1938 Detroit Titans football team

1938 Detroit Titans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–4
Head coach
CaptainAlex Chesney
Home stadiumUniversity of Detroit Stadium
Seasons
← 1937
1939 →
1938 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Notre Dame     8 1 0
Central Michigan     7 1 0
Michigan State Normal     6 1 1
Xavier     7 2 0
Akron     6 3 0
Michigan State     6 3 0
Detroit Tech     6 3 0
Detroit     6 4 0
Western State Teachers (MI)     4 3 0
Cincinnati     4 5 0
Wayne     2 6 0
DePaul     2 7 0
Marquette     1 7 0
Rankings from AP poll

The 1938 Detroit Titans football team represented the University of Detroit in the 1938 college football season. In their 14th year under head coach Gus Dorais, the Titans compiled a 6–4 record and outscored opponents by a combined total of 148 to 42.[1]

In addition to head coach Gus Dorais, the team's coaching staff included Lloyd Brazil (backfield coach), Bud Boeringer (line coach), and Michael H. "Dad" Butler (trainer).[2] End Alex Chesney was the team captain.[3]

  1. ^ "1938 Detroit Mercy Titans Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  2. ^ "Detroit vs. Catholic University game program". University of Detroit. October 7, 1938. p. 9. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
  3. ^ Detroit vs. Catholic University game program, p. 5.