1940 Detroit Titans football team

1940 Detroit Titans football
Conference	Independent
1940 record	7–2
Head coach	Gus Dorais (16th year)
Home stadium	University of Detroit Stadium

The 1940 Detroit Titans football team represented the University of Detroit in the 1940 college football season. Detroit shut out six of nine opponents, outscored all opponents by a combined total of 147 to 27, and finished with a 7–2 record in its 16th year under head coach and College Football Hall of Fame inductee, Gus Dorais. Significant games included victories over Texas Christian (3–0) and Marquette (19–0) and losses to Tulsa (0–7) and Gonzaga (7–13).^[1]^[2]

Detroit halfback Al Ghesquiere led the NCAA major college programs with 956 rushing yards, finishing ahead of Michigan's Heisman Trophy winner, Tom Harmon. The team's center, Vince Banonis, was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. The team's captain was Casimere Brovarney. The assistant coaches were line coach Bud Boeringer and backfield coach Lloyd Brazil.^[3]

Players

Vince Banonis, center
John Biringer, quarterback
Casimere Brovarney, guard
Ray Domerque, guard
James Ellis, halfback
Al Ghesquiere, left halfback
Al Goodrich, fullback
Harry Groth, fullback
William Harrison, end
Frank Hayes, end
Don Hughes, quarterback
Clyde Johnson, fullback
Howard Keating, end
Robert Keene, right halfback
Ed Kukorowski, tackle
Tom Martin, halfback
Paul McErlean, halfback
Paul McLaughlin, halfback
Tom McLoughlin, guard
John McManigal, guard
Don Parro, center
Ted Pavelec, tackle
Jack Pearl, fullback
George Petersmarck, tackle
Richard Pugh, guard
Ed Rice, tackle
Meyrl Toepfer, end

External links

1940 University of Detroit football programs

References

↑ "1940 Detroit Mercy Titans Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
↑ "Detroit Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
↑ Game program, 1940 Marquette game.

Detroit Titans football

Venues	University of Detroit Stadium

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1906 1907 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964

National championship seasons in bold

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