 Dewar Challenge Cup | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country |  USA |
| Dates | 20 February 1927- 1 May 1927 |
| Defending champions | Bethlehem Steel |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Fall River F.C. (2nd title) |
| Runner-up | Holley Carburetor |
| Semifinalists | |
The 1927 National Challenge Cup was the annual open cup held by the United States Football Association now known as the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
| First round | Second round | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| March 27 - Tiverton | ||||||||||||||
| Fall River F.C. | 3 | |||||||||||||
| April 3 - Tiverton | ||||||||||||||
| New Bedford Whalers | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Fall River F.C. | 5 | |||||||||||||
| March 26 - Boston | ||||||||||||||
| Fore River | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Boston Soccer Club | 2 | |||||||||||||
| April 17 - Tiverton | ||||||||||||||
| Fore River | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Fall River F.C. | 3 | |||||||||||||
| March 27/April 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Providence FC | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Providence FC | 3-3 | |||||||||||||
| April 9 - Providence | ||||||||||||||
| J&P Coats | 3-2 | |||||||||||||
| Providence FC | 7 | |||||||||||||
| March 27 - Buffalo | ||||||||||||||
| Whittal F.C. | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Hungarian F.C. | 0 | |||||||||||||
| April 24 - Providence | ||||||||||||||
| Whittal F.C. | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Fall River F.C. | 2 | |||||||||||||
| March 27 - New York | ||||||||||||||
| Bethlehem Steel | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Indiana Flooring | 3 | |||||||||||||
| April 9 - New York | ||||||||||||||
| New York Giants | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Indiana Flooring | 1 | |||||||||||||
| March 19 - Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||
| Newark Skeeters | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Brooklyn Wanderers | 1 | |||||||||||||
| April 10 - Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||
| Newark Skeeters | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Newark Skeeters | 0 | |||||||||||||
| March 27 - Trenton | ||||||||||||||
| Bethlehem Steel | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Trenton F.C. | 2 | |||||||||||||
| April 3 - Trenton | ||||||||||||||
| Viking F.C. | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Trenton F.C. | 0 | |||||||||||||
| March 26 - Philadelphia | ||||||||||||||
| Bethlehem Steel | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Philadelphia Field Club | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Bethlehem Steel | 3 | |||||||||||||
| First round | Second round | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| February 20 - St. Louis | ||||||||||||||
| Ben Millers | 5 | |||||||||||||
| March 13 - St. Louis | ||||||||||||||
| Pants Store F.C. | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Ben Millers | 4 | |||||||||||||
| February 27 - St. Louis | ||||||||||||||
| Wellston | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Wellston | 9 | |||||||||||||
| April 3, 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Johnston City AFC | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Ben Millers | 2-0 | |||||||||||||
| February 27 - Chicago | ||||||||||||||
| Sparta ABA | 2-1 | |||||||||||||
| Sparta ABA | 3 | |||||||||||||
| March 20 - Chicago | ||||||||||||||
| Thistles F.C. | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Sparta ABA | 2 | |||||||||||||
| February 27 - Chicago | ||||||||||||||
| Bricklayers | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Bricklayers | 2 | |||||||||||||
| April 18 - Chicago | ||||||||||||||
| White Banner Malt | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Sparta ABA | 1 | |||||||||||||
| February 27 - Detroit | ||||||||||||||
| Holley Carburetor | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Holley Carburetor | 2 | |||||||||||||
| March 20 - Detroit | ||||||||||||||
| Canadian Club | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Holley Carburetor | 3 | |||||||||||||
| February 27- Chicago | ||||||||||||||
| Buda AA | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Pullman F.C. | 0 | |||||||||||||
| April 3 - Detroit | ||||||||||||||
| Buda AA | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Holley Carburetor | 4 | |||||||||||||
| February 27 - Cleveland | ||||||||||||||
| American-Hungarians | 2 | |||||||||||||
| American-Hungarians | 3 | |||||||||||||
| March 27 - Cleveland | ||||||||||||||
| Magyar-American F.C. | 2 | |||||||||||||
| American-Hungarians | 5 | |||||||||||||
| February 27- Wooster | ||||||||||||||
| Clan MacKenzie | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Clan MacKenzie | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Lorain Eagles | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Holley Carburetor (MI) | 0–7 (0–2) | Fall River F.C. (MA) |
|---|---|---|
| Report [1] | White  (2 goals)McEachran (2 goals)Campbell Brittan Kelly |
The finalists played as follows: [2]
| Holley | Fall River | |
| Dick | G | Tom Blair |
| Boath | LB | Dave Gibson |
| Hayston | RB | Charlie McGill |
| Stewart | LHB | Hugh Coyle |
| Dalrymple | CHB | Bob Wilson |
| Gallagher | RHB | Bill McPherson |
| Love | OL | Dave McEachran |
| Rutherford | IL | Jimmy Kelly |
| Gerrit Visser | CF | Harold Brittan (C) |
| Connally (C) | IR | James "Tec" White |
| Forrester | OR | Dougie Campbell |
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