1931 Detroit Titans football team

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1931 Detroit Titans football
ConferenceIndependent
1931 record7–2–1
Head coach
Home stadiumUniversity of Detroit Stadium
Seasons
← 1930
1932 →
1931 Midwestern college football independents records
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wilberforce   –   8 – 0 – 0
Marquette   –   8 – 1 – 0
Saint Louis   –   8 – 1 – 0
Detroit   –   7 – 2 – 1
Notre Dame   –   6 – 2 – 1
DePaul   –   6 – 3 – 0
Michigan State   –   5 – 3 – 1
Haskell   –   6 – 4 – 0
Western State Teachers (MI)   –   5 – 2 – 0
Michigan State Normal   –   3 – 2 – 1
John Carroll   –   4 – 4 – 2
Wittenberg   –   3 – 3 – 3
Kent State   –   3 – 4 – 0

The 1931 Detroit Titans football team represented the University of Detroit in the 1931 college football season. Detroit outscored opponents by a combined total of 112 to 71 and finished with a 7–2–1 record in their seventh year under head coach and College Football Hall of Fame inductee, Gus Dorais. Significant games included victories over Iowa State (20–0), West Virginia (9–7), and Michigan State (20–13), losses to DePaul (12–0) and Fordham(39–9), and a scoreless tie with Villanova.[1][2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22DePaul
L 0–12
October 2Western State Teachers (MI)
  • University of Detroit Stadium
  • Detroit, MI
W 20–0
October 9Iowa State
  • University of Detroit Stadium
  • Detroit, MI
W 20–0
October 16Marquette
  • University of Detroit Stadium
  • Detroit, MI
W 7–0
October 23West Virginia
  • University of Detroit Stadium
  • Detroit, MI
W 9–7
October 31Loyola (LA)
  • University of Detroit Stadium
  • Detroit, MI
W 21–0
November 7at Fordham
L 9–39
November 14Villanova
  • University of Detroit Stadium
  • Detroit, MI
T 0–0
November 21Michigan State
  • University of Detroit Stadium
  • Detroit, MI
W 20–13
November 28at Georgetown
W 6–010,000[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "1931 Detroit Mercy Titans Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  2. ^ "Detroit Yearly Results (1930-1934)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  3. ^ W. W. Edgar (November 29, 1931). "Turashoff Wins Game for Titans". Detroit Free Press. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.

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