27 French Ice Hockey Championship was the 12th edition of the French Ice Hockey Championship, the national ice hockey championship in France. Chamonix Hockey Club won the championship for the fourth time.


1926–27 French Rugby Union Championship
The 1926–27 French Rugby Union Championship of first division was won by Toulouse  that beat Stade Français in the final.


1926–27 French Rugby Union Championship
Le Stade Toulousain conquest his fifth Bouclier de Brennus in six year.


1926–27 French Rugby Union Championship, Context
The 1927 Five Nations Championship was won by Ireland and by Scotland, the France was last.


1926–27 French Rugby Union Championship, First round
The first two of each pool admitted to next round.


1926–27 French Rugby Union Championship, First round
It was assigned 3 points for victory, 2 for draw, 1 for lost match, 0 point in case of forfeit.


1926–27 Galatasaray S.K. season
The 1926–27 season was Galatasaray SK's 23rd in existence and the club's 17th consecutive season in the Istanbul Football League.


1926–27 Galatasaray S.K. season, Squad changes for the 1926–27 season
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1926–27 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
The 1926–27 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1926–27 NCAA college basketball season. John O'Reilly coached it in his 11th and last season as head coach. Georgetown was an independent and played its home games at Ryan Gymnasium on the Georgetown campus in Washington, D.C. It finished the season with a record of 5-4.


1926–27 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
During the mid-1920s, the Georgetown men's basketball program was struggling to survive. Faculty members opposed players missing classes for road games. Furthermore, on-campus Ryan Gymnasium, where the Hoyas had played their home games since the 1914-15 season, had no seating, accommodating fans on a standing-room only-basis on an indoor track above the court.


1926–27 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
This precluded the accommodation of significant crowds, providing the self-sustaining Basketball Association with little revenue with which to fund the team's travel expenses and limiting Georgetown to a very limited road schedule between the 1918-19 season and this season – often limited to an annual trip to Annapolis, Maryland, to play at Navy and sometimes a single trip to New York or Pennsylvania to play schools there – averaging no more than three road games a year in order to keep travel expenses and missed classes to a minimum.


1926–27 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
The 1926-27 team played only nine games; its only road game was a visit to Annapolis to play Navy and its planned three-game road trip to New York City at the end of the season was cancelled. It had a winning season in its limited schedule, opening 4-0, then losing four straight, and winning its final game to finish at 5-4.


1926–27 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Junior forward Bob Nork had emerged as a top scorer previous season, and he starred again this year. He played in all nine games, playing a major role in almost all of them, and scored 85 points – almost twice as many as the team's second-leading scorer – averaging 9.4 points per game.


1926–27 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Head coach John O'Reilly retired after this season, having coached Georgetown men's basketball for eleven of the past thirteen seasons. He had posted an overall record of 87-47 and had overseen many of the team's early triumphs, including a 52-0 record at home in Ryan Gymnasium from the last game of the 1916-17 season to the middle of the 1923-24 season that saw the defeat of top-rated visitors such as North Carolina (twice), Georgia Tech, and Kentucky, as well as 15 of the 19 consecutive Georgetown victories over crosstown rival George Washington between 1915 and 1924. He had simultaneously served as head coach of Georgetown's baseball and track teams, and he remained with the school to coach these teams until 1931.


1926–27 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Although the team would continue to use Ryan Gymnasmium as a practice facility, this season was its last as the Hoyas' home court. When new head coach Elmer Ripley took charge the following season, Georgetown Athletic Director Lou Little allowed him to schedule home games off campus for the first time since the 1913-1914 season in order to generate greater revenue to pay for travel expenses. The Hoyas would play their home games off campus for 22 seasons until the opening of McDonough Arena for the 1951-52 season brought home games back to campus.


1926–27 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Roster
Georgetown players did not wear numbers on their jerseys this season. The first numbered jerseys in Georgetown men's basketball history would not appear until the 1933-34 season.


1926–27 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, 1926–27 schedule and results
It was common practice at this time for colleges and universities to include non-collegiate opponents in their schedules, with the games recognized as part of their official record for the season, so had the cancelled game against the Crescent Athletic Club been played, it would have counted as part of Georgetown's won-loss record for 1926-27. It was not until 1952, after the completion of the 1951-52 season, that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ruled that colleges and universities could no longer count games played against non-collegiate opponents in their annual won-loss records.


1926–27 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, 1926–27 schedule and results
Georgetown's defeat at Navy this season was its 15th straight loss to the Midshipmen. The Hoyas finally would break the losing streak the following season, when they would beat Navy for the first time since 1909.


1926–27 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season
The 1926–27 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season was the 29th season of play for the program.


1926–27 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season, Season
Before the season began, Harvard made a decision to end their annual contests against Princeton. The two teams had played one another, often multiple times, every year since 1901 with exception of the 1918 campaign (due to World War I). The problem was that Princeton hadn't challenged for a league championship since before the War, which was also the last time they had beaten Harvard in the season series. Harvard was also able to fill the gap in their schedule with the return of Brown after a 20-year hiatus.


1926–27 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season, Season
A bigger issue that Harvard had to contend with was a new rule limiting each team to just 12 players per game. While that didn't affect most programs, the Crimson had been routinely using many alternates during their games, resulting in 15 or more players in some contests. Regardless of the new limitations, Harvard began the season well. After a solid win over MIT the team played three games against Canadian colleges and finished with a split decision, a difficult task considering the quality of their opponents. Unfortunately, the team also lost sophomore forward Henry Crosby to appendicitis just before the second Toronto game.


1926–27 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season, Season
After proving their international mettle, Harvard played its first ever western opponent when it hosted Notre Dame. The Crimson dominated the Irish 7–0 but little beyond that could be established from the game as Notre Dame wasn't a particularly strong team that season. Harvard avenged a loss from the year before with a hard-fought victory over Boston University then entered their showdown against Yale with a chance at another intercollegiate title.


1926–27 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season, Season
The Crimson offense overpowered the Elis in the first game, and after securing a season-series win over Dartmouth with a tie, Harvard finished the season at the newly-refurbished New Haven Arena. Harvard built a 2-goal lead and then played their typical stifling defense to earn a 2–1 win and finish the season undefeated against collegiate opponents.


1926–27 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season, Season
A day after the victory, head coach Edward Bigelow announced that he was resigning from his position to devote himself fully to his business career. Though his tenure was short, few could claim as much success as Bigelow did with two intercollegiate championships and a record of 25–8–2 (22–3–1 against collegiate opponents).


1926–27 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season
During the 1926–27 season Hearts competed in the Scottish First Division, the Scottish Cup and the East of Scotland Shield.


1926–27 Hibernian F.C. season
During the 1926–27 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, finished ninth out of 20 clubs in the Scottish First Division.


1926–27 Hong Kong First Division League
The 1926–27  Hong Kong First Division League season was the 19th since its establishment.


1926–27 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season
Huddersfield Town's 1926-27 campaign was a season which saw the team lose their English league title by five points to Newcastle United after winning it for the previous 3 seasons.


1926–27 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Squad at the start of the season
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1926–27 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Review
Town were on top of the world following their 3rd consecutive 1st Division championship. Town's season was a very successful season in the league, although they had as many draws as wins during the season, which probably cost them their chances of their 4th consecutive title, although they were only one point off Newcastle United after beating them on Easter Tuesday, but their last 3 games produced 0-0 draws against Manchester United and Aston Villa at Leeds Road along with a 4-0 defeat at Burnden Park against Bolton Wanderers. That meant Town finished 5 points behind Newcastle at the end of the season.


1926–27 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, Squad at the end of the season
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1926–27 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The 1926–27 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1926–27 NCAA college basketball season. Members of the Pacific Coast Conference, the Vandals were led by seventh-year head coach Dave MacMillan and played their home games on campus at the   in Moscow, Idaho.


1926–27 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The Vandals were 24–7 overall and 7–3 in conference play.


1926–27 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
After the season, MacMillan departed for Minnesota of the Big Ten Conference, and was succeeded by alumnus Rich Fox, who coached Pocatello High School to the state title in 1927 (over Moscow in Moscow) and led the Vandals for nine seasons.


1926–27 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
This was the penultimate season for varsity basketball at the Armory and Gymnasium as the Memorial Gymnasium opened in November 1928. The older building became the women's gym, and continues today as Art and Architecture South.


1926–27 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
The 1926–27 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.


1926–27 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
Craig Ruby entered his fifth season as head coach of the Fighting Illini. This team returned only five letterman from a team that placed in a tie for fifth place in the Big Ten a year earlier. Slightly improved, the team finished with an overall record of 10 wins and 7 losses. In the conference they finished with 7 wins and 5 losses. The starting lineup included captain Russell Daugherity at forward, Ernest Dorn and Robert Greene rotating at the other forward slot, Robert McKay and K.L. Reynolds at guard, and F.H. Lindsay at center.


1926–27 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The 1926–27 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Everett Dean, who was in his 3rd year. The team played its home games at the Men's Gymnasium in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.


1926–27 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 13–4 and a conference record of 9–3, finishing 2nd in the Big Ten Conference.


1926–27 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
The 1926–27 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team (also known informally as Ames) represented Iowa State University during the 1926-27 NCAA College men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Bill Chandler, who was in his sixth season with the Cyclones. They played their home games at the State Gymnasium in Ames, Iowa.


1926–27 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
They finished the season 9–9, 7–8 in Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association play to finish in eighth place.


1926–27 Irish League
The Irish League in season 1926–27 comprised 12 teams, and Belfast Celtic won the championship.


1926–27 Istanbul Football League
The 1926–27 İstanbul Football League season was the 20th season of the league. Galatasaray SK won the league for the 9th time.


1926–27 Isthmian League
The 1926–27 season was the 18th in the history of the Isthmian League, an English football competition.


1926–27 Isthmian League
St Albans City were champions, winning their second Isthmian League title.


1926–27 JBUs Mesterskabsrække
The 1926–27 JBUs Mesterskabsrække was the 29th season of the Jutland Football Championship since its establishment in 1902, and the 5th season since the regional top-flight league was rebranded and reorganised from JBUs A-Række to the JBUs Mesterskabsrække. The season was launched on 12 September 1926 and concluded on 8 May 1927 with the final match of the regular league fixtures, while the two-legged championship play-off and the promotion/relegation play-off matches were held between 15 May and 12 June 1927.


1926–27 JBUs Mesterskabsrække
Horsens FS secured their second consecutive Jutland league championship and qualified for both the provincial semi-finals of the 1926–27 Landsfodboldturneringen and the group stage of the 1927–28 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen. Horsens FS' reserve team were relegated and replaced by Kolding BK of the 1926–27 JBUs A-række, who had won the regional second-tier league championship. In the 1926 JBUs Pokalturnering, Aalborg BK obtained their third consecutive cup championship, by winning the final against Esbjerg fB.


1926–27 JBUs Mesterskabsrække, Season summary
The board of Jutland Football Association made a decision to expand the league with six teams just a little over a month prior to the start of the season. Following a qualification cup tournament involving the eleven group winners of the 1925–26 JBUs A-række and the lowest placed team in the 1925–25 JBUs Mesterskabsrække played on 9 August 1926, BK Herning Fremad, Fredericia BK, IK Aalborg Freja, Holstebro BK and the reserve team of Horsens FS were promoted to regional top-flight league, while IK Aalborg Chang managed to secure another season in the league.


1926–27 JBUs Mesterskabsrække, Season summary
The match schedules for the fall season for its 94 member clubs in three regional divisions, the Mesterskabsrækken (12 teams), A-ækken (42 teams) and B-rækken (81 teams), and in the regional cup tournament were published on 1 September 1926 by the Jutland FA, and involved a nearly 5 months long winter break from November 1926 to March 1927. The first fixtures of the season were played on 12 September 1926.


1926–27 JBUs Mesterskabsrække, Season summary
A hurricane hit Jutland on 10 October 1926 causing the league match between Holstebro BK and Aarhus GF at a ground in Holstebro to be cancelled after 15 minutes of attempts to keep playing, and the clubs agreed to continue playing at another date and time. The rescheduled match took place on 14 November 1926. The remaining league matches went on as scheduled. After the conclusion of the fall season, Viborg FF and IK Aalborg Freja was leading the north group's league table with 8 points, while Horsens FS was in first place in the south group.


1926–27 JBUs Mesterskabsrække, Season summary
Another storm on 24 April 1927 had a crucial impact on the game between Aarhus GF and IK Aalborg Freja at Aarhus Idrætspark, where one of the goals accredited to Aarhus GF was literally blown into the goal without the involvement of a foot and outside the reach of IK Aalborg Freja's goalkeeper Herman Christensen.


1926–27 JBUs Mesterskabsrække, Season summary
Following the league match between BK Herning Fremad and Vejle BK on 9 May 1927, the automobile, transporting six Vejle BK players back to Vejle from Herning, experienced a puncture at Holtum Bridge around 6 o'clock. Haulier Chr. Hansen lost control of his wagon, crashing it into a three by the road, causing a somersault, and completely detroying the automobile. All six players were injured, with five of them being able to leave Brande Hospital shortly after treatment, while Hans Sielemann had his right arm and hand crushed and was hospitalised.


1926–27 JBUs Mesterskabsrække, Teams
Twelve teams competed in the league split into two groups with each six teams – the six teams from the previous season and the six teams promoted from the second-tier. The promoted teams were the reserve team of Horsens FS, BK Herning Fremad, Fredericia BK, IK Aalborg Freja, IK Aalborg Chang and Holstebro BK.


1926–27 JBUs Mesterskabsrække, League tables
Every team in each group played two games against the other teams, at home and away, totaling 10 games each. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by head-to-head points and goal ratio. The team with the most points qualified for the championship play-offs, while the team with the fewest points in each group would qualify for the promotion/relegation play-offs.


1926–27 JBUs Mesterskabsrække, Championship play-offs
The finals were contested at neutral venues in Randers and Aarhus between the winners of the North and South groups, Viborg FF and Horsens FS and refereed by Copenhagen-based Sophus Hansen (BK Frem) and Lauritz Andersen (previously BK Velo). Both matches featured Horsens FS in yellow shirts, while Viborg FF were playing in blue shirts. The rules of the championship play-offs stated that at least a win and a tie (three points) was needed to obtain the Jutland Championship title, while a win to each team in the first and second match would result in a third replay match. By winning the championship play-offs, Horsens FS qualified for the provincial semi-finals of the 1926–27 Landsfodboldturneringen, while both teams were automatically qualified for the 1927–28 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen.


1926–27 JBUs Mesterskabsrække, Promotion/Relegation play-offs
IK Aalborg Chang and Horsens FS (reserves) finished last in their respective groups and hence had to contest in play-off matches for their spots in the 1927–28 JBUs Mesterskabsrække. Kolding BK qualified to the play-offs by winning their JBUs A-række south group final match on 22 May 1927 against Vejen SF with 2–0, while Randers SK Chang secured a victory against Ry BK in their JBUs A-række north group final match.


1926–27 JBUs Mesterskabsrække, Promotion/Relegation play-offs
Randers SK Chang's line-up for the match was composed of Pind (goalkeeper) – Heron Sørensen, Evald Larsen (defenders) – Carl Emil Sørensen, Valdemar Hansen, Kaj Christensen (midfielders) – Petrus Milwertz, C. Holting, Keill, H. Broberg and Willy Hansen (forwards). IK Aalborg Chang's line-up consisted of Erik Bratten (goalkeeper) – Ingvald Petersen, captain Tom Nielsen (defenders) – Ejner Thomsen, Oscar Jensen, Aage Larsen (midfielders) – Jens Anker Arentoft, Fritz Jensen, Kaj "Mester" Eriksen, Baldus Buus and K. E. Christiansen (forwards), which was different from the team's main line-up due to sick leaves.


1926–27 JBUs Mesterskabsrække, Promotion/Relegation play-offs
Horsens fS reserves's reinforced line-up featured Jerichau (goalkeeper) – Kaj Kleine, Emborg (defenders) - Hartvig Petersen, Herluf Petersen, Mar. Hansen (midfielders) – Viggo Mellerup, Sigvald Sørensen, Børge Beck, Victor Hansen and Henry Jacobsen (forwards). The team of Kolding BK included P. Wergeltoft (goalkeeper), Emil Hansen, Skøtt, Knudsen, Ravn, Arne Hansen, "Smeden" and Jeppesen in their squad.


1926–27 JBUs Mesterskabsrække, Promotion/Relegation play-offs
IK Aalborg Chang won their play-off match, refereed by Sophus Petersen of Horsens, against Randers SK Chang and retained its Mesterskabsrække spot for the next season, but the reserve team of Horsens FS lost against Kolding BK, replacing each other in the regional top-flight league and second tier division. Kolding Boldklub had secured the overall 1926–27 JBUs A-række Football Championship by winning the final match against Randers Sportsklub Chang on 29 May 1927. The promotion/relegation play-off matches were contested at Randers Stadium and at a neutral venue in Vejle Idrætspark on 12 June 1927.


1926–27 JBUs Mesterskabsrække, Play-off for Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen
The two runners-up in the league's northern group, Aarhus GF and the 1926 defending cup champions Aalborg BK, faced each other in a qualifier for a spot among the four Jutland FA participants in the 1927–28 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen due to finishing the season with the same number of points. The play-off game was refereed by Sophus Hansen (affiliated with BK Frem), attended by 1,500 spectators at Randers Stadium and was won by Aarhus GF. The Danish FA had predetermined that the play-off winner would play in the tournament's group 2.


1926–27 KBUs A-række
The 1926–27 KBUs A-række (administratively known as Senior Række A 1, 1926/27) was the 21st season of the KBUs A-række, the second-tier of the Copenhagen football league structure organised by the Copenhagen FA (KBU). The season was launched on 29 August 1926 with three games and the final match was played on 1 June of 1927 with the promotion and relegation play-off matches being held on 16 and 28 June 1927. BK Fremad Amager were the defending league winners, earning promotion to the 1926–27 KBUs Mesterskabsrække and replacing KFUMs BK, who were relegated to this season of the KBUs A-række.


1926–27 KBUs A-række
The winner of the league would automatically qualify for the inaugural season of the new Danish Championship play-off structure, the 1927–28 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen i Fodbold and for the promotion/relegation play-off against the lowest placed team of the 1926–27 KBUs Mesterskabsrække for a spot in the 1927–28 KBUs Mesterskabsrække. The winners and runners-up also qualified for the 1927 KBUs Pokalturnering.


1926–27 KBUs A-række
The winners of the league were Handelsstandens BK (HB), which was their first second-tier league title within the Copenhagen FA, with Østerbros BK (ØB) becoming the league runners-up for their second consecutive season. BK Velo participated in the first half of the season, but was dissolved in February 1927, and resigned its membership of the Copenhagen FA in March 1927, which meant that their records in the league were expunged, decreasing the official number of teams in the league from 12 to 11.


1926–27 KBUs A-række
According to the then tournament's rules, BK Standard's status as an extraordinary member of the league meant that they would enter into the promotion/relegation play-offs against the winner of the 1926–27 KBUs B-række, Christianshavns BK, despite finishing at the bottom of the league table with three other teams. Winning their first play-off match, BK Standard managed to secure their spot for another season of the KBUs A-række.


1926–27 KBUs A-række, Season summary
The final decision to relegate KFUMs BK from the first-tier league to the second-tier league, instead of expanding the KBUs Mesterskabsrække with one additional team in order to have KFUMs BK remain in the regional top flight league, was made at the Copenhagen FA's general assembly meeting on 13 August 1926. The fixtures for the fall season had been published by the Copenhagen FA in mid-August 1926.


1926–27 KBUs A-række, Season summary
The cup final in the 1926 edition of the Fælledklubbernes Pokalturnering was contested between league rivals BK Union and Hellerup IK on 19 September 1926 at Københavns Idrætspark with Hellerup IK the match winning 6–1. KFUMs BK was defeated by Kjøbenhavns BK in the first round of the 1926 KBUs Pokalturnering, while Østerbros BK reached the semi-finals before being eliminated by B.93.


1926–27 KBUs A-række, Season summary
The season was officially launched on 29 August 1926 with three league matches featuring Østerbros BK versus BK Velo, Frederiksberg BK versus KFUMs BK and Valby BK versus BK Viktoria. The first game of the season featured the last season's runners-up Østerbros BK (ØB) against last season's sixth placed BK Velo on one of the football fields at Fælleden with Østerbros BK winning the game 5–1 and the first goal of the season being scored by ØB's Charles Nielsen in the first half in front of a crowd of 1,500 spectators.


1926–27 KBUs A-række, Season summary
KFUMs BK's first league match since their relegation from the 1925–26 KBUs Mesterskabsrække was lost 1–3 against Frederiksberg BK. The remaining three matches of the first match day were played the following weekend and included Hellerup IK's winning the game 12–0, the largest win of the season, against BK Standard on 5 September 1926 at Hellerup Sportspark, where Hellerup IK's forward Reinholdt Sylvander scored six goals, the largest number of goals in a single game of the season.


1926–27 KBUs A-række, Season summary
Forward Einard Larsen of KFUMs BK was selected for the KBU selected team that played the final of the last edition of the Sylow-Tournament on 7 November 1926, which otherwise consisted solely of players from the KBUs Mesterskabsrække. An additional Copenhagen FA team, exclusively composed of players from the KBUs A-række, competed in the early stages of the 1926 Sylow-Tournament. For the quarter match against the LFBU selected team on 3 October 1926 at Københavns Idrætspark, the line-up of the Copenhagen A-team consisted of players from BK Union, Frederiksberg BK, Hellerup IK, Østerbros BK, KFUMs BK, B 1908 and BK Viktoria.


1926–27 KBUs A-række, Season summary
Upon Carl Skoma'r Hansen's return to Danish league football following his professional playing contract with Rangers F.C., his two-year mandatory quarantine was among other things spent on officiating several friendly and competitive matches in the second-tier league, including B 1908 versus KFUMs BK on 10 October 1926 at Sundby Idrætspark, B 1908 versus BK Viktoria on 31 October 1926 at Sundby Idrætspark, Valby BK against BK Borup on 14 November 1926 at Fælleden and the matches between BK Standard versus BK Borup and B 1908 versus Hellerup IK both at Sundby Idrætspark on 27 March 1927.


1926–27 KBUs A-række, Season summary
At the last match day of the fall season, the title contenders for the top spot were Østerbros BK, having won all five league games, with the closest contenders being Handelsstandens BK and KFUMs BK (each having three wins, one tie and one loss), while BK Standard were placed at the bottom of the league standings without any points.


1926–27 KBUs A-række, Season summary
During the off season in the winter period, BK Velo officially ceased to exist as a club. After having failed to pay their annual membership fee of the regional football association, and not fielding a representative club member at the general assembly of the Copenhagen FA on 24 February 1927, BK Velo were automatically expelled as a member. Since their relegation from the regional top-flight league in the 1917–18 season, several of the club's best senior players had steadily moved to the higher ranking clubs in the Copenhagen area.


1926–27 KBUs A-række, Season summary
Failing to win the second-tier league nor reaching the promotion play-offs in the intermediate seasons, their 1926 fall season proved to be no success to the club either, only winning on one occasion (against BK Standard) and losing their other four games. BK Velo's league record was expunged, before the club's next scheduled league match against Hellerup IK on 24 April 1927 and their membership with the Copenhagen FA were administratively cancelled on 15 March 1927. The Copenhagen FA considered waiving the tournament rules that banned the defunct club's players from playing for other clubs in the remaining part of the present season.


1926–27 KBUs A-række, Season summary
The fixtures for the 1927 spring season was published by the Copenhagen FA on 5 March 1927. Østerbros BK had an unstable spring season, but still managed to keep themselves in the title race all the way to their last match day. With only two games left in their league schedules, both title contenders, Østerbros BK and Handelsstandens BK, had the opportunity to final on top.


1926–27 KBUs A-række, Season summary
After an eight game undefeated run for Østerbros BK, the game against Handelsstandens BK on 15 May 1927 ended with Handelsstandens BK winning 2–0 at Fælleden to an audience of 2,000 spectators, gaining the upper hand in the title struggle. Østerbros BK obtained the top spot in the league standings three days prior to Handelsstandens BK's last game. By winning their own last league game 5–1 against BK Borup on 19 May 1927 at Københavns Idrætspark to an audience of 1,500 spectators, Østerbros BK put the pressure on Handelsstandens BK having to win their last match.


1926–27 KBUs A-række, Season summary
Handelsstandens BK secured their first second-tier league championship by winning the last match day game 2–0 at Fælleden against BK Standard on 22 May 1927, scoring a goal in both the first and second half. The line-up for Handelsstandens BK's last match consisted of Karl Christiansen, Kaj Petersen, Kaj Dihver, Viggo Kruse, Poul Jørgensen, Frederik Wieler, Ejner Nielsen, Henning Nielsen, Otto Jørgensen, Ejner Jørgensen og Ole Olsen. After Niels Hansen moved to BK Frem in the 1926 summer off season, Karl Christiansen had become HB's replacement as the first team's goalkeeper, obtaining five clean sheets and having the best defensive line-up in the 1926/27 season.


1926–27 KBUs A-række, Season summary
The last match of the regular season took place in the evening on 1 June 1927 between Hellerup IK and KFUMs BK at Københavns Idrætspark. Originally, it was scheduled to take place on 29 May 1927 at Hellerup IK's home ground (referred to as Hellerup Sportspark or Banen ved Phistersvej), but as a means of showcasing competitive association football at the Copenhagen second-tier league championship, it was rescheduled. The match was without significance with regard to the championship, cup qualification, promotion and relegation play-offs, and only the final standings in the league for both clubs were in play.


1926–27 KBUs A-række, Season summary
A couple of hundred spectators witnessed KFUMs BK winning the game 2-1, officiated by Valdemar Nilsson, plagued by rain after 15 minutes of play and poor visual conditions in the second half, with goals being scored by KFUM's forwards Poul Hesse in 22nd minute and Lauritz Larsen in the 67th minute and HIK's forward William Kirkland in the 27th minute.


1926–27 KBUs A-række, Season summary
Due to BK Standard's losing streak in the fall of 1926, the local newspapers regarded them as the most likely team to be relegated to the Copenhagen third-tier by the end of the season. However, in the spring season 1927, they managed to secure several league points, including a 5–5 draw against KFUMs BK, but nonetheless ended up in the last spot in the league standings. As a result of their improvements, they were regarded by the newspapers Social-Demokraten and Klokken 5 as the team to end on top in the relegation/promotion play-offs against the 1926–27 KBUs B-Række winner and neighbouring club, Christianshavns BK. BK Standard won the first play-off match against Christianshavns BK, securing the club another season in the league.


1926–27 KBUs A-række, Teams, Stadia and locations
None of the grounds used by the clubs in the league had grandstands installed and several did not have enclosures preventing the clubs from demanding entrance fees to their matches. Two league matches involving Østerbros BK versus BK Borup and Hellerup IK versus KFUMs BK were moved to Københavns Idrætspark.


1926–27 KBUs A-række, League table
A total of twelve teams were contesting the league, including eleven sides from the 1925–26 season and one relegated from the 1925–26 KBUs Mesterskabsrække. No team was promoted from the 1925–26 KBUs B-række. Every team played one game against each other team, either one at home or away. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places in the league table were determined by head-to-head points and goal ratio, otherwise the teams would all get the same position in the standings.


1926–27 KBUs A-række, League table
The team with the most points were crowned winners of the league and entered into a promotion play-off, while the team with the fewest points would enter a relegation play-off. Replay matches would be scheduled to determine a definitive league champion in case of two or more teams having the same number of points at the top of the league.


1926–27 KBUs A-række, Results
‡: BK Velo was expelled from the league in February 1927 and had all their records expunged.


1926–27 KBUs A-række, Promotion/Relegation play-offs
The winners of the 1926–27 KBUs B-række, Christianshavns BK (CB) entered the promotion/relegation play-offs against the team with the fewest points in the 1926–27 KBUs A-række. The final league standings of the 1926/27 KBUs A-række had four teams with six points each; BK Borup, BK Union, Valby BK and BK Standard.


1926–27 KBUs A-række, Promotion/Relegation play-offs
Unlike BK Borup, BK Union and Valby BK, BK Standard were an extraordinary member (Danish: ekstraordinær deltager) of the league this season, following their promotion from the KBUs B-Række after the 1924–25 season, and the tournament's rules hence stipulated that they were to be the participant in the relegation/promotion play-off. The rules, that had been implemented by the Copenhagen FA effective from the beginning of the 1923–24 season, were designed so that winner of the 1926–27


1926–27 KBUs A-række, Promotion/Relegation play-offs
KBUs B-række had to obtain at least three points (two points for a win, one point for a tie and zero points for a loss) over the course of two play-off matches in order for the team to gain promotion. If Christianshavns BK lost the first play-off match, a second play-off match would not be scheduled.


1926–27 KBUs A-række, Promotion/Relegation play-offs
The first play-off match was played on 28 June 1927 19:15 CET at the exhibition field on Sundby Idrætspark (also referred to as Banen ved Englandsvej, Amager Sportspark or Amagers Idrætsanlæg) — originally the match was scheduled for 23 June 19:00 CET, but moved by the request of both clubs. BK Standard's team line-up for the match consisted of Jens Castberg (goalkeeper), Peter Kastberg, Svend Ekelund, Knud Mortensen, Sidney Ford (born in England), Gahms Henriksen, Poul Jacobsen, H. Chr.


1926–27 KBUs A-række, Promotion/Relegation play-offs
Henriksen, Lund Henriksen, Edwin Petersen and Henry Jensen, while Christianhavns BK's team line-up consisted of Harly Andersen (goalkeeper), Einar Eklund, Kaj Petersen, Andreas Hjorth, Einer Nielsen, Karl Jensen, Henry Nielsen, Salomon Nielsen, Otto Møller, Axel Larsen, Chr. Rasmussen. Christianshavns BK lost the first play-off match 3–1, which was attended by 2,000 spectators and which had the players switch sides directly after the conclusion of the first half without a 15 minutes break.


1926–27 KBUs A-række, Promotion/Relegation play-offs
Following a missed penalty kick opportunity by Edwin Petersen of BK Standard, the match score remained 1–1 until only 5 minutes before full-time, when BK Standard managed to score twice with goals made by Lund Henriksen and Henry Jensen. Hence Christianshavns BK did not manage to obtain a promotion to the 1927–28 KBUs A-række, while BK Standard secured their spot in the next season of KBUs A-række.


1926–27 KBUs Mesterskabsrække
The 1926–27 KBUs Mesterskabsrække was the 39th season of the Copenhagen Football Championship since its establishment in 1889, and the 25th under the administration of Kjøbenhavns Boldspil-Union (KBU). The season was launched with two league matches on 29 August 1926 and the final round of regular league fixtures were played on 8 May 1927 with two matches. Boldklubben 1903 were the defending league champions from the 1925–26 KBUs season. The winner of the league would automatically qualify for the national championship final of the 1926–27 Landsfodboldturneringen played at the end of the regular season.


1926–27 KBUs Mesterskabsrække
All six teams in the league, including the winner of the 1926–27 KBUs A-række, also participated in the inaugural season of the new Danish Championship play-off structure, the 1927–28 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen i Fodbold. The same six teams including both the winners and runners-up of the second-tier league, 1926–27 KBUs A-række automatically qualified for the 1927 edition of KBUs Pokalturnering.


1926–27 KBUs Mesterskabsrække
The winner of the Copenhagen FA first-tier football league were B.93, with this being their sixth KBU league title, and during the fall season of 1926, the team also secured the championship trophy of the 1926 KBUs Pokalturnering, securing a double. Pauli Jørgensen from BK Frem became the league's top goalscorer with 10 goals. BK Fremad Amager finished in the last place of the league in its debuting season of Copenhagen FA's primary football competition, a year after the club's promotion last season from the second Copenhagen FA-tier, 1925–26 KBUs A-række, but managed to win the first promotion/relegation play-off match against the 1926–27 KBUs A-række winner, Handelsstandens BK, securing their spot in the next season of KBUs Mesterskabsrække as the league's extraordinary participant.


1926–27 KBUs Mesterskabsrække, Season summary
The match schedule for the league's fall season was published on 21 August 1926 by the Copenhagen FA, one week before the first league matches. The season was launched on 28 August 1926 with two matches both played at Københavns Idrætspark — BK Fremad Amager against BK Frem and B 1903 against B.93. The game between BK Fremad Amager and BK Frem was the first official match in the local derby between the two rival working class teams, which was eventually won by the Amager-based club with the score 6–3.


1926–27 KBUs Mesterskabsrække, Season summary
The Sundby-based club's squad fielded Bernhard Andersen and Knud Kastrup, who a few years earlier both were playing for BK Frem, while Harald Ahrensberg originally played for BK Borup and Otto Larsen, who last season had been playing for B 1908 and even earlier BK Frem. BK Frem's squad consisted of players such as Niels Hansen and Svend Hansen, who in the previous season had played for Handelsstandens BK, Knud Christoffersen, who had arrived at the Valby-based club from KFUMs BK, and Kay Madsen, who had previously played from BK Borup.


1926–27 KBUs Mesterskabsrække, Season summary
The match between the same two teams, BK Fremad Amager and BK Frem, in the spring season on 20 March 1927 was on the other hand won by BK Frem with the score 11–2, which became the highest scoring during the entire season. Kjøbenhavns BK continues their years long first team policy of acquire players from other Fælled-based clubs and only fielding a few players, that had played on the club's youth teams.


1926–27 KBUs Mesterskabsrække, Season summary
BK Fremad Amager finished in the last place of the league in its debuting season of the Copenhagen Football Championship, which qualified the team to the promotion/relegation play-offs. The first play-off match was scheduled to take place on 16 June 1927, more than six weeks after the team's last league match on 1 May 1927. As preparation for the play-off match against the 1926–27


1926–27 KBUs Mesterskabsrække, Season summary
KBUs A-række winner, Handelsstandens BK, the club played several friendlies, which included matches against Frederiksborg IF on 18 May at Sundby Idrætspark (lost 2–3), against a selected team from Frederiksberg Boldspil-Union (FBU) on 27 May at Frederiksberg Idrætspark (lost 2–3), against a selected Amager team on 1 June (won 7–1) and against a selected team from Valby Boldspil-Union (VBU) on 10 June at Sundby Idrætspark (lost 7–5).


1926–27 KBUs Mesterskabsrække, League table
A total of six teams were contesting the league, including 5 sides from the 1925–26 season and one promoted from the 1925–26 KBUs A-række. Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal average. The team with the most points were crowned champions.


1926–27 KBUs Mesterskabsrække, League table
The five regular teams (Danish: ordinære deltagere); B.93, B 1903, Akademisk BK, BK Frem and Kjøbenhavns BK, could basically not be relegated, while the sixth team with the status as an extraordinary participant (Danish: ekstraordinær deltager); BK Fremad Amager had to finish on the 5th place or higher in the final table to avoid qualifying for the promotion/relegation play-off match (referred to as Kvalifikationskamp by the Copenhagen FA) against the winner of KBUs second-tier league for a spot in the next season as the league's extraordinary participant.


1926–27 KBUs Mesterskabsrække, Season statistics, Top scorers
BK Frem's centre forward Pauli Jørgensen became the league's top scorer with 10 goals following by Svend Petersen from B.93 and Ernst Nilsson from B 1903 with 8 goals.


1926–27 KBUs Mesterskabsrække, Promotion/Relegation play-offs
The 6th-placed team of the 1926–27 KBUs Mesterskabsrække met the winners of the 1926–27 KBUs A-række for a spot in the next season of the KBUs Mesterskabsrække as the league's extraordinary participant. The rules, that had been implemented from the beginning of the 1923–24 season, were designed so that winners of the KBUs A-række had to obtain at least three points (two points for a win, 1 point for a tie and 0 points for a loss) over the course of two play-off matches in order for the team to gain promotion.


1926–27 KBUs Mesterskabsrække, Promotion/Relegation play-offs
The match was played on 16 June 1927 on the main football field of Københavns Idrætspark in clear and calm weather.


1926–27 KBUs Mesterskabsrække, Promotion/Relegation play-offs
Handelsstandens Boldklub fielded the following players in their line-up using a 2–3–5 formation: goalkeeper and captain Karl Christiansen, defenders Kai Petersen and Kaj Dihver, midfielders Viggo Kruse, Poul Jørgensen and Frederik Wieder, forwards Ole Olsen, Ejner Jørgensen, Otto Jørgensen, Henning Nielsen and Ejner Nielsen, while BK Fremad Amager published the following line-up before the match in the same 2–3–5 formation: goalkeeper Henry Schnabelrauch, defenders Frode Marte and Otto Larsen, midfielders Valdemar Henriksen, Knud Kastrup and Knud Petersen, forwards Henrik Selchau, Alf Olsen, Ernst Quick, Harald Ahrensberg and Bernhard Vilhelm Andersen (nicknamed "Bette").


1926–27 KBUs Mesterskabsrække, Promotion/Relegation play-offs
The starting line-up for the Amager-based team included four former national team players with two players actually having represented the club on a national level, with Knud Kastrup being the most recent player having played a national match 18 days earlier on 29 May 1927 away against Norway — leaving the average age of the squad much higher than that of the opponent. The first half was dominated by BK Fremad Amager, who scored four goals and Handelsstandens BK only one, while the second half was played more evenly. BK Fremad Amager won the first play-off match with the score 5–3 with all the team's five goals made by Ernst Quick and both clubs, therefore, remained in their respective tiers for the 1927/28–season — voiding the second play-off match.


1926–27 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
The 1926–27 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1926–27 college men's basketball season.


1926–27 Lancashire Cup
The 1926–27 Lancashire Cup was the nineteenth competition in the history of this regional rugby league contest and another new name was added to the trophy. It was the turn of St. Helens, one of the founding members of the Northern Union, to lift the trophy and until this year had never even reached the final of the competition. In a local derby match St. Helens beat very near neighbours St Helens Recs by 10–2. The match was played at Wilderspool, Warrington. The attendance was 19,439 and receipts £1192.


1926–27 Lancashire Cup
For the first time in the competition, both semi-finals resulted in draws and required replays.


1926–27 Lancashire Cup, Background
The number of teams entering this year's competition increased by one to 14 which resulted in 2 byes in the first round. The additional team were amateur side Pemberton Rovers.


1926–27 Lancashire Cup, Competition and results, Final, Teams and scorers
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points


1926–27 Landsfodboldturneringen
The 1926–27 Landsfodboldturneringen was the 14th edition of the Danish national football championship play-offs, a Danish FA-organised club football tournament between the championship clubs from each of the six regional football associations. In advance of the tournament, a play-off structure had been agreed, which meant that the winners of KBUs Mesterskabsrække were directly qualified for the national championship final against the winner of the Provincial tournament. The semi-finals consisted of two matches; on one side the champions of JBUs Mesterskabsrække played against the champions of FBUs Mesterskabsrække and in the other match, the champions of the LFBUs Mesterskabsrække tournament played against the winners of a preliminary round between the champions of SBUs Mesterskabsrække and BBUs Mesterskabsrække.


1926–27 Landsfodboldturneringen
The Copenhagen FA representative, B.93, won their second national championship by defeating the Zealand FA representative and the winner of the Provincial championship tournament 1927 (Danish: Vinder af Provinsmesterskabet 1927), Skovshoved IF (this was their first title), in the final at Københavns Idrætspark on 26 June 1927. Both the national final in Copenhagen and the provincial final in Skovshoved, north of Copenhagen, were played in pouring rain.


1926–27 Landsfodboldturneringen
For the national final, that was refereed by Hugo Ohlsson of Helsingborg, Sweden, B.93 made changes to their regular team line-up and fielded reserves for Charles Jensen (left back) and the club's two highest scoring footballers this season, Michael Rohde (forward) and Svend Petersen (forward). This was the last edition of the Landsfodboldturneringen in its end-of-the-season cup format, which was replaced by a year-long league format, known as Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen i Fodbold, the following season.


1926–27 Landsfodboldturneringen, Matches, Provincial tournament, preliminary round, Match summary
The preliminary round was played between the representative club champions of Bornholm FA and Zealand FA. The Skovserne were reportedly very superior in the match against the bornholmerne — especially in the second half.


1926–27 Landsfodboldturneringen, Matches, Provincial tournament, semi-finals, Match summaries
The two provincial semi-finals were played between the representative club champions of Zealand FA and Lolland-Falster FA in one match and the club champions of Funen FA and Jutland FA in the other match.


1926–27 Landsfodboldturneringen, Matches, Provincial tournament, semi-finals, Match summaries
The match between the league champions of FBU, B 1909, and the league champions of Horsens FS (nicknamed den gule Fare fra Horsens) ended with the score of 5–0, goals all scored in the second half, after the first half had ended in a 0–0 tie in front of a record attendance of 3,500 spectators at Munke Mose in Odense (also referred to as OB's Bane; a field owned by Odense BK) including several visiting spectators from Jutland with yellow flags and/or neckties, signaling support for the away team.


1926–27 Landsfodboldturneringen, Matches, Provincial tournament, semi-finals, Match summaries
B 1909 fielded the same line-up, which had been used for the regional Funen Championship replay matches in early May 1927. Fans of Horsens FS, who could no make the journey to Odense, were able to follow the course of the away match through the posting on telegram boards in the gate at the local newspaper, Horsens Avis.


1926–27 Landsfodboldturneringen, Matches, Provincial Championship Final, Match summary
The final of the Provins-Turneringen was played between the representative club champions of Zealand FA and Funen FA in whipping rain. Skovshoved IF's team line-up was the same from their semi-final match against B 1901.


1926–27 Landsfodboldturneringen, Matches, Provincial Championship Final, Match summary
The provincial championship final at the municipal owned Skovshoved Idrætspark (also referred to as Banen ved Krøyersvej), Skovshoved was initiated by B 1909 as the attacking side and after 3 minutes of play, the away team's center forward Creutz Jensen scored the first goal. During the first half, the rain started pouring down and the playing field became wet, heavy and very greasy.


1926–27 Landsfodboldturneringen, Matches, Provincial Championship Final, Match summary
While B 1909 have had the upper hand in the match so far, Skovserne were awarded a free kick after 25 minutes of play, and with a quick, direct and hard kick, the ball went in B 1909's goal net, scored by Helmuth Thomas. With two minutes remaining of the first half, Creutz Jensen scored the second goal for the Odense-team, after initial play by Carl Johansen and Aksel Petersen.


1926–27 Landsfodboldturneringen, Matches, Provincial Championship Final, Match summary
Only shortly hereafter, the home team was able to get an attack, where the B 1909 goalkeeper Aage Larsen caused a foul against the attacking Skovshoved IF player, which the referee, Otto Remke (affiliated to Akademisk BK), awarded the north-Zealandian team a penalty kick due to obstructions from an Odense-defender, where Helmuth Thomas scored on with no chance for a save by the niner's goalkeeper. After the first half ended with the score of 2–2, the second half started with the Zealand Championship club scoring an easy goal after just 5 seconds. No further goals were scored in the match and the 3–2 lead ended up being the final score, securing Skovshoved IF their first Provincial Championship title. Skovshoved IF's centerhalf Helmuth Thomas was hailed as the best player on the pitch during the match.


1926–27 Landsfodboldturneringen, Matches, Provincial Championship Final, Match summary
Skovshoved IF won the Final of the Provinsmesterskabsturneringen and are crowned Provinsmestre (Champions of the province). The clubs earned the right to play in the national championship final.


1926–27 Landsfodboldturneringen, Matches, National Championship Final, Match summary
B.93 won the Final of the Landsfodboldturneringen and was crowned Danmarksmestre (Danish champions).


1926–27 League of Ireland
The 1926–27 League of Ireland was the sixth season of the League of Ireland.


1926–27 League of Ireland, Overview
It began on 21 August 1926 and ended on 7 May 1927. Shelbourne were the defending champions.


1926–27 League of Ireland, Overview, Team changes
Pioneers were not re-elected to the League, while Dundalk GNR were elected.


1926–27 Luxembourg National Division
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1926–27 Luxembourg National Division
The 1926–27 Luxembourg National Division was the 17th season of top level association football in Luxembourg.


1926–27 Luxembourg National Division, Overview
It was contested by 8 teams, and Union Luxembourg won the championship.


1926–27 Magyar Kupa
The 1926–27 Magyar Kupa (English: Hungarian Cup) was the 10th season of Hungary's annual knock-out cup football competition.


1926–27 Malmö FF season
Malmö FF competed in Division 2 Sydsvenska Serien for the 1926–27 season.


1926–27 Maltese Premier League
The 1926–27 Maltese First Division was the 16th season of top-tier football in Malta. It was contested by 4 teams, and Floriana F.C. won the championship.


1926–27 Manchester City F.C. season
The 1926–27 season was Manchester City F.C. 's thirty-sixth season of league football and first season back in the Football League Second Division since the 1909–10 season, and the first time they had been in the Second Division without achieving promotion since 1898.


1926–27 Manchester United F.C. season
The 1926–27 season was Manchester United's 31st season in the Football League.


1926–27 Manchester United F.C. season
During the season on 7 October 1926, The Football Association announced that United manager John Chapman had been suspended from "taking part in football or football management for improper conduct in his position as Secretary-Manager of the Manchester United Football Club". No further explanation for the suspension was ever given. By the next match, two days later against Bolton Wanderers, Lal Hilditch had taken over on a temporary basis as player-manager. Hilditch managed the team until 13 April 1927 when Herbert Bamlett appointed as the new United manager.


1926–27 Marquette Blue and Gold men's ice hockey season
The 1926–27 Marquette Blue and Gold men's ice hockey season was the 5th season of play for the program.


1926–27 Marquette Blue and Gold men's ice hockey season, Season
For the fifth consecutive season, Marquette brought in a new head coach. This time the Hilltoppers were led by Kay Iverson, who had helmed the program at Wisconsin the previous two seasons. The team returned just two players from the previous year's squad and Iverson brought in a large number of new players, many of whom were freshman. While even the varsity team had a number of first-year players, three standouts were not included in this group.


1926–27 Marquette Blue and Gold men's ice hockey season, Season
George McTeer, Don McFadyen and Pudge MacKenzie all grew up in the Calgary-area with the first two having won the 1926 Memorial Cup and MacKenzie on the provincial runner-up team. The "Three Macs" turned in tremendous performances early in the season, helping Marquette to a 14–0 win and then a sweep of Chicago A.C., a strong amateur club.


1926–27 Marquette Blue and Gold men's ice hockey season, Season
Marquette finished as the runner up for the Winter Frolic tournament and used an lineup made entirely of freshman in their only intercollegiate game of the season. While several of the players on the freshman team also played on varsity squad, not all were included in the varsity lineup.


1926–27 Marquette Blue and Gold men's ice hockey season, Schedule and results
† Michigan Tech records list the game's score as 7–4, however, contemporary reports have it 5–3 in their favor.


1926–27 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
The 1926–27 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1926–27 season. The team played its home games at Yost Arena on the school's campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The team won the Western Conference Championship outright. The team was led by captain Ed Chambers and All-American Bennie Oosterbaan.


1926–27 Montreal Canadiens season
The 1926–27 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 18th season, and tenth in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team rebounded from its last place finish to place second in the Canadian Division and qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens defeated the rival Maroons in a two-game series before losing to the eventual Stanley Cup winner Ottawa Senators in the semi-finals.


1926–27 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season
The Canadiens, last place finishers in 1925–26, signed three players from the Western Hockey League. The team solved its goal-tending woes by signing George Hainsworth from Saskatoon, whom Georges Vezina had designated to be his successor. They further strengthened their team by signing Herb Gardiner from Calgary for defence and adding Art Gagne from Edmonton to the forwards.


1926–27 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season
The Canadiens moved into the Montreal Forum permanently this season. The club's first game was on November 18, 1926, against Ottawa, lost 2–1. The Canadiens won eleven games in a row from February 24 until March 24. The surge enabled the Canadiens to finish second in the Canadian Division to Ottawa.


1926–27 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1926–27 Montreal Canadiens season, Playoffs
In a "Battle of Montreal" quarter-final, the Canadiens defeated the Maroons in a close two-game total-goals series 2–1. The Canadiens next took on the first place Ottawa Senators in the semi-finals. The eventual Stanley Cup champions defeated the Canadiens 5–1 in a two-game total-goals series.


1926–27 Montreal Maroons season
The 1926–27 Montreal Maroons season was the hockey team's third year of operation. After winning the Stanley Cup in 1925–26, the club was not able to defend the championship, losing in the first round of the playoffs to the Montreal Canadiens.


1926–27 Montreal Maroons season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1926–27 Montreal Maroons season, Playoffs
The Maroons faced off in a two-game total goals series, a 'Battle of Montreal', against the Montreal Canadiens. The first game finished in a 1–1 tie. The second game went to overtime in a scoreless tie, before the Canadiens scored to win the series, 2–1 on goals.


1926–27 Montreal Maroons season, Player stats, Playoffs
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SO = Shutouts;


1926–27 NCAA men's basketball season
The 1926–27 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1926, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1927.


1926–27 NCAA men's basketball season, Awards, Helms College Basketball All-Americans
The practice of selecting a Consensus All-American Team did not begin until the 1928–29 season. The Helms Athletic Foundation later retroactively selected a list of All-Americans for the 1926–27 season.


1926–27 NCAA men's basketball season, Coaching changes
A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.


1926–27 NCAA season
The 1926–27 NCAA championships were contested by the NCAA during the 1926–27 collegiate academic school year, the NCAA's sixth season of championships, to determine the team and individual national champions of its two sponsored sports.


1926–27 NCAA season
Before the introduction of the separate University Division and College Division before the 1955–56 school year, a single national championship was conducted for each sport. Women's sports were not added until 1981–82.


1926–27 NHL season
The 1926–27 NHL season was the tenth season of the National Hockey League. The success of the Boston Bruins and the Pittsburgh Pirates led the NHL to expand further within the United States. The league added three new teams: the Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Cougars and New York Rangers, to make a total of ten, split in two divisions. This resulted in teams based in Canada being in the minority for the first time. To stock the teams with players the new teams brought in players from the Western Hockey League, which folded in May 1926. This left the NHL in sole possession of hockey's top players, as well as sole control of hockey's top trophy, the Stanley Cup, which was won by the Ottawa Senators. This was the original Senators' eleventh and final Stanley Cup win. The Senators' first was in 1903.


1926–27 NHL season, League business
At the 1926 Stanley Cup Final, WHL president Frank Patrick began shopping the WHL's players to the NHL, hoping to raise $300,000 to distribute to the WHL owners. Patrick approached Art Ross of the Bruins, who agreed to purchase the contracts of Frank Fredrickson, Eddie Shore and Duke Keats. After the series, Patrick approached the new New York Rangers owner Tex Hammond and their general manager Conn Smythe, but they were turned down. Patrick and Ross approached the Bruins' owner who agreed to purchase the entire lot of players for $250,000, and gave Patrick a $50,000 check as a deposit. He planned to keep some of the players for the Bruins, sell twelve players each to the new Chicago and Detroit franchises and distribute the rest to the rest of the league.


1926–27 NHL season, League business
At the May 1, 1926, meeting, the NHL awarded the Detroit franchise to the syndicate of Wesley Seybourn and John Townsend, formed by Charles A. Hughes. However, a split occurred in the NHL over the awarding of the Chicago franchise. Tex Ricard wanted to build a new arena in Chicago, and backed the syndicate formed by Huntington Hardwick. This was blocked at first by the New York Rangers, as a new franchise required unanimity.


1926–27 NHL season, League business
But the NHL governors could amend their constitution with a two-thirds vote, and they amended the constitution to lower the bar for a new franchise to a simple majority vote. The governors agreed that Huntwick would get the Chicago franchise. Huntwick proceeded to buy the Portland Rosebuds and the Hughes group purchased the Victoria Cougars, each for $100,000. The Bruins took Fredrickson, Shore, Keats and others, while the Rangers took Frank Boucher. In total, the player's contracts purchased that day totalled $267,000 for Patrick to take back to the WHL. On May 15, the NHL awarded the franchises to the Hardwick and Hughes consortiums, with provisals that each team would have an NHL-ready team for September 1, and new arenas by November 10.


1926–27 NHL season, League business
At the September 25, 1926, NHL meeting, the Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Cougars and New York Rangers were added to the league. The Hughes consortium proceeded with the purchase of the Cougars and the franchise, while the Chicago franchise instead went to Frederic McLaughlin, who took over the deal from Huntwick on June 1. The NHL's second franchise in New York City went to the Madison Square Garden syndicate of John S. Hammond.


1926–27 NHL season, League business
Toronto bought the players of the Saskatoon franchise separately, and Montreal claimed George Hainsworth. The rest of the WHL players would be distributed by a committee of Frank Calder, Leo Dandurand and James Strachan. The former WHL players make an impact in the NHL. The top scorer is Bill Cook, the top goalie is George Hainsworth, and defenceman Herb Gardiner is the league MVP.


1926–27 NHL season, League business
A special meeting was held on October 26 at which the NHL was split into the Canadian and American divisions. It was the first divisional format to be implemented in a major professional North American sports league. To balance the divisions, the New York Americans were placed in the Canadian Division. With the new divisional alignment came an altered playoff format: the top team from each division would meet the winner of a total-goals series between the second and third place teams from their divisions. The winners of those total-goals series would meet in a best-of-five Stanley Cup final.


1926–27 NHL season, League business
The Central Hockey League changed its name to the American Hockey Association. The new AHA signed an agreement of co-operation with the NHL, wanting to place itself on an equal footing with the NHL, but non-competitive. However, the new AHA placed franchises in Chicago and Detroit, competing with NHL teams. The Chicago Cardinals were backed by old nemesis Eddie Livingstone and became a source of friction with the NHL. Calder declared that several of the Cardinals' players were illegally signed and broke off the agreement with the AHA. The AHA could not compete with the NHL and the Detroit franchise folded in December, and the Chicago franchise folded in March. The AHA then signed another cooperation agreement with the NHL and forced Livingstone out.


1926–27 NHL season, League business
The Toronto St. Patricks were sold in mid-season to a syndicate headed by Conn Smythe for $160,000. The club is renamed the Toronto Maple Leafs. However, the NHL ruled that the team had to use the name St. Patricks until the end of the 1926–27 season or the team's players would become free agents, as they were under contract as the St. Pats. They became the Maple Leafs the following season.


1926–27 NHL season, League business, Rules changes
The blue lines moved to sixty feet from the goal line from twenty feet from the center red line to increase the size of the neutral zone.


1926–27 NHL season, League business, Rules changes
Two innovations attributed to Art Ross are adopted by the NHL. The league adopts a modified puck, which has rounded edges. The net is modified to keep the puck in the webbing.


1926–27 NHL season, Regular season
The Montreal Canadiens, last place finishers in 1925–26, solved their goaltending woes by signing George Hainsworth. They further strengthened their team by signing Herb Gardiner of the Western League's Calgary Tigers for defence. The Canadiens finished second in the Canadian Division to powerful Ottawa, who was the league's best team.


1926–27 NHL season, Regular season
Dave Gill, secretary-treasurer (general manager), decided to take over as coach of the Ottawa Senators. He would be assisted by Frank Shaughnessy, a former manager of the Senators in the NHA days, to assist him with the strategy used in games. Ottawa finished first atop the Canadian Division.


1926–27 NHL season, Regular season
The arena is not ready in Detroit for the start of the regular season. The expansion Cougars play their first 22 home games just across the Canada–United States border in Windsor, Ontario, at the Border Cities Arena.


1926–27 NHL season, Regular season
New York Americans right winger Shorty Green's career was ended after an injury in a game on February 27, 1927. New York Rangers defenceman Taffy Abel bodychecked Green, caused a kidney injury that requires an emergency operation to remove the kidney; Abel retired for health reasons.


1926–27 NHL season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against


1926–27 NHL season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals AgainstTeams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1926–27 NHL season, Playoffs
With the collapse of the Western Hockey League, the Stanley Cup became the championship trophy of the NHL. The NHL teams now battled out amongst themselves for the coveted Cup. The new division alignment and the new playoff format also meant that an American team was guaranteed to be the first American NHL team to make the Cup Finals.


1926–27 NHL season, Playoffs
The division winners received a bye to the second round. The second-place and third-place finishers played a two-game, total-goals series to advance to the second round. The second-place Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins both advanced to the second round. The Canadiens lost to the first-place Ottawa Senators, while the Bruins upset the first-place New York Rangers to set up the Finals. Ties were not broken using overtime. After two ties in the Finals, NHL president Frank Calder capped the Finals at four games and neither team won three games of the best-of-five Finals. Ottawa won two to Boston's none and the series ended on April 13 with Ottawa the winner.


1926–27 NHL season, Quarterfinals, (A2) Boston Bruins vs. (A3) Chicago Black Hawks
Game one of this series was played in New York.


1926–27 NHL season, Awards
A new trophy in memory of Georges Vezina, the Vezina Trophy, was donated this year by Montreal Canadiens owners Leo Dandurand, Louis Letourneau and Joseph Cattarinich. It is to be presented to the league's "most valuable goaltender." It is won by his successor with the Canadiens, George Hainsworth.


1926–27 NHL season, Player statistics, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points


1926–27 NHL season, Player statistics, Leading goaltenders
Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; GA = Goals against; SO = Shut outs; GAA = Goals against average


1926–27 NHL season, Player statistics, Playoff scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points


1926–27 NHL season, Debuts
The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1926–27 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs):


1926–27 NHL season, Last games
The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1926–27 (listed with their last team):


1926–27 Nelson F.C. season
The 1926–27 season was the 46th season in the history of Nelson Football Club and their sixth campaign as a professional club in the Football League. Nelson ended the season with a record of 22 wins, 7 draws and 13 defeats, helping the team to a total of 51 points. The team started the campaign well—winning six of the first nine matches—and lost only three matches during the first five months of the campaign. In the 1926–27 season, Nelson recorded several large victories, including a 7–0 win over Accrington Stanley and a 7–1 defeat of Crewe Alexandra. Nelson were consistently near the top of the league table throughout the campaign, but were never able to supplant Stoke City from the top position, and a run of six consecutive losses at the end of the season saw them finish in fifth-place in the league.


1926–27 Nelson F.C. season
In addition to the league campaign, Nelson also entered the FA Cup and reached the second round for the first time in their history, beating Stockport County in the first round before being knocked out by Ashington. Nelson used 24 different players during the season, many of whom had also played for the club during the previous campaign. Forwards Jimmy Hampson and Buchanan Sharp were the top goalscorers in the league, each scoring 23 goals, with Hampson's two strikes in the Cup giving him a total of 25.


1926–27 Nelson F.C. season
No player appeared in all 44 competitive matches; former England international George Wilson played the highest number of matches with 42 appearances. The highest attendance of the season at the club's Seedhill stadium was 12,415 for the 1–0 win over Bradford (Park Avenue) on 12 February 1927, while the lowest gate was 2,385 for the final game of the season against Tranmere Rovers.


1926–27 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Overview
It was contested by 10 teams, and Ferencvárosi TC won the championship.


1926–27 Netherlands Football League Championship
The Netherlands Football League Championship 1926–1927 was contested by 50 teams participating in five divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of the eastern, northern, southern and two western football divisions of the Netherlands. Heracles won this year's championship by beating NAC, AFC Ajax, Feijenoord and Velocitas 1897.


1926–27 New York Americans season
The 1926–27 New York Americans season was the second season of the New York Americans. The club added coach Newsy Lalonde and defenceman Red Dutton. The club improved its play to finish in fourth but again did not qualify for the playoffs.


1926–27 New York Americans season, Offseason
Gorman decided to drop the coaching duties and he hired Newsy Lalonde from the former Saskatoon Sheiks of the Western Hockey League (WHL). As part of the dispersal of the WHL's players, Gorman signed defenceman Red Dutton of the Calgary Tigers, however Dutton ended up with the Montreal Maroons. Dutton would later be traded to the Americans.


1926–27 New York Americans season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1926–27 New York Rangers season
The 1926–27 New York Rangers season was the first in the history of the franchise. The team placed first in the new American Division and qualified for the playoffs, losing to the Boston Bruins. They were the last expansion team to win their division until the 1967–68 Philadelphia Flyers (which had a division full of expansion teams) and the last to do so without guarantee to win it until the 2017–18 Vegas Golden Knights. In the playoffs that year, they lost to second place Boston Bruins in the Semifinals.


1926–27 New York Rangers season, Off-season
The Rangers team was organized by Conn Smythe who used his extensive knowledge of available amateur players along with sound selection of players available from the dispersal of the Western Hockey League (WHL):


1926–27 New York Rangers season, Off-season
Smythe signed several players from the amateur Minneapolis Millers, including Taffy Abel, Billy Boyd and Ching Johnson. The 1925–26 Millers also provided other players to the NHL in the future, including Cooney Weiland and Tiny Thompson, Paul Thompson's brother.


1926–27 New York Rangers season, Off-season
Training camp was held in Toronto at the Ravina Gardens arena near Smythe's home. However, before the season started, Smythe was fired by the club and Lester Patrick took over from Smythe. Patrick received the job as part of the dispersal agreement of the WHL. His brother Frank received a job at the Boston Bruins. Smythe would eventually receive a $10,000 severance, a large amount in those days.


1926–27 New York Rangers season, Regular season
Unlike the arenas where the players played before, the Madison Square Garden was kept heated. The temperature was warm due to the insistence of Tex Rickard, who insisted that "the public was everything and the performers nothing". The players complained about the conditions publicly and to Lester Patrick.


1926–27 New York Rangers season, Regular season
On opening night November 16, 1926 at Madison Square Garden, the ceremonial face-off between Frank Boucher of the Rangers and Nels Stewart of the Montreal Maroons was done by Lois Moran, the silent-film movie star. The opening night referee was Lou Marsh. The starting lineup was Boucher, Bill Cook, Bun Cook, Ching Johnson, Taffy Abel and Hal Winkler. The Rangers would win the game 1–0.


1926–27 New York Rangers season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals AgainstTeams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1926–27 New York Rangers season, Playoffs
The Rangers earned a bye in the first round and met the Boston Bruins in the semi-final. The Rangers were limited to one goal in the two games, losing the series three goals to one.


1926–27 New York Rangers season, Player statistics
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only. ‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.


1926–27 New Zealand Māori rugby union tour
The 1926–27 New Zealand Māori rugby union tour was a collection of rugby union games undertaken by the New Zealand Māori team against invitational and national teams of New Zealand, Australia, France, Great Britain and Canada.


1926–27 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain
The 1926–27 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain was a tour by the New Zealand national rugby league team. The team lost a series 0–3 against the Lions and also lost a test match against Wales. The toured was marred by player dissatisfaction and a strike involving seven players.


1926–27 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain, Squad
Henry Vivan was originally named in the forwards but had to withdrew because of a family bereavement. He was replaced by Joe Menzies. Vivian never played for the New Zealand side.


1926–27 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain, The strike
The 1926–27 New Zealand tour of Britain involved several skirmishes within the Kiwi party. Problems began on the boat journey over, with disputes developing about aspects of the trip and a rift developed between tour manager and coach, Australian Ernest Mair, and seven forwards. The disputes continued once the party arrived in Britain, with one of the rebels being involved in a street fight with another member of the tour party after the opening match.


1926–27 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain, The strike
In mid-November, following further disturbances which almost led to the tour party being evicted from their Harrogate hotel, it was decided that coach Mair would withdraw from team selection and match tactics for a period of four weeks. The tour, and the costly disputes, continued with the rebels eventually setting sail for home a week earlier than their colleagues. Three months later all seven players were banned for life by the New Zealand authorities. New Zealand did not visit Europe again until 1939.


1926–27 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain, The strike
The seven suspended were Singe, Mouat, Wright, Carroll, Devine, Petersen and English-born Henry, who remained in England after the tour and  was allowed to play on by the Rugby Football League.


1926–27 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain, Fixtures
The New Zealand side played a total of five test matches while on their European tour and one test in New Zealand before leaving.


1926–27 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain, Aftermath
The "Auckland All Blacks" lost to Auckland 24-21 at Carlaw Park in April after the teams return.


1926–27 Newport County A.F.C. season
The 1926–27 season was Newport County's seventh season in the Football League, sixth season in the Third Division South and seventh season overall in the third tier.


1926–27 Newport County A.F.C. season, League table
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points


1926–27 Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team
The 1926–27 Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team represented Niagara University during the 1926–27 NCAA college men's basketball season. The head coach was Peter Dwyer, coaching his fourth season with the Purple Eagles.


1926–27 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team
The 1926–27 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina during the 1926–27 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The team finished the season with a 17–7 record.


1926–27 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team
This season was James N. Ashmore's first year as the head coach for this University. During this time, the team was nicknamed the "White Phantoms," a name that originated in Atlanta by a sportswriter. This team started off their season by playing 5 games against YMCA teams as a way to prepare themselves for the league games. Bunn Hackney was a captain of this team and was named to the All-Southern Conference tournament first-team in 1926 and All-Southern Conference second-team in 1927.


1926–27 Northern Football League
The 1926–27 Northern Football League season was the 34th in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in Northern England.


1926–27 Northern Football League, Clubs
The league featured 13 clubs which competed in the last season, along with one new club:


1926–27 Northern Rugby Football League season
The 1926–27 Rugby Football League season was the 32nd season of rugby league football.


1926–27 Northern Rugby Football League season, Season summary
Swinton won their first Championship by beating St. Helens Recs 13-8 in the play-off final.


1926–27 Northern Rugby Football League season, Season summary
St. Helens Recs had finished the regular season as league leaders.


1926–27 Northern Rugby Football League season, Season summary
The league increased to 29 clubs with the addition of Castleford and Pontypridd.


1926–27 Northern Rugby Football League season, Season summary
St.Helens Recs won the Lancashire League, and Hull F.C. won the Yorkshire League. St. Helens beat St. Helens Recs 10–2 to win the Lancashire Cup, and Huddersfield beat Wakefield Trinity 10–3 to win the Yorkshire County Cup.