The 1927 Saint Mary's Gaels football team was an

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team that represented

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during the

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. In their seventh season under head coach

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, the Gaels compiled a 7–2–1 record, shut out seven opponents, won the

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championship, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 155 to 28. The Gaels' victories including a 16-0 besting of Stanford. The Gaels also lost to California, 13–0. Center

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was selected by the

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as a first-team member of the 1927 All-Pacific Coast football team; he was later inducted into the

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Saint Mary's Gaels football : ''For information on all Saint Mary's College of California sports, see Saint Mary's Gaels'' The Saint Mary's Gaels football program was the intercollegiate American football team for Saint Mary's College of California in Moraga, California. ...