1945 Detroit Titans football team

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]

1945 Detroit Titans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
CaptainGame captains
Home stadiumUniversity of Detroit Stadium
Seasons
← 1942
1946 →
1945 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Michigan State Normal  501
Central Michigan  610
Miami (OH)  720
No. 9 Notre Dame  721
Detroit  630
Great Lakes Navy  641
Michigan State  531
Akron  540
Marquette  541
Bowling Green  430
Western Michigan  430
Cincinnati  440
Ohio  340
Ohio Wesleyan  340
Carthage  230
Wayne  251
Rankings from AP Poll

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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28AlmaW 32–04,500[4]
October 5Scranton
  • University of Detroit Stadium
  • Detroit, MI
W 42–012,500[5]
October 13vs. No. 20 Mississippi StateL 6–4112,000[6]
October 21at VillanovaL 0–1411,000[7]
October 26Drake
  • University of Detroit Stadium
  • Detroit, MI
W 19–1410,352[8]
November 3at MarquetteL 14–329,000[9]
November 10Cincinnati
  • University of Detroit Stadium
  • Detroit, MI
W 20–010,159[10]
November 18Saint Louis
  • University of Detroit Stadium
  • Detroit, MI
W 27–010,671[11]
November 22Wayne
  • University of Detroit Stadium
  • Detroit, MI
W 33–138,622[12]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

See also

References