The 1927 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team was an American football team that represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In their tenth year under head coach Knute Rockne, the Irish compiled a 7–1–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 158 to 57. They defeated Navy, Indiana, Georgia Tech, and USC, but lost to Army and tied with Minnesota in consecutive games in November.
Although most selectors named either Illinois or Georgia as the 1927 national champion, Notre Dame was retroactively named as the national champion by one selector, the Houlgate System. The team was ranked No. 4 in the nation in the Dickinson System ratings released in December 1927.
Notre Dame guard and team captain Clipper Smith was a consensus first-team honoree on the 1927 All-America college football team. Halfback Christie Flanagan received first-team All-America honors from the United Press and Central Press.
The team played its home games at Cartier Field in Notre Dame, Indiana.
Schedule
2014 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football media guide. Retrieved 2015-Jul-12.
Personnel Players
Joe Benda, end, Duluth, Minnesota Gus Bondi, guard Jim Brady, quarterback, Pocatello, Idaho Jim Bray, halfback, Kansas City, Missouri Thomas Byrne, end, Cleveland Jack Cannon, guard Joe Cannon, Columbus, Ohio Jack Chevigny, halfback, Hammond, Indiana John Colerick, end, Newark, New Jersey Eddie Collins, end, chicago Fred Collins, fullback, Portland, Oregon Raymond "Bucky" Dahman, halfback, Youngstown, Ohio William Dew, fullback, Fond du Lac (town), Wisconsin Dick Donahue, tackle, Auburn, New York John Doran, tackle, Omaha, Nebraska Jack Elder, halfback, Louisville, Kentucky Christie Flanagan, halfback, Port Arthur, Texas John Frederick, center, Saginaw, Michigan Jim Hurlbert, end, New York City William "Red" Hurley, halfback, Springfield, Massachusetts John B. Law, guard, New York City George Leppig, guard, Cleveland Joe Locke, guard, Chicago Frank McCarthy, center, Indianapolis Jack McGrath, tackle, Cleveland Charles McKinney, quarterback, Philadelphia Fred Miller, tackle, Milwaukee Joe Morrissey, quarterback, Danville, Illinois Tim Moynihan, center, Chicago Tom Murphy, end, Bridgeport, Connecticut George "Chunk" Murrin, guard, Parkersburg, West Virginia John "Butch" Niemiec, halfback, Bellaire, Ohio Bull Polisky, tackle, Bellaire, Ohio Joe Prelli, Oakland, California Jerry Ransavage, tackle, Kingston, Pennsylvania Charles Riley, quarterback, Indianapolis Dinny Shay, fullback Clipper Smith, guard, Hartford, Connecticut John "Ike" Voedisch, end, South Bend, Indiana Chile Walsh, end, Hollywood, California Elmer Wynne, fullback
Coaching staff Head coach: Knute Rockne Assistant coaches: Hunk Anderson, Thomas Mills Freshman coaches: John J. Wallace, John V. McManmon Head manager: August M. Grams Associate manager: E. Bolan Burke Head cheer leader: Robert E. Kirby 1927 Football Review, pp. 9, 11.
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