1928 Detroit Titans football team

1928 Detroit Titans football
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–0
Head coach
CaptainTom Connell
Home stadiumDinan Field
Seasons
← 1927
1929 →
1928 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Detroit   –   9 – 0 – 0
Butler   –   6 – 2 – 0
John Carroll   –   6 – 3 – 0
Kent State   –   4 – 2 – 2
Marquette   –   5 – 3 – 1
Ball Teachers   –   3 – 2 – 2
Notre Dame   –   5 – 4 – 0
DePaul   –   4 – 4 – 1
Haskell   –   5 – 5 – 0
Michigan Tech   –   2 – 2 – 1
Saint Louis   –   4 – 4 – 1
Wabash   –   4 – 4 – 1
Loyola (IL)   –   4 – 4 – 0
Lombard   –   3 – 4 – 1
Michigan State   –   3 – 4 – 1
Detroit City College   –   2 – 5 – 1
Valparaiso   –   1 – 6 – 0

The 1928 Detroit Titans football team represented the University of Detroit in the 1928 college football season. Detroit shut out seven of its nine opponents, outscored opponents by a combined total of 267 to 27, and finished with a perfect 9–0 record in their fourth year under head coach and College Football Hall of Fame inductee, Gus Dorais. The team has been recognized as a co-national champion of 1928 by Parke H. Davis.[1][2][3] Significant games included victories over Tulsa (19–14), Louisville (46–0), Michigan State (39–0), and Fordham (19–0).[4][5]

The team was led by halfback Lloyd Brazil who was selected by Grantland Rice as the first-team utility back on the 1928 College Football All-America Team.[6] During the 1928 season, Brazil set a new NCAA major college record with 997 passing yards.[7] In 1929, he led the NCAA major colleges with 1,117 rushing yards and also led in total offense.[8]

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  5. ^ "Detroit Yearly Results (1925-1929)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  6. ^ Associated Press, "Six From East On Rice's Team," Milwaukee Sentinel, p. S1 (December 14, 1928). Retrieved July 22, 2010.
  7. ^ "Progression of Player Game-Season-Career Statistical Leaders from the Pre-1937 era of College Football" (PDF). From the book: Stars of an Earlier Autumn Tex Noel/1st-N-Goal ©2007 PressBoxPublications.
  8. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). library.la84.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2015. Retrieved May 22, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)