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1945 Detroit Titans football team

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1945 Detroit Titans football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–3
Head coach	Chuck Baer (1st season)
Captain	Game captains
Home stadium	University of Detroit Stadium
Seasons ← 1942 1946 →

1945 Midwestern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Michigan State Normal		–		5	–	0	–	1
Central Michigan		–		6	–	1	–	0
Miami (OH)		–		7	–	2	–	0
No.9Notre Dame		–		7	–	2	–	1
Detroit		–		6	–	3	–	0
Great Lakes Navy		–		6	–	4	–	1
Michigan State		–		5	–	3	–	1
Akron		–		5	–	4	–	0
Marquette		–		5	–	4	–	1
Bowling Green		–		4	–	3	–	0
Western Michigan		–		4	–	3	–	0
Cincinnati		–		4	–	4	–	0
Ohio		–		3	–	4	–	0
Ohio Wesleyan		–		3	–	4	–	0
Carthage		–		2	–	3	–	0
Wayne		–		2	–	5	–	1

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 Detroit Titans football team represented the University of Detroit as an independent during the 1945 college football season. In their first season under head coach Chuck Baer, the Titans compiled a 6–3 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 193 to 114.^[1]

The team's coaching staff consisted of Chuck Baer (head coach and line coach), Edmund Barbour (backfield coach), Lloyd Brazil (end coach, assistant backfield coach, and athletic director), and Dr. Raymond Forsyth (trainer).^[2] The team had game captains rather than selecting one or two players as the team captain or captains for the full season.^[3]

Schedule[edit]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	Alma	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	W 32–0	4,500	^[4]
October 5	Scranton	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	W 42–0	12,500	^[5]
October 13	vs. No. 20Mississippi State	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN	L 6–41	12,000	^[6]
October 21	atVillanova	Shibe Park Philadelphia, PA	L 0–14	11,000	^[7]
October 26	Drake	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	W 19–14	10,352	^[8]
November 3	atMarquette	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	L 14–32	9,000	^[9]
November 10	Cincinnati	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	W 20–0	10,159	^[10]
November 18	Saint Louis	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	W 27–0	10,671	^[11]
November 22	Wayne	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	W 33–13	8,622	^[12]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[edit]

^ "1945 Detroit Mercy Titans Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2015.

^ "University of Detroit vs. Drake University game program". University of Detroit. October 26, 1945. p. 7.

^ U-D vs. Drake game program, p. 11.

^ Truman Stacey (September 29, 1945). "Titans Rip Hapless Scots, 32-0". Detroit Free Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.

^ John N. Sabo (October 6, 1945). "Titans Smother Scranton, 42-0". Detroit Free Press. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.

^ John N. Sabo (October 14, 1945). "Weathermen and Maroons Make Things Hot for Titans". Detroit Free Press. p. Sports 1, 2 – via Newspapers.com.

^ W. W. Edgar (October 22, 1945). "Villanova Clips Outclassed Titans, 14-0". Detroit Free Press. pp. 14–15 – via Newspapers.com.

^ James Zerilli (October 27, 1945). "U-D Downs Drake, 19-14, on Late Rally". Detroit Free Press. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.

^ W. W. Edgar (November 4, 1945). "U-D Trimmed, 32-14". Detroit Free Press. pp. Sports 1, 3 – via Newspapers.com.

^ W. W. Edgar (November 11, 1945). "Titans Mend Ways in Second Half to Trounce Cincinnati, 20-0". Detroit Free Press. pp. Sports 1, 3 – via Newspapers.com.

^ W. W. Edgar (November 19, 1945). "U-D Eleven Gives St. Louis Blues, 27-0". Detroit Free Press. p. 14.

^ Hal Schram (November 23, 1945). "Wayne 'Pushovers' Push U-D Around, but Lose". Detroit Free Press. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.

External links[edit]

1945 University of Detroit football programs

v t e Detroit Titans football
Venues	Navin Field (1917–1921) University of Detroit Stadium (1922–1964)
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
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National championship seasons in bold

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