1926–27 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team

The 1926–27 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1926–27 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was George Keogan, coaching in his fourth season with the Fighting Irish. The team finished the season with a 19–1 record^[1] and were named national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation.^[2] Captain John Nyikos was named a consensus All-American at the end of the season as well.

1926–27 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
Helms Foundation National Champions
Conference	Independent
Record	19–1
Head coach	George Keogan (4th season)
Captain	John Nyikos
Home arena	Notre Dame Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 1925–26 1927–28 →

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
12/6/1926*		Armour Institute	W 51–14	1–0	Notre Dame Fieldhouse  South Bend, IN
12/11/1926*		Earlham	W 42–14	2–0	Notre Dame Fieldhouse  South Bend, IN
12/18/1926*		at Minnesota	W 24–19	3–0	Kenwood Armory  Minneapolis, MN
12/20/1926*		at Iowa	W 19–18	4–0	Iowa City, IA
12/30/1926*		Northwestern	W 28–20	5–0	Notre Dame Fieldhouse  South Bend, IN
1/3/1927*		at Northwestern	W 27–20	6–0	Old Patten Gymnasium  Evanston, IL
1/8/1927*		Detroit	W 41–24	7–0	Notre Dame Fieldhouse  South Bend, IN
1/14/1927*		at Franklin	L 22–34	7–1	Franklin, IN
1/22/1927*		Wabash	W 37–26	8–1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse  South Bend, IN
1/19/1927*		Michigan State	W 36–15	9–1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse  South Bend, IN
2/4/1927*		at Marquette	W 27–21	10–1	Old Gym  Milwaukee, WI
2/8/1927*		at Wisconsin	W 19–14	11–1	Red Gym  Madison, WI
2/12/1927*		Franklin	W 36–16	12–1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse  South Bend, IN
2/16/1927*		at Wabash	W 35–25	13–1	Crawfordsville, IN
2/19/1927*		Pittsburgh	W 33–17	14–1	Notre Dame Fieldhouse  South Bend, IN
2/22/1927*		at Detroit	W 24–23	15–1	Detroit, MI
2/23/1927*		at Michigan State	W 34–22	16–1	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
2/26/1927*		at Marquette	W 33–13	17–1	Old Gym  Milwaukee, WI
3/4/1927*		at Creighton	W 31–20	18–1	University Gymnasium  Omaha, NE
3/5/1927*		at Creighton	W 32–16	19–1	University Gymnasium  Omaha, NE
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[3]