1960 Detroit Titans football team

1960 Detroit Titans football
Conference Independent
1960 record 7–2
Head coach Jim Miller (2nd year)
Home stadium University of Detroit Stadium

The 1960 Detroit Titans football team represented the University of Detroit in the 1960 college football season. Detroit outscored its opponents by a combined total of 181 to 136 and finished with a 7–2 record in its second year under head coach Jim Miller.[1][2]

After losing the season opener to Iowa State, the Titans won seven games in a row, including victories over Cincinnati (14-0),[3][4] Boston College (19-17),[5][6] Marquette (32-12),[7] and Villanova (13-7).[8] The season ended with a 43-15 loss to Michigan State in East Lansing.[9][10]

Four players from the 1960 team, Larry Vargo, Jim Shorter, Steve Stonebreaker, and Frank Jackunas went on to play in the NFL. In 2001, the 1960 Titans football team was inducted as a group into the Detroit Titans Hall of Fame.[11]

Players

External links

References

  1. "1960 Detroit Mercy Titans Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  2. "Detroit Yearly Results (1960-1964)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  3. Jack Berry (October 8, 1960). "Q.B. Bob Derails Cincy, 14-0: Titans Go for Lusky". Detroit Free Press. p. 13.
  4. Jack Berry (October 8, 1960). "Q.B. Bob Derails Cincy, 14-0: Titans Go for Lusky (part 2)". Detroit Free Press. p. 15.
  5. Jack Berry (October 16, 1960). "Titans Win, 19-17: U-D Hurt -- But BC Is Hurting!". Detroit Free Press. p. E1.
  6. Jack Berry (October 16, 1960). "Titans Win, 19-17: U-D Hurt -- But BC Is Hurting! (part 2)". Detroit Free Press. p. E2.
  7. Jack Berry (November 5, 1960). "Titan Streak Hits Half-Dozen, 32-12". Detroit Free Press. p. 11.
  8. Jack Berry (November 13, 1960). "Hurrah, Titans! 'Squeaky' Victory Stretches Streak". Detroit Free Press. p. 4C.
  9. "Titans Tire, Fall, 43-15". Detroit Free Press. November 20, 1960. p. D1.
  10. "Titans Tire, Fall, 43-15 (part 2)". Detroit Free Press. November 20, 1960. p. D1.
  11. "Detroit Titans Hall of Fame: Football Team 1960". University of Detroit Mercy. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
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