1929 Detroit Titans football team

1929 Detroit Titans football
Conference Independent
1929 record 7–1–1
Head coach Gus Dorais (5th year)
Home stadium University of Detroit Stadium

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 (7–14), 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 life time -- Jim Thorpe, George Gipp and Lloyd Brazil."[3]

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References

  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. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  3. ↑ Lyall Smith (April 7, 1965). "Lloyd Brazil: Titans' Titan". Detroit Free Press. p. 27.
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