1923 Detroit Titans football team

The 1923 Detroit Titans football team represented the University of Detroit as an independent during the 1923 college football season. The team compiled a 4–3–2 record and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 140 to 39.[1]

1923 Detroit Titans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3–2
Head coach
Home stadiumUniversity of Detroit Stadium
1923 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Marquette   –  8 –0 –0
Notre Dame   –  9 –1 –0
Western State Normal (MI)   –  6 –1 –1
Haskell   –  11 –2 –1
Butler   –  7 –2 –0
Central Michigan   –  5 –1 –2
Baldwin–Wallace   –  5 –2 –1
Cincinnati   –  6 –3 –0
Loyola (IL)   –  6 –3 –0
Saint Louis   –  5 –3 –1
Detroit   –  4 –3 –2
Wabash   –  4 –3 –2
John Carroll   –  4 –4 –1
Valparaiso   –  2 –2 –1
Dayton   –  4 –5 –0
Michigan Agricultural   –  3 –5 –0
Fairmount   –  2 –4 –2
Kent State   –  0 –5 –0

James F. Duffy retired as the University of Detroit's head football coach after the 1922 season.[2] In January 1923, Germany Schulz was hired as the new head coach.[3] Schulz had played as a center for the University of Michigan and was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Alma
W 15–010,000[4]
October 6Kalamazoo
  • University of Detroit Stadium
  • Detroit, MI
W 73–0[5]
October 13Wilmington (OH)
  • University of Detroit Stadium
  • Detroit, MI
W 27–0[6]
October 27Washington & Jefferson
  • University of Detroit Stadium
  • Detroit, MI
L 0–6[7]
November 3Marquette
  • University of Detroit Stadium
  • Detroit, MI
L 6–18[8]
November 10Carnegie Tech
  • University of Detroit Stadium
  • Detroit, MI
T 6–610,000[9]
November 17Michigan Agricultural
  • University of Detroit Stadium
  • Detroit, MI
L 0–2[10]
November 24at John Carroll
T 0–0[11]
November 29Gonzaga
  • University of Detroit Stadium
  • Detroit, MI
W 13–715,000[12]

References
  1. "Detroit Yearly Results (1920-1924)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  2. "Jimmy Duffy Is Commended for Service and Loyalty in U. of D. Football Work". Detroit Free Press. December 5, 1922. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Coach Schulz Dotes on Work". Detroit Free Press. January 17, 1923. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Lloyd H. Northard (September 30, 1923). "U. of D. Defeats Alma College, 15 to 0: Schulz Team Wins in Fourth Quarter". Detroit Free Press. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Lloyd Northard (October 7, 1923). "U. of D. Downs Kalamazoo College, 73 to 0: Schulz Squad Gains at Will Over Rivals". Detroit Free Press. pp. 18, 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Stanley L. Brink (October 14, 1923). "U. of D. Downs Wilmington, 27-0: U. of D. Beats Buckeye Team in First Half". Detroit Free Press. pp. 18, 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Lloyd Northard (October 28, 1923). "Blocked Kick Leads To Defeat of University of Detroit: Blocked Punt by Berrehsen Decides Game". Detroit Free Press. pp. 21–22 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Sam Greene (November 4, 1923). "Marquette Outplays U. of D. Eleven and Triumphs, 18-6: 85-Yard Sprint by Britt Gives Detroit Score". Detroit Free Press. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Sam Greene (November 11, 1923). "U. of D. Ties Carnegie Tech In Hard Gridiron Battle, Score 6 to 6: Vreeland Run Averts Defeat for Schulzmen". Detroit Free Press. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Stanley L. Brink (November 18, 1923). "Safety in First Quarter, Only Score Made, Enables M.A.C. to Beat U. of D.: Aggies Reveal Tight Defense During Strife". Detroit Free Press – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Stanley L. Brink (November 25, 1923). "U. of D. Attack Is Baffled by Carroll Team: Detroit and Cleveland Elevens Battle Through Mud-soaked Field". Detroit Free Press. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. Sam Greene (November 30, 1923). "University of Detroit Stops Stockton And Beats Gonzaga By 13 to 7 Score: Hardy Westerners Just Avert Blanks". Detroit Free Press. pp. 14, 16 – via Newspapers.com.
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