| 1927 Iowa Hawkeyes football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Record | 4–4 (1–4 Big Ten) |
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| MVP | Emerson Nelson |
| Captain | Emerson Nelson |
| Home stadium | Iowa Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Illinois + | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Minnesota + | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 0 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Michigan | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1927 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1927 Big Ten Conference football season.
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| October 1 | Monmouth (IL) * | W 32–6 | |||
| October 8 | Ohio State |
| L 6–13 | 15,000 | |
| October 15 | Wabash * |
| W 38–0 | ||
| October 22 | at Minnesota | L 0–38 | 52,000 | ||
| October 29 | Denver * |
| W 15–0 | [1] | |
| November 5 | Illinois  |
| L 0–14 | 22,000 | |
| November 12 | at Wisconsin | W 16–0 | |||
| November 19 | at Northwestern | L 0–12 | |||
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