1927 Cornell Big Red football team

1927 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Independent
1927 record	3–3–2
Head coach	Gil Dobie (8th season)
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Base defense	6–3–2
Home stadium	Schoellkopf Field
Seasons

1927 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Geneva			–					8	–	0	–	1
Army			–					9	–	1	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					8	–	1	–	1
Yale			–					7	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					6	–	1	–	0
Villanova			–					6	–	1	–	0
Penn State			–					6	–	2	–	1
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	2	–	1
Columbia			–					5	–	2	–	2
Colgate			–					4	–	2	–	3
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	2
Boston College			–					4	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	4	–	0
Rutgers			–					4	–	4	–	0
Duquesne			–					4	–	4	–	1
Cornell			–					3	–	3	–	2
Drexel			–					3	–	5	–	1
Brown			–					3	–	6	–	1
Delaware			–					2	–	5	–	1
Massachusetts			–					0	–	7	–	1

The 1927 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1927 college football season. In their eighth season under head coach Gil Dobie, the Big Red compiled a 3–3–2 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 136 to 121. Coach Dobie was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 25	Clarkson	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 41–0
October 1	[[{{{school}}}|Niagara]]	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 19–6
October 9	Richmond	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 53–0
October 22	at Princeton	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 10–21
October 29	Columbia	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	T 0–0
November 5	[[{{{school}}}|St. Bonaventure]]	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	T 6–6
November 12	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	L 7–53
November 24	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 0–35