1942 Detroit Titans football team

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1942 Detroit Titans football
ConferenceIndependent
1942 record5–4
Head coach
CaptainJoseph Gensheimer, Donald Hughes
Home stadiumUniversity of Detroit Stadium
Seasons
← 1941
1945 →
1942 Midwestern college football independents records
  • v
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Central Michigan   –   6 – 0 – 0
Western Michigan   –   5 – 1 – 0
Cincinnati   –   8 – 2 – 0
Dayton   –   8 – 2 – 0
Marquette   –   7 – 2 – 0
No. 6 Notre Dame   –   7 – 2 – 2
Bowling Green   –   6 – 2 – 1
Ohio   –   5 – 3 – 0
Detroit   –   5 – 4 – 0
Wichita   –   5 – 4 – 0
Michigan State   –   4 – 3 – 2
Michigan State Normal   –   3 – 3 – 1
Ohio Wesleyan   –   4 – 4 – 0
Carthage   –   3 – 4 – 0
Miami (OH)   –   3 – 6 – 0
Wayne   –   1 – 6 – 1
Akron   –   0 – 7 – 2
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Detroit Titans football team represented the University of Detroit as an independent during the 1942 college football season. Detroit outscored its opponents by a combined total of 82 to 66 and finished with a 5–4 record in its 18th and final year under head coach and College Football Hall of Fame inductee, Gus Dorais.[1]

In addition to head coach Gus Dorais, the team's coaching staff included Lloyd Brazil (backfield coach), Bud Boeringer (line coach), Edmund J. Barbour (freshman coach), and Michael H. "Dad" Butler (trainer). Quarterback Donald Hughes and end Joseph Gensheimer were the team's co-captains.[2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2Wayne
W 27–015,670[3]
October 11Fort Knox
  • University of Detroit Stadium
  • Detroit, MI
W 16–0
October 18at Manhattan
W 21–712,500
October 24Georgetown
  • University of Detroit Stadium
  • Detroit, MI
W 6–0
November 1at Marquette
L 0–107,000
November 14Villanova
  • University of Detroit Stadium
  • Detroit, MI
W 9–0
November 21Arkansas
  • University of Detroit Stadium
  • Detroit, MI
L 7–14
November 28Oklahoma A&M
  • University of Detroit Stadium
  • Detroit, MI
L 6–33
December 6at Saint Mary's
L 0–2500[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "1942 Detroit Mercy Titans Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  2. ^ University of Detroit vs. Wayne University football program, October 1942.
  3. ^ Frank Angelo (October 3, 1942). "U-D First-Stringers Display Too Much Power for Wayne and Tartars Are Subdued, 27 to 0". Detroit Free Press. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Gaels Outplayed by Titans but Win 2-0 in Kezar Game: Detroit Twice Misses Field Goals; Only 500 Spectators Witness Muddy Contest". Oakland Tribune. December 7, 1942. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.

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