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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.
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.
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 University of Detroit Mercy and Ford Field hosted the 2008 NCAA basketball tournament regional semifinal and final games (March 28 and 30). [50] Ford Field was the site of the 2009 Final Four (April 4 and 6). [51] For the 2008 NCAA basketball tournament, the court was placed in the center of the football field rather than in an end of the ...
The Wayne Tartars football team often played home games here from 1944 to 1953 before moving into Tartar Field in 1954. The Detroit Cougars professional soccer club played several games here in the summers of 1967 and 1968 whenever their regular home field, Tiger Stadium had a scheduling conflict.
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]
Calihan Hall is a 7,917-seat multi-purpose arena in Detroit. It is home to the University of Detroit Mercy Titans basketball team. The arena opened in 1952. The building was dedicated on May 25, 1952, as the Memorial Building. The first basketball game was played on December 2 of that year when the Titans defeated Kalamazoo College, 75–61.
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.