# 1926–27 Dundee F.C. season

The 1926–27 season was the thirty-second season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One, where they would finish in 5th place. Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they would make it to the 3rd round before being knocked out by Celtic. The club would return to its regular navy blue jersey this season.

## Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 14 August | Heart of Midlothian | H | 4–1 | Rankin, Irving, Townrow, McGinn | 14,000 |
| 2 | 21 August | St Johnstone | A | 1–0 | Campbell | |
| 3 | 28 August | Dundee United | H | 5–0 | Campbell (4), Meagher | 20,000 |
| 4 | 4 September | Partick Thistle | A | 3–3 | Campbell (2), Townrow | |
| 5 | 11 September | Airdrieonians | H | 1–0 | Townrow | |
| 6 | 18 September | Motherwell | A | 5–2 | Cook (3), Campbell, Thomson | |
| 7 | 25 September | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 1–1 | Meagher | |
| 8 | 2 October | Celtic | A | 0–0 | | 25,000 |
| 9 | 9 October | St Mirren | H | 2–1 | Campbell, Cook | |
| 10 | 16 October | Cowdenbeath | H | 1–2 | Meagher | |
| 11 | 23 October | Falkirk | A | 1–3 | Cassidy | |
| 12 | 30 October | Aberdeen | A | 1–2 | Campbell | 18,000 |
| 13 | 6 November | Hibernian | H | 3–0 | Campbell (3) | 7,000 |
| 14 | 13 November | Kilmarnock | A | 2–3 | McGinn, Cook | |
| 15 | 20 November | Hamilton Academical | A | 4–1 | Cook, Campbell (2), Hunter | |
| 16 | 27 November | Greenock Morton | H | 6–1 | Campbell (4), Hunter, Cook | |
| 17 | 4 December | Clyde | A | 2–2 | Cassidy, Hunter | |
| 18 | 11 December | Rangers | H | 1–1 | Hunter | 18,000 |
| 19 | 25 December | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–0 | | 16,500 |
| 20 | 1 January | Aberdeen | H | 1–1 | McNab | 16,500 |
| 21 | 3 January | Dundee United | A | 0–1 | | 20,000 |
| 22 | 8 January | Partick Thistle | H | 4–2 | Campbell (2), Cook, Cassidy | |
| 23 | 15 January | Airdrieonians | A | 1–3 | Campbell | |
| 24 | 29 January | Motherwell | H | 3–1 | Campbell (3) | |
| 25 | 12 February | Celtic | H | 1–2 | Cook | 18,000 |
| 26 | 16 February | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 3–4 | Meagher, Cook, Campbell | |
| 27 | 22 February | St Mirren | A | 2–2 | Ramage (2) | |
| 28 | 26 February | Cowdenbeath | A | 1–0 | Meagher | |
| 29 | 12 March | St Johnstone | H | 4–1 | Agar, Campbell, McNab, Kirkwood (o.g.) | |
| 30 | 16 March | Falkirk | H | 2–3 | Cassidy, Cook | |
| 31 | 19 March | Hibernian | A | 1–0 | Campbell | 8,000 |
| 32 | 26 March | Kilmarnock | H | 1–2 | Gilmour | |
| 33 | 2 April | Hamilton Academical | H | 1–0 | Cassidy | |
| 34 | 9 April | Greenock Morton | A | 1–3 | Gilmour | |
| 35 | 16 April | Clyde | H | 1–2 | Gilmour | |
| 36 | 18 April | Queen's Park | A | 4–1 | Campbell (2), McNab, Townrow | |
| 37 | 23 April | Rangers | A | 0–0 | | 12,000 |
| 38 | 30 April | Queen's Park | H | 3–0 | Ramage, Brown, Townrow | |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 3 | Celtic | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 101 | 55 | +46 | 49 |
| 4 | Airdrieonians | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 97 | 64 | +33 | 45 |
| 5 | Dundee | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 77 | 51 | +26 | 43 |
| 6 | Falkirk | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 77 | 60 | +17 | 42 |
| 7 | Cowdenbeath | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 74 | 60 | +14 | 42 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1st round | 22 January | Motherwell | H | 3–0 | Campbell (2), Cook | |
| 2nd round | 5 February | Kilmarnock | A | 1–1 | Townrow | |
| 2R replay | 9 February | Kilmarnock | H | 5–1 | Campbell (2), Cassidy, Cook, Townrow | |
| 3rd round | 19 February | Celtic | H | 2–4 | Campbell, Cook | 37,471 |

## Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | First Division | First Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | FW | ENG | Alf Agar | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Finlay Brown | 42 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Andy Campbell | 36 | 35 | 32 | 30 | 4 | 5 |
| | FW | SCO | Joe Cassidy | 31 | 6 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie Cook | 37 | 14 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 3 |
| | MF | SCO | John Crawford | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | John Devine | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Bobby Farrell | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Tom Flanagan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jock Gilmour | 18 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Hunter | 18 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | EIR | Sam Irving | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Bill Marsh | 42 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Hugh McGinn | 34 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Colin McNab | 28 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jim Meagher | 15 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Andy Ramage | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Willie Rankin | 34 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jock Ross | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | David Thomson | 29 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jock Thomson | 24 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Frank Townrow | 27 | 7 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 2 |