1942 Detroit Titans football team

The 1942 Detroit Titans football team represented the University of Detroit as an independent during the 1942 college football season. Detroit outscored its opponents by a combined total of 82 to 66 and finished with a 5–4 record in its 18th and final year under head coach and College Football Hall of Fame inductee, Gus Dorais.

1942 Detroit Titans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
CaptainJoseph Gensheimer, Donald Hughes
Home stadiumUniversity of Detroit Stadium
1942 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Central Michigan    6 0 0
Western Michigan    5 1 0
Cincinnati    8 2 0
Dayton    8 2 0
Marquette    7 2 0
No. 6 Notre Dame    7 2 2
Bowling Green    6 2 1
Ohio    5 3 0
Detroit    5 4 0
Wichita    5 4 0
Michigan State    4 3 2
Michigan State Normal    3 3 1
Ohio Wesleyan    4 4 0
Xavier    4 5 0
Carthage    3 4 0
Miami (OH)    3 6 0
Wayne    1 6 1
Akron    0 7 2
Rankings from AP Poll

In addition to head coach Gus Dorais, the team's coaching staff included Lloyd Brazil (backfield coach), Bud Boeringer (line coach), Edmund J. Barbour (freshman coach), and Michael H. "Dad" Butler (trainer). Quarterback Donald Hughes and end Joseph Gensheimer were the team's co-captains.

Detroit was ranked at No. 85 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.

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