1 in the nation in the Dickinson System ratings released in December 1927.

[2] Illinois was also retroactively named as the national champion for 1927 by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H.

[3] Center Robert Reitsch and guard Russ Crane were selected as first-team players on the 1927 All-America college football team: Reitsch by the North American Newspaper Alliance and Lawrence Perry; and Crane by Grantland Rice for Collier's Weekly.

[6] Other notable players included halfback Jud Timm; end Garland Grange; and tackle Butch Nowack.

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