1929 Detroit Titans football team

1929 Detroit Titans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1–1
Head coach
Home stadiumUniversity of Detroit Stadium
Seasons
← 1928
1930 →
1929 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Notre Dame     9 0 0
Detroit     7 1 1
Haskell     8 2 0
Loyola (IL)     5 2 1
Michigan State     5 3 0
John Carroll     5 3 1
Marquette     4 3 1
Butler     4 4 0
Michigan Tech     2 2 1
Wabash     4 5 0
Saint Louis     3 4 1
DePaul     2 7 0
Kent State     1 7 0
Valparaiso     1 7 0
Ball State     0 7 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1929 Detroit Titans football team represented the University of Detroit in the 1929 college football season. Detroit outscored opponents by a combined total of 174 to 52 and finished with a 7–1–1 record in their fifth year under head coach and College Football Hall of Fame inductee, Gus Dorais. Significant games included a victories over Tulsa (21–6), West Virginia (36–0), Michigan State (25–0), a loss to Oregon State (14–7), and a tie with Marquette (6–6).[1][2]

The team was led by halfback Lloyd Brazil of whom coach Dorais later said: "As far as I'm concerned, there were only three great collegiate backs in my lifetime -- Jim Thorpe, George Gipp and Lloyd Brazil."[3]

Arthur "Bud" Boeringer and Harvey Brown were the line coaches.[4][5] Johnny Fredericks was the freshman coach.[5] Michael H. "Dad" Butler was the team's trainer.

  1. ^ "1929 Detroit Mercy Titans Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  2. ^ "Detroit Yearly Results (1925-1929)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  3. ^ Lyall Smith (April 7, 1965). "Lloyd Brazil: Titans' Titan". Detroit Free Press. p. 27.
  4. ^ "Titans Work Under Lashing By Boeringer". Detroit Free Press. November 6, 1929. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b "Four Veterans Form Nucleus of Big Squad". Detroit Free Press. September 7, 1929. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.