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The Detroit Titans were the college football team which represented the University of Detroit (now University of Detroit Mercy) from 1896 to 1964. The team posted an undefeated season in 1928, staking a claim to a national title. The program was terminated in 1964 for financial reasons.
On June 13, 2018, Detroit Mercy named Mike Davis the 22nd head coach in men's basketball program history. [8] The NCAA tournament-tested Davis previously coached at Texas Southern University, where he led the team to four regular season titles, four conference tournament championships and four NCAA Tournament appearances.
The football program predates the women's (later co-ed) "Mercy College of Detroit" founded in 1941, and ceases prior to the 1990 merger which creates "University of Detroit Mercy." As such, the football team of this era retains the historical name (without the "Mercy"); this is the only sport that is the exception the school's other sports ...
The football program began play in 1896, decades before the second predecessor to today's UDM, Mercy College of Detroit, was founded in 1941. UD dropped football at the end of the 1964 season, long before UD and Mercy College merged into UDM in 1990.
The 1928 Detroit Titans football team represented the University of Detroit in the 1928 college football season. Detroit shut out seven of its nine opponents, outscored opponents by a combined total of 267 to 27, and finished with a perfect 9–0 record in their fourth year under head coach and College Football Hall of Fame inductee, Gus Dorais .
This is a list of universities in the United States that sponsored football at one time but have since discontinued their programs. The last season that the school fielded a football team is included. Schools are split up based on their current athletics affiliation. The affiliation of the football team while it was active may have been different.
Detroit Mercy is considered "selective" by U.S. News & World Report. [32] For the Class of 2025 (enrolling fall 2021), Detroit Mercy received 4,435 applications and accepted 4,135 (93.2%), with 565 enrolling. The middle 50% range of SAT scores for enrolling freshmen was 1063–1250. The middle 50% ACT composite score range was 22–29. [33]
Detroit outscored its opponents by a combined total of 181 to 136 and finished with a 7–2 record in its second year under head coach Jim Miller. [ 1 ] After losing the season opener to Iowa State, the Titans won seven games in a row, including victories over Cincinnati (14–0), Boston College (19–17), Marquette (32–12), and Villanova (13 ...