The 1947 Detroit Titans football team represented the University of Detroit as an independent during the 1947 college football season . Detroit outscored its opponents by a combined total of 276 to 154 and finished with a 6–4 record in its third year under head coach Chuck Baer .[1] [2]
Detroit was ranked at No. 48 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[3]
Schedule Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 19 Central Michigan W 34–1420,450 [4] September 26 Oklahoma University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI L 20–2424,375 [5] October 3 Wayne University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI W 40–722,153 [6] October 11 at Marquette L 18–4117,000 [7] October 19 at Villanova L 12–1415,572 [8] October 24 Duquesne University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI W 38–617,547 [9] November 1 Saint Mary's W 19–620,253 [10] November 7 Nevada University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI W 38–615,348 [11] November 15 Saint Louis University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI W 37–65,000 [12] November 22 at Tulsa L 20–309,946 [13]
Roster 1947 Detroit Titans football team roster Players Coaches Offense Pos. # Name Class OT 1 Jack Hayes So G 3 Charles Welch So HB 5 Barney Laboe So FB 6 Len Rittof Jr E 7 Edwin Jeakle So HB 8 Jack Lanoue So G 12 Bob Greiner (C) Jr OT 13 Pete Sullivan Sr C 14 Jerry Greiner So FB 15 Don Raymond Fr QB 16 Harry Peterson So G 17 Joe Lenc Jr E 18 Tim Collins So G 19 Joe Wandez So FB 20 Jim Massey So HB 23 John O'Leary So E 26 Bob Heym So G 27 Sal Viviano So HB 28 Ed Burgess So C 29 Jerry Mutual So HB 30 Wally Gruber So G 31 Bill Guay So HB 32 Bill Smith So HB 33 Joe Wright (C) Jr HB 36 Bill Haley So QB 37 John O'Connor So HB 39 John Kurkowski Jr HB 40 Joe LeBouf So QB 42 Bob O'Malley So E 46 Dan Boisture So E 47 Tom Costello So G 49 Nick Galante So G 52 Frank Bielman So E 53 Archie Kelly Jr QB 54 Gene Malinowski Jr C 56 John Packo Fr E 57 Don Byerlein Sr OT 58 Floyd Yeager So G 60 Al Ciesliga So C 61 Bob Solner So G 62 Ed Wood So G 63 Alex Smail Fr E 64 Frank Audette So E 65 John Cullen So FB 67 Mike Kaysserian So OT 68 Bill Welsh So E 69 Jim Conley So OT 70 Pat Kennedy So G 71 Jack Simmons Sr FB 72 Rudy Perpich So OT 73 Tom Finnin So OT 74 Al Ripple So OT 88 John Conti So
Defense Special teams Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Lloyd Brazil (backfield)John Shada (line) Edmund J. Barbour (backfield) Dr. Raymond D. Forsyth (team physician and trainer) Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) IneligibleRoster
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