The 1927 VFL season was the 31st season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 30 April until 1 October, and comprised an 18-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.
The premiership was won by the Collingwood Football Club for the sixth time, after it defeated by 12 points in the 1927 VFL Grand Final.
Background
In 1927, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves", although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume their place on the field at any time during the match.
Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 18 rounds; matches 12 to 17 were the "home-and-away reverse" of matches 1 to 6, and match 18 the "home-and-away reverse" of match 11.
Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1927 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the amended "Argus system".
Home-and-away season
Round 1
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 16.19 (115) | | 9.11 (65) | MCG | 22,382 | 30 April 1927 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 16.11 (107) | | 12.12 (84) | Victoria Park | 20,000 | 30 April 1927 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.15 (69) | | 10.10 (70) | Princes Park | 28,000 | 30 April 1927 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.16 (88) | | 11.2 (68) | Junction Oval | 12,000 | 30 April 1927 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.21 (75) | | 10.11 (71) | Arden Street Oval | 10,000 | 30 April 1927 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.3 (63) | | 16.14 (110) | Western Oval | 18,000 | 30 April 1927
Round 2
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 8.11 (59) | | 6.12 (48) | Punt Road Oval | 18,000 | 7 May 1927 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 8.6 (54) | | 10.5 (65) | Windy Hill | 20,000 | 7 May 1927 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.11 (83) | | 7.11 (53) | Lake Oval | 25,000 | 7 May 1927 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.20 (104) | | 8.12 (60) | Corio Oval | 15,300 | 7 May 1927 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 7.9 (51) | | 11.11 (77) | Glenferrie Oval | 9,000 | 7 May 1927 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.6 (72) | | 14.15 (99) | Brunswick Street Oval | 25,000 | 7 May 1927
Round 3
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 8.15 (63) | | 7.13 (55) | Junction Oval | 22,000 | 14 May 1927 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.18 (78) | | 7.10 (52) | Western Oval | 11,000 | 14 May 1927 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 6.13 (49) | | 7.13 (55) | Victoria Park | 20,000 | 14 May 1927 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 7.5 (47) | | 4.12 (36) | Princes Park | 27,000 | 14 May 1927 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 8.5 (53) | | 7.13 (55) | Arden Street Oval | 20,000 | 14 May 1927 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 13.15 (93) | | 8.11 (59) | MCG | 14,931 | 14 May 1927
Round 4
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 8.8 (56) | | 20.13 (133) | Glenferrie Oval | 8,000 | 21 May 1927 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 13.14 (92) | | 11.9 (75) | Brunswick Street Oval | 16,000 | 21 May 1927 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 8.12 (60) | | 11.12 (78) | Windy Hill | 20,000 | 21 May 1927 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 13.22 (100) | | 3.12 (30) | Punt Road Oval | 14,000 | 21 May 1927 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.13 (67) | | 16.10 (106) | Lake Oval | 29,000 | 21 May 1927 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 18.15 (123) | | 11.11 (77) | Corio Oval | 16,000 | 21 May 1927
Round 5
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 5.8 (38) | | 12.11 (83) | Arden Street Oval | 18,000 | 28 May 1927 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 7.13 (55) | | 6.13 (49) | Western Oval | 10,000 | 28 May 1927 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 18.15 (123) | | 9.5 (59) | Victoria Park | 16,000 | 28 May 1927 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.12 (96) | | 6.16 (52) | Princes Park | 10,000 | 28 May 1927 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 7.16 (58) | | 12.13 (85) | MCG | 18,320 | 28 May 1927 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.7 (91) | | 12.10 (82) | Junction Oval | 16,000 | 28 May 1927