1946 Detroit Titans football team
Appearance
1946 Detroit Titans football | |
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Conference | Independent |
Record | 6–4 |
Head coach |
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Home stadium | University of Detroit Stadium |
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No. 1 Notre Dame | – | 8 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detroit | – | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | – | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marquette | – | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1946 Detroit Titans football team represented the University of Detroit as an independent during the 1946 college football season. In their second season under head coach Chuck Baer, the Titans compiled a 6–4 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 214 to 134.[1]
The team's assistant coaches were Lloyd Brazil (backfield coach and athletic director), John Shada (line coach), Ed J. Barbour (backfield coach), and Dr. Raymond D. Forsyth (team physician and trainer).[2] End Wilbur Hintz and guard Bob Ivory were the team's co-captains.[3]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 20 | Wayne | W 31–0 | 23,800 | [4] | ||||
September 27 | Scranton |
| W 32–13 | 18,650 | [5] | |||
October 5 | at Holy Cross | L 14–16 | 20,000 | [6] | ||||
October 13 | at San Francisco | W 18–6 | 20,000 | [7] | ||||
October 18 | No. 20 Tulsa |
| W 20–14 | 20,200 | [8] | |||
October 25 | Drake |
| W 33–6 | 16,572 | [9] | |||
November 1 | Marquette |
| L 20–2 | 10,350 | [10] | |||
November 8 | Villanova |
| L 6–23 | 19,350 | [11] | |||
November 17 | at Saint Louis |
| W 33–14 | 8,712 | [12] | |||
November 29 | at Miami (FL) | L 7–21 | 24,747 | [13] | ||||
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See also
References
- ^ "1946 Detroit Mercy Titans Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
- ^ "Detroit vs. Tulsa game program". University of Detroit. October 18, 1946. p. 5.
- ^ Detroit vs. Tulsa program, p. 7.
- ^ W. W. Edgar (September 21, 1946). "U-D Overwhelms Tartars, 31 to 0". Detroit Free Press. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Detroit Gallops To Beat Scranton, 32-13". Detroit Free Press. September 28, 1946. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ W. W. Edgar (October 6, 1946). "Last-Second Field Goal Sends U-D to Defeat". Detroit Free Press. p. Sports 1, 2.
- ^ W. W. Edgar (October 14, 1946). "Titans End Road Jinx with 18-6 Triumph over San Francisco". Detroit Free Press. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ W. W. Edgar (October 19, 1946). "Titan TD in Last 90 Seconds Upsets Tulsa, 20-14". Detroit Free Press. p. 12.
- ^ W. W. Edgar (October 26, 1946). "Titans Keep Drake in Doghouse with 33-6 Victory". Detroit Free Press. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ W. W. Edgar (November 2, 1946). "Titans Upset, 21-20, As Clipping Costs Touchdown". Detroit Free Press. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ W. W. Edgar (November 9, 1946). "Villanova's Wildcats Feast on Titan Eleven, 23 to 6". Detroit Free Press. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ James L. Toomey (November 18, 1946). "Detroit Back's 90-Yard Run Features 33-14 Billiken Loss". St. Louis Star-Times. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Miami Turns Heat on U-D to Win, 21-7". Detroit Free Press. November 30, 1946. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.