1927 Bradley Indians football team

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1927 Bradley Indians football
IIAC champion
Conference Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record6–3 (6–1 IIAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBradley Field
Seasons
  1926
1928  
1927 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Bradley $ 6 1 06 3 0
Illinois Wesleyan 6 2 16 2 1
Eastern Illinois 3 1 05 2 0
Monmouth (IL) 3 1 04 4 0
Millikin 3 1 13 3 1
St. Viator 3 1 06 2 1
North Central 2 1 15 3 1
Southern Illinois 2 1 03 5 2
McKendree 3 2 16 2 2
Knox (IL) 3 2 04 4 0
Western Illinois 5 3 16 3 1
Lake Forest 0 0 13 2 3
Illinois State Normal 4 4 04 4 0
Illinois College 3 4 13 5 1
Mount Morris 2 3 05 3 0
Carthage 1 2 22 3 2
Shurtleff 1 2 24 3 1
Lincoln (IL) 2 6 03 6 0
Augustana (IL) 1 5 02 5 0
Wheaton (IL) 0 2 02 4 1
Eureka 0 9 00 9 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1927 Bradley Indians football team was an American football team that represented Bradley Polytechnic Institute (now known as Bradley University) as a member of the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1927 college football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Alfred J. Robertson, the Indians compiled and overall record of 6–3 with a mark of 6–1 in conference play, winning the IIAC title for the third consecutive season. [1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24 Western Illinois Peoria, IL W 26–7 [2]
October 1at Illinois *L 0–199,000 [3] [4]
October 15 Knox (IL) Dagger-14-plain.pngPeoria, ILW 34–64,000 [5]
October 22at Augustana (IL) Rock Island, IL W 58–0 [6]
October 29 St. Viator Peoria, ILW 43–0 [7]
November 5 Wabash *
  • Bradley Field
  • Peoria, IL
L 7–13 [8]
November 11at Illinois Wesleyan
W 12–0 [9]
November 19 Eureka Peoria, ILW 59–0
November 242:00 p.m. Millikin
  • Bradley Field
  • Peoria, IL
L 2–65,000 [10] [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

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