1927 Northern Illinois State Teachers football team

1927 Northern Illinois State Teachers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–4–1
Head coach
Captains
  • Howard Larson
  • Ivan Nicholas
Home stadiumGlidden Field
1927 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Notre Dame    7 2 1
Detroit    7 2 0
Ball Teachers    5 2 1
Marquette    6 3 0
Michigan Tech    2 1 0
Haskell    5 3 1
Butler    4 3 1
John Carroll    3 2 3
Saint Louis    5 5 0
Lombard    4 4 0
Loyola (IL)    4 4 0
Michigan State    4 5 0
Northern Illinois State    1 4 1
Kent State    1 5 1
Valparaiso    1 5 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1927 Northern Illinois State Teachers football team represented Northern Illinois State Teachers College—now known as Northern Illinois University—as an independent during the 1927 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Roland Cowell, the Teachers compiled a record of 1–4–1 record. Northern Illinois State played home games at Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus in DeKalb, Illinois. Howard Larson and Ivan Nicholas were the team's co-captains.