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1920 Detroit Titans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–2
Head coach
Home stadium Navin Field
Seasons
←  1919
1921 →
1920 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Notre Dame   –   9 – 0 – 0
Butler   –   7 – 1 – 0
St. Xavier   –   7 – 1 – 0
Detroit   –   8 – 2 – 0
Marquette   –   7 – 2 – 0
Haskell   –   7 – 2 – 1
St. Ignatius (OH)   –   4 – 2 – 0
Iowa State Teachers   –   4 – 2 – 1
South Dakota State   –   4 – 2 – 1
Indiana State   –   3 – 2 – 0
Valparaiso   –   5 – 3 – 0
Nebraska   –   5 – 3 – 1
Central Michigan   –   4 – 3 – 1
Akron   –   4 – 4 – 0
Wabash   –   3 – 4 – 0
Western State Normal (MI)   –   3 – 4 – 0
North Dakota Agricultural   –   2 – 3 – 1
Michigan Agricultural   –   4 – 6 – 0
Earlham   –   2 – 3 – 0
Northern Illinois State   –   3 – 5 – 0
Dayton   –   2 – 4 – 0
Kent State   –   1 – 2 – 0
Saint Louis   –   3 – 6 – 0
Bowling Green   –   1 – 4 – 0
Toledo   –   0 – 3 – 0

The 1920 Detroit Titans football team represented the University of Detroit as an independent during the 1920 college football season. Detroit shut out six of ten opponents, outscored all opponents by a combined total of 279 to 32, and finished with an 8–2 record in their third year under head coach James F. Duffy. [1]

Two Detroit players, Tillie Voss and Dutch Lauer, went on to play in the National Football League. End Frank Kane was the team captain.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 2 Duquesne
W 34–0 [2]
October 9 MarquetteDetroit, MIW 21–14 [3]
October 16 Saint Louis
W 48–0 [4]
October 23at Bethany (WV) Wheeling, WVL 6–9 [5]
October 30 Fordham
  • Navin Field
  • Detroit, MI
W 39–0 [6]
November 6 TuftsDetroit, MIW 65–2 [7]
November 13 West Virginia WesleyanDetroit, MIW 29–0 [8]
November 20at Springfield (MA) Springfield, MAL 3–7 [9]
November 25 RutgersDetroit, MIW 27–0 [10]
December 4at Tulane New Orleans, LAW 7–0 [11]

References

  1. ^ "Detroit Yearly Results (1920-1924)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 23, 2015.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)
  2. ^ "U. of D. Scores 34-0 Victory". Detroit Free Press. October 3, 1920. pp. 25, 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Marquette Is Hard To Beat". Detroit Free Press. October 10, 1920. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Ralston Goss (October 17, 1920). "Detroit Piles Up Huge Score". Detroit Free Press. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Bethany Wins From Detroit". Detroit Free Press. October 24, 1920. pp. 19, 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "University of Detroit Swamps Fordham". Detroit Free Press. October 31, 1920. pp. 23, 25 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Ralston Goss (November 7, 1920). "Tufts Strewn All Over Field". Detroit Free Press. pp. 25, 27 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Detroit Too Formidable for Wesleyan". Detroit Free Press. November 14, 1920. pp. 25, 26 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Forward Pass Stops U. of D." Detroit Free Press. November 21, 1920. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Ralston Goss (November 26, 1920). "Detroit Line Overmatches Rutgers Team". Detroit Free Press. pp. 18, 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Detroit Wins From Tulane by Touchdown". Detroit Free Press. December 5, 1920. pp. 21, 23 – via Newspapers.com.

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