1927 Michigan Wolverines football team

1927 Michigan Wolverines football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1927 record	6–2 (3–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Elton Wieman (1st year)
MVP	Bennie Oosterbaan
Captain	Bennie Oosterbaan
Home stadium	Michigan Stadium
Uniform
Seasons ← 1926 1928 →

1927 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#1 Illinois +	5	–	0	–	0			7	–	0	–	1
#3 Minnesota +	3	–	0	–	1			6	–	0	–	2
#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
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from Dickinson System

Week 1: Ohio Wesleyan at Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total Ohio Wesleyan 0 0 0 0 0 • Michigan 13 14 6 0 33 Date: October 1, 1927 Location: Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI Game attendance: 40,000

Week 2: Michigan State at Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total Michigan State 0 0 0 0 0 • Michigan 7 7 0 7 21 Date: October 27, 1927 Location: Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI

Week 3: Michigan at Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 Total Michigan 0 0 0 0 0 • Wisconsin 0 7 0 7 14 Date: October 15, 1927 Location: Camp Randall Field Madison, WI Referee: J. E. Masker (Northwestern)

Week 4: Ohio State at Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total Ohio State 0 0 0 0 0 • Michigan 0 7 7 7 21 Date: October 22, 1927 Location: Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI Game attendance: 84,401 Referee: Masker (Northwestern)

Week 5: Michigan at Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total Michigan 0 0 0 0 0 • Illinois 7 0 7 0 14 Date: October 29, 1927 Location: Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL Game attendance: 62,000

Week 6: Michigan at Chicago

1 2 3 4 Total • Michigan 0 0 14 0 14 Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 Date: November 5, 1927 Location: Stagg Field Chicago, IL Referee: F. E. Birch (Earlham)

Week 7: Navy at Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total Navy 6 0 6 0 12 • Michigan 14 0 13 0 27 Date: November 12, 1927 Location: Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI Referee: Crowell (Swarthmore)

Week 8: Minnesota at Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total • Minnesota 0 0 6 7 13 Michigan 7 0 0 0 7 Date: November 19, 1927 Location: Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI Referee: Walter Eckersall (Chicago)

The 1927 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1927 Big Ten Conference football season. The 1927 season was Michigan's first in its new stadium, Michigan Stadium. It was also the first under new head coach Elton Wieman following the retirement of Fielding H. Yost as head coach. Michigan shut out its first four opponents before losing to 1927 Big Ten Conference champion Illinois and later to Big Ten runner up Minnesota. Michigan compiled a record of 6–2 (3–2 Big Ten) and outscored its opponents by a combined score of 137 to 39.

Left end Bennie Oosterbaan was the team's captain and was selected as the team's most valuable player and as a consensus first-team All-American for the third consecutive year. Halfback Louis Gilbert was Michigan's leading scorer with 63 points in seven games. Three Michigan players—Oosterbaan, Gilbert and guard Ray Baer—were all selected as first-team All-Big Ten players. Baer was also selected as a second-team All-American.

In 1925 and 1926, Michigan had featured quarterback Benny Friedman and end Bennie Oosterbaan, both consensus All-Americans who were sometimes known as "The Benny-to-Bennie Show." Oosterbaan returned for his senior year in 1927, but Friedman was lost to graduation. The 1927 Wolverines also lost back Bo Molenda who went on to play nine seasons in the National Football League.

In addition to roster changes, the months before the opening of Michigan's 1927 season featured two important developments: the construction of Michigan Stadium and the resignation of Fielding H. Yost as head football coach.

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