1927 Ball Teachers Hoosieroons football team

The 1927 Ball Teachers Hoosieroons football team was an American football team that represented Ball Teachers College, sometimes referred to as Muncie Normal School (later renamed Ball State University), during the 1927 college football season. In its second and final season under head coach Norman G. Wann, the team compiled a 5–2–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 151 to 108.[1] The team played its home games at the North Walnut Street Ball Park in Muncie, Indiana.

1927 Ball Teachers Hoosieroons football
ConferenceIndependent
1927 record5–2–1
Head coach
Home stadiumNorth Walnut Street Ball Park
1927 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Notre Dame   –    7 –2 –1
Detroit   –    7 –2 –0
Ball Teachers   –    5 –2 –1
Marquette   –    6 –3 –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

The team's high scorer was Gerald "Jack" Liggett who played at both the halfback and fullback positions. Other players included Robert Walburn, George Smith, Maurice Mitchell, Robert Harper, Leonard Newman, Wayne Shields, Ivan Roetken, Herbert Faris, Robert Ziegler, James Leaky, and Earl Martin.[2]

Coach Wann left the school in June 1928 in order to pursue a master's degree at the University of Wisconsin.[3] In two seasons under Wann, the Hoosieroons compiled a record of 10–3–2.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at Butler
L 12–46[4]
October 7Franklin
W 13–0[5]
October 15Central Normal
  • North Walnut Street Ball Park
  • Muncie, IN
L 0–18[6]
October 22at Indiana CentralIndianapolis, INT 12–12[7]
October 29Oakland City
  • Walnut Street Park
  • Muncie, IN
W 32–7[8]
November 5Cedarville
  • North Walnut Street Ball Park
  • Muncie, IN
W 43–0[9]
November 12at HanoverHanover, INW 12–6[10]
November 19Defiance
  • North Walnut Street Ball Park
  • Muncie, IN
W 27–19
  • Homecoming

References
  1. "2007 Ball State Football Media Guide". Ball State University. 2007. p. 96. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  2. "Muncie Boys on Normal Team". The Muncie Morning Star. November 15, 1927. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Wann To Leave Local College". The Muncie Sunday Star. June 17, 1928. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Hoosieroons Lose To Butler". The Muncie Sunday Star. September 25, 1927. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Baptists Fall Before Normal". The Muncie Morning Star. October 8, 1927. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Normal Bows to Danville". The Muncie Sunday Star. October 16, 1927 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Hoosieroons in Late Rally: Come From Behind to Knot Indiana Central". The Muncie Evening Press. October 22, 1927. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Bearcats and Normal Hoosieroons Are Winners". The Muncie Sunday Star. October 30, 1927. pp. 11–12 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Normal Buries Cedarville". The Muncie Evening Press. November 5, 1927. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Hoosieroons Win: Normal Beats Hanover, 12 to 6". The Muncie Sunday Star. November 13, 1927. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
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