1932 Detroit City College Tartars football team

1932 Detroit City College Tartars football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–6
Head coach
CaptainClarence Mumma
Home stadiumKelsey Field
Seasons
← 1931
1933 →
1932 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Western State Teachers (MI)     6 0 1
Michigan State     7 1 0
Western Reserve     7 1 0
Detroit     8 2 0
Michigan Tech     4 1 0
No. 7 Notre Dame     7 2 0
DePaul     5 1 2
Michigan State Normal     5 2 0
Saint Louis     5 2 0
Marquette     4 3 1
Bowling Green     3 3 1
Central State (MI)     3 4 1
Haskell     2 5 1
Detroit City     1 6 0

The 1932 Detroit City College Tartars football team represented Detroit City College (later renamed Wayne State University) as an independent during the 1932 college football season. The team compiled a 1–6 record and was outscored by its opponents by a combined total of 95 to 10.[1]

Joe Gembis was hired as the team's head coach in July 1932. He succeeded Norman Wann as head coach. Gembis, a native of Vicksburg, Michigan, had played fullback for the Michigan Wolverines football team from 1927 to 1929; he coached Chesapeake High School in Chesapeake, Ohio, to a 14-4 record in 1931. Gembis agreed to coach the Detroit City College team in exchange for post graduate work.[2]

On October 8, the Tartars defeated Toledo, 3–0, for their only victory of the 1932 season. Dan Dobbins, a substitute halfback, kicked a field goal in the last eight seconds.[3]

During Gembis' 14-year tenure as the school's head football coach, the team began playing a higher caliber of opponents, including regular games against regular Michigan State, the University of Detroit, Central Michigan, Western Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Cincinnati, and Bowling Green. Gembis compiled an overall record of 42–51–8 at Detroit City College/Wayne University.

  1. ^ "2016 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Wayne State University. pp. 111, 114. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  2. ^ "Gembis Is New Tartar Coach". Detroit Free Press. July 24, 1932. p. Sports 1.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Tol was invoked but never defined (see the help page).