Detroit College Tigers football, 1896–1909

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The Detroit College Tigers football teams (later known as the Detroit Titans) represented Detroit College (renamed the University of Detroit in 1911) in American football. The team played its home games at various locations in Detroit, including the grounds of the Detroit Athletic Club.

Highlights of the school's first 13 years of intercollegiate football include the following:

  • The team played its first game on October 15, 1896, defeating the Detroit School for Boys by a 20–0 score.
  • The team played its first intercollegiate game on November 26, 1896 against St. Ignatius College Chicago, losing by a 20–0 score. Detroit did not play another intercollegiate game until November 29, 1900. In a rematch with St. Ignatius, the Detroit team won by an 11–0 score.
  • The 1899 team compiled a 5–1–1 and outscored opponents by a total of 101 to 15. The first four games were played against local high schools, and the last game was played against the college's alumni.
  • In 1901, the team played its first game against Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University).
  • On October 10, 1903, the team played its first game against the Michigan State Normal School (now Eastern Michigan University) from Ypsilanti. The Detroiters won by a 6–0 score.
  • In November 1905, after only one game had been played, the college president, Rev. Kellinger, declared that football was "too rough" and too expensive. The team was then disbanded. In October 1906, the college faculty voted to allow students to resume competition in intercollegiate football.
  • In 1909, the school played its first season exclusively against other college teams. Prior to 1909, the school's opponents had consisted largely of local high schools, clubs, alumni, and other institutions.

1896

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1896 Detroit College Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2
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Seasons
1897 
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1896 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Carthage  400
St. Ignatius College Chicago  100
Washburn  611
Iowa Agricultural  820
Central Michigan  310
Miami (OH)  310
Ohio Wesleyan  620
Detroit College  520
North Dakota Agricultural  311
Heidelberg  210
Ohio  421
Indiana  530
Beloit  213
Butler  430
Iowa State Normal  430
Notre Dame  430
Cincinnati  431
Wittenberg  540
Baldwin–Wallace  220
College of Emporia  230
Ohio State  551
Lake Forest  341
Mount Union  341
Wabash  340
Drake  230
Chicago P&S  242
Hillsdale  240
Kansas State  011
Indiana State Normal  010
Buchtel  010
Washington University  020
Doane  050
Haskell  050
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The 1896 Detroit College Tigers football team represented Detroit College (renamed the University of Detroit in 1911) during the 1896 college football season. Detroit outscored opponents by a combined total of 66 to 40 and finished with a 5–2 record in their first year of intercollegiate football.[1][2] The team's head coach was William S. Robinson.

Fullback Leo J. Keena

In the only intercollegiate football game of the season, Detroit was shut out by St. Ignatius College by a 20 to 0 score on Thanksgiving Day.[3]

Leo J. Keena played at the fullback position for the 1896 Detroit team,[4] and later played for Michigan from 1897 to 1899. Ernest O'Brien was the captain of the 1896 team.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 15Detroit School for Boys
W 20–0[5][6]
October 22Hubbard Cadets
  • Michigan Athletic Association grounds
  • Detroit, MI
W 24–0[7]
October 29Kappa Gamma Psi of Detroit High School
  • Michigan Athletic Association grounds
  • Detroit, MI
L 0–16[8]
Detroit alumniW 30–0[1]
November 12Union Athletic Club
  • Michigan Athletic Association grounds
  • Detroit, MI
W 32–0[4]
November 19Hubbard CadetsDetroit, MIW [9][10]
November 26St. Ignatius College Chicago
  • Michigan Athletic Association grounds
  • Detroit, MI
L 0–20800[3]
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Players

The team included the following players:

1897

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1897 Detroit College Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–2
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Seasons
 1896
1898 
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1897 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Butler  300
Fairmount  100
Washburn  710
Cincinnati  911
Iowa State Normal  510
Ohio Wesleyan  711
Indiana  611
Ohio  720
Carthage  310
Iowa Agricultural  310
Notre Dame  411
Central Michigan  210
Baldwin–Wallace  211
Chicago Dental Infirmary  221
Lake Forest  451
Drake  230
Heidelberg  230
Detroit College  120
Indiana Normal  140
Kansas State  121
Mount Union  241
Rush Medical College  141
DePauw  260
Wittenberg  260
Haskell  140
Indiana State Normal  140
Ohio State  171
Lincoln (MO)  010
South Dakota Agricultural  010
Washington University  020
North Dakota Agricultural  030
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The 1897 Detroit College Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Detroit College (renamed the University of Detroit in 1911) as an independent during the 1897 college football season. In its second season under head coach William S. Robinson, the team compiled a 1–2 record and was outscored by opponents by a combined total of 36 to 28. The team played one game against the Michigan Military Academy (a 26–24 loss) and two games against Detroit High School (one win and one loss). The result of the loss was disputed because the high school game had two players who were not students.[14][15]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 16YMCA
?[16]
October 28at Michigan Military Academy Orchard Lake, MIL 24–26[17]
November 4Detroit High SchoolL 0–10[14][15]
November 18Detroit High School
  • YMCA grounds
  • Detroit, MI
W 4–0[18][1]
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1898

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1898 Detroit College Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–0
Head coach
Seasons
 1897
1899 
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1898 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Washington University  600
Detroit College  500
Carthage  300
Lincoln (MO)  100
Iowa State Normal  401
Washburn  401
Kansas  710
Cincinnati  612
Indiana  412
Nebraska  830
Drake  420
Lake Forest  210
Notre Dame  420
Western Reserve  530
Butler  211
Heidelberg  430
Michigan Agricultural  430
Iowa State  320
Kansas State  112
Miami (OH)  110
South Dakota Agricultural  111
DePauw  342
Iowa  342
Ohio State  350
Baldwin–Wallace  240
Central Michigan  120
Indiana State Normal  120
North Dakota Agricultural  120
Wabash  251
Ohio Wesleyan  250
Ohio  130
Haskell  270
Missouri  141
Wittenberg  151
Fairmount  010
College of Emporia  020
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The 1898 Detroit College Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Detroit College (renamed the University of Detroit in 1911) as an independent during the 1898 college football season. In its third season under head coach William S. Robinson, the team compiled a 5–0 record and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 91 to 12. The team played games against Detroit School for Boys, Irvings, Detroit Alumni, Michigan Military Academy and Mount Clemens High School.[1]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
Detroit School for BoysDetroit, MIW 31–0
IrvingsW 5–0
Detroit alumniDetroit, MIW 22–0
November 17at Michigan Military AcademyOrchard Lake, MIW 21–6[19]
November 24at Mount Clemens High SchoolMount Clemens, MIW 12–6[20]
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1899

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1899 Detroit College Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–1–1
Head coach
Seasons
 1898
1900 
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1899 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Kansas  1000
North Dakota  600
Detroit College  500
Lincoln (MO)  100
Ohio State  901
Iowa  801
Washington University  510
Missouri  920
Chicago P&S  410
Mount Union  511
Indiana  620
South Dakota Agricultural  310
Wabash  101
Cincinnati  520
Drake  520
Heidelberg  520
Buchtel  210
Doane  210
Northern Illinois State  102
Notre Dame  631
Central Michigan  320
Fairmount  212
Carthage  321
Western Reserve  540
Wittenberg  540
Iowa State  541
College of Emporia  111
Ohio  220
Rush Medical  331
Ohio Wesleyan  550
Haskell  450
Lake Forest  462
Kansas State  230
Iowa State Normal  132
Washburn  252
Butler  130
Miami (OH)  150
Nebraska  171
North Dakota Agricultural  010
Baldwin–Wallace  040
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The 1899 Detroit College Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Detroit College (renamed the University of Detroit in 1911) as an independent during the 1899 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach William S. Robinson, the team compiled a 5–1–1 record and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 101 to 15. The team's sole loss came against the Detroit Athletic Club reserves. Its victories were against Detroit School for Boys, Detroit Central High School, Detroit Monroe High School, Gutchess Business College and the Detroit Alumni.[1]

Schedule

More information Date, Opponent ...
DateOpponentSiteResultSource
Central High SchoolDetroit, MIT 5–5
October 5Detroit School for Boys
  • Detroit Athletic Club grounds
  • Detroit, MI
W 12–0[21]
Central High SchoolDetroit, MIW 11–0
November 2Monroe High SchoolMonroe, MIW 17–0[22]
November 9Detroit Athletic Club reserves
  • Detroit Athletic Club grounds
  • Detroit
L 0–10[23]
Gutchess Business CollegeW 50–0
November 30Detroit alumni
W 6–0[24]
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1900

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1900 Detroit College Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–2
Head coach
Seasons
 1899
1901 
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1900 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Central Michigan  100
Lake Forest  100
Haskell  910
North Dakota Agricultural  811
Ohio State  811
Nebraska  611
Beloit  712
Kirksville Osteopaths  721
Washburn  620
Wittenberg  521
Drake  630
Doane  210
Notre Dame  631
Fairmount  530
Detroit College  320
South Dakota Agricultural  320
Washington University  321
Carthage  430
Wabash  540
Lincoln (MO)  220
Missouri  441
Northern Illinois State  222
Iowa State Normal  341
Buchtel  231
Cincinnati  351
Ohio  241
Kansas State  240
Kansas  252
Ohio Wesleyan  252
Iowa State  251
Butler  013
Heidelberg  022
Chicago P&S  130
Mount Union  141
Miami (OH)  040
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The 1900 Detroit College Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Detroit College (renamed the University of Detroit in 1911) as an independent during the 1900 college football season. In its first season under head coach John C. Mackey, the team compiled a 3–2 record and outscored its opponents by a total of 71 to 23. Five of the team's opponents were high schools. The only intercollegiate game was an 11–0 victory over Loyola University Chicago.[25]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
Detroit University SchoolDetroit, MIW 23–0
Wyandotte High SchoolW 17–0
October 27Ann Arbor High School
  • Detroit Athletic Club grounds
  • Detroit, MI
L 0–11[26]
November 3Central High School
  • Detroit Athletic Club grounds
  • Detroit, MI
L 5–6[27]
November 29St. Ignatius College ChicagoW 11–0[28][29]
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1901

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1901 Detroit College Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–3
Head coach
Seasons
 1900
1902 
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1901 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Saint Louis  1000
North Dakota Agricultural  700
Marquette  401
Northern Illinois State  610
Notre Dame  811
Ohio Wesleyan  820
Kirksville Osteopaths  1030
Nebraska  620
Ohio  612
Doane  310
Haskell  620
Lake Forest  1050
Ohio State  531
Washington University  531
Ohio Medical  531
Iowa State Normal  532
South Dakota Agricultural  320
Beloit  533
Washburn  323
Carthage  110
Drake  440
Detroit College  330
Mount Union  551
Wittenberg  440
Kansas State  341
Iowa State  262
Kansas  352
Wabash  470
Fairmount  360
Heidelberg  131
Miami (OH)  131
Cincinnati  141
Case  270
Missouri  161
Butler  010
Chicago Eclectic Medical  030
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The 1901 Detroit College Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Detroit College (renamed the University of Detroit in 1911) as an independent during the 1901 college football season. In its second season under head coach John C. Mackey, the team compiled a 3–3 record and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 66 to 58. Four of the team's opponents were high schools, and a fifth game was played against alumni. The only intercollegiate game was an 11–0 victory over Detroit Business University.[25]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5Detroit University SchoolDetroit, MIL 11–12[30]
October 18Mount Clemens High SchoolMount Clemens, MIL 11–24[31]
October 24Western High School
W 12–5[32]
November 204:00 p.m.Detroit Business University
  • Bennett Park
  • Detroit, MI
W 11–0350[33]
Central High SchoolDetroit, MIL 5–6
November 28Detroit College alumni
  • Bennett Park
  • Detroit
W 16–11
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1902

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1902 Detroit College Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–3
Head coach
Seasons
 1901
1903 
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1902 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Nebraska  900
South Dakota  900
North Dakota Agricultural  400
Central Michigan  400
Ohio Medical  910
Marquette  611
Knox  920
Northern Illinois State  511
Haskell  821
Notre Dame  621
Drake  521
Lincoln (MO)  210
Mount Union  630
Iowa State  631
Carthage  211
Cincinnati  422
Missouri  530
Miami (OH)  531
Kansas  640
South Dakota Agricultural  320
Fairmount  431
Detroit College  330
Lake Forest  441
Lincoln (MO)  110
Western Illinois  220
Wittenberg  342
Washburn  340
Doane  230
Heidelberg  351
Wabash  242
Buchtel  250
Washington University  261
Butler  130
Kansas State  260
Michigan State Normal  151
Iowa State Normal  161
Ohio  051
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The 1902 Detroit College Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Detroit College (renamed the University of Detroit in 1911) as an independent during the 1902 college football season. In its first season under head coachEdward J. Ryan, the team compiled a 3–3 record and were outscored its opponents by a combined total of 33 to 32. The team opened the season with an 11-0 loss to Michigan Agricultural.[25]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 4Michigan AgriculturalL 0–11[34]
October 18WalkervilleW 11–0[35]
November 1Y.M.C. of Saint Vincent's ChurchL 0–5[36]
November 5Central High School
  • Detroit Athletic Club grounds
  • Detroit, MI
W 11–0[37]
November 15Detroit University SchoolDetroit, MIL 5–17[38]
November 27Seldens
  • Detroit Athletic Club grounds
  • Detroit, MI
W 5–0[39]
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1903

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1903 Detroit College Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4
Head coach
Seasons
 1902
1904 
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1903 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Nebraska  1100
North Dakota  700
Central Michigan  600
Notre Dame  801
Iowa State  810
Marquette  710
Lake Forest  610
North Dakota Agricultural  510
Haskell  720
St. Xavier  720
Fairmount  620
Wabash  930
Wittenberg  521
Doane  210
Northern Illinois State  420
American Medical  630
Kansas  630
Drake  530
Kirksville Osteopaths  530
Iowa State Normal  431
Ohio Medical  540
Lincoln (MO)  110
Michigan State Normal  440
Washington University  442
Heidelberg  342
Kansas State  341
Detroit College  340
Shurtleff  241
Ohio  240
South Dakota Agricultural  120
Mount Union  251
DePauw  261
Miami (OH)  140
Missouri  171
Western Illinois  031
Cincinnati  180
Baldwin–Wallace  010
Buchtel  020
Butler  030
Chicago P&S  040
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The 1903 Detroit College Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Detroit College (renamed the University of Detroit in 1911) as an independent during the 1903 college football season. In its first season under head coach W. Alfred Debo, the team compiled a 3–4 record and were outscored its opponents by a combined total of 71 to 23. The team lost to the Michigan freshman team by a 45–0 score.[25]

Schedule

More information Date, Opponent ...
DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3Detroit Athletic ClubDetroit, MIL 0–15[40]
October 10Michigan State Normal
  • Detroit Athletic Club field
  • Detroit, MI
W 6–0[41]
October 17Michigan freshmen
  • Detroit Athletic Club grounds
  • Detroit, MI
L 0–45[42]
October 29Polish Seminary
  • Detroit Athletic Club grounds
  • Detroit, MI
W 5–0[43]
November 5Eastern High School
  • Detroit Athletic Club field
  • Detroit, MI
L 5–6[44]
November 12at Michigan State NormalYpsilanti, MIL 0–5[45]
November 26Central High School
  • Detroit Athletic Club grounds
  • Detroit, MI
W 12–0[46]
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1904

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1904 Detroit College Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–2
Head coach
Seasons
 1903
1905 
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1904 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Saint Louis  1000
Bethany (KS)  700
Northern Illinois State  500
Cape Girardeau Normal  200
Haskell  810
Cincinnati  710
Butler  610
Doane  510
Kansas  811
DePauw  820
Iowa State  720
Ohio Northern  721
Michigan State Normal  620
Wittenberg  620
Marquette  520
Nebraska  730
Detroit College  420
South Dakota State  421
Notre Dame  530
Iowa State Normal  531
Western Illinois  640
Heidelberg  641
Drake  540
Carthage  002
North Dakota Agricultural  330
Wabash  440
Fairmount  450
Lake Forest  351
Ohio Medical  242
Washington University  470
Ohio  241
Missouri  360
Mount Union  260
Miami (OH)  150
Kansas State  160
American Medical  030
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The 1904 Detroit College Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Detroit College (renamed the University of Detroit in 1911) as an independent during the 1904 college football season. In its second season under head coach Alfred W. Debo, the team compiled a 4–2 record and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 76 to 28.[25]

Schedule

More information Date, Opponent ...
DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 8at WyandotteWyandotte, MIW 12–11[47]
October 13at Delray High School
W 6–0[48]
October 22Detroit College of Medicine
W 44–0[49]
October 29Metropolitan Business College
  • Bennett Park
  • Detroit, MI
L 4–11[50]
November 3at Mount Clemens High SchoolMount Clemens, MIW 10–0[51]
November 24Eastern High School
  • Bennett Park
  • Detroit, MI
L 0–6[52]
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1905

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1905 Detroit College Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–0
Head coach
  • Jerry Girardin (1st season)
Seasons
 1904
1906 
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1905 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Lincoln (MO)  300
Detroit College  100
Kansas  1010
Central Michigan  710
Doane  510
Nebraska  920
Saint Louis  720
Butler  721
Kansas State  620
Northern Illinois State  311
Carthage  420
Western Illinois  420
Iowa State  630
Washington University  732
Wittenberg  740
Heidelberg  640
Iowa State Normal  532
Cincinnati  530
Miami (OH)  430
Missouri  540
Notre Dame  540
Fairmount  541
Haskell  541
Lake Forest  650
Wabash  650
Drake  440
Michigan State Normal  440
Marquette  340
South Dakota State  230
Ohio  252
DePauw  360
Mount Union  260
North Dakota Agricultural  141
Baldwin–Wallace  010
Chicago P&S  010
St. Mary's (OH)  030
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The 1905 Detroit College Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Detroit College (renamed the University of Detroit in 1911) as an independent during the 1905 college football season. Jerry Girardin was hired in mid-October as the team's head coach.[53] The team initially had a schedule with six opponents.[54] However, on November 9, the college's president, Rev. Kellinger, refused to allow the football team to play the Detroit University School and declared that football "as it is played today is altogether too rough" and that the game was also too expensive.[55] In response, coach Girardin said he would never coach a team of the college again. The team was then disbanded.[55]

Schedule

More information Date, Opponent ...
DateOpponentSiteResultSource
November 2at Monroe High SchoolMonroe, MIW 26–0[54][56]
November 4Detroit College of Law
?[57]
November 11at Detroit Athletic Club
  • Detroit Athletic Club grounds
  • Detroit, MI
Cancelled
November 16at Jackson High SchoolJackson, MICancelled
November 23at Michigan State NormalYpsilanti, MICancelled
November 30Eastern High SchoolDetroit, MICancelled
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1906

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1906 Detroit College Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–2–1
Head coach
Seasons
 1905
1907 
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1906 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Saint Louis  1100
North Dakota Agricultural  500
Butler  100
Michigan State Normal  501
Iowa State  910
Ohio  710
Notre Dame  610
St. Mary's (OH)  510
Fairmount  712
Wabash  511
South Dakota State  310
Kansas  722
Kansas State  520
Missouri  521
Detroit College  421
Northern Illinois State  421
Carthage  320
Lake Forest  320
Nebraska  640
Wittenberg  541
Heidelberg  331
Washington University  222
Beloit  341
Franklin  340
Doane  230
Shurtleff  242
Western State Normal  120
Mount Union  251
Drake  250
Haskell  250
Marquette  142
Chicago P&S  011
Cincinnati  072
Western Illinois  030
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The 1906 Detroit College Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Detroit College (renamed the University of Detroit in 1911) as an independent during the 1906 college football season. In its second season under head coach Edward J. Ryan, the team compiled a 4–2–1 record and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 52 to 21.[58]

The football team had disbanded during the 1905 season. In early October 1906, the college faculty decided upon further consideration to allow students to participate in sports, on the condition that the athletic association bear all expense.[59]

Schedule

More information Date, Opponent ...
DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 11at Mount Clemens High School
W 5–0[60]
October 25at Michigan State NormalYpsilanti, MIL 0–6[61]
November 3Ypsilanti High School
W 28–0[62]
November 8at AdrianAdrian, MIT 0–0[63]
November 15Eastern High School
  • Detroit Athletic Club field
  • Detroit, MI
W 2–0[64]
November 24at Delray High School
  • Solvay grounds
  • Detroit, MI
W 17–11[65]
November 29Hudson High School
L 0–4[66]
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1907

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1907 Detroit College Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–3
Head coach
Seasons
 1906
1909 
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1907 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Marquette  600
North Dakota Agricultural  300
Lincoln (MO)  100
Notre Dame  601
Miami (OH)  610
Michigan  510
Mount Union  920
Fairmount  820
Iowa State  620
Lake Forest  411
South Dakota State  520
St. Vincent's (IL)  520
Wabash  520
Saint Louis  730
Western State Normal  421
Kansas State  530
Michigan State Normal  320
Wittenberg  540
Central Michigan  330
Drake  341
Ohio  341
Western Illinois  230
Franklin  351
Heidelberg  241
Butler  132
Carthage  250
Haskell  261
Chicago P&S  130
Detroit College  130
Northern Illinois State  141
Doane  150
St. Mary's (OH)  040
Baldwin–Wallace  060
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The 1907 Detroit College Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Detroit College (renamed the University of Detroit in 1911) as an independent during the 1907 college football season. In its first season under head coach George A. Kelly, the team compiled a 1–3 record and was outscored by its opponents by a combined total of 59 to 6.[58]

Schedule

More information Date, Opponent ...
DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3at Michigan AgriculturalEast Lansing, MIL 0–17[67]
October 17at AdrianAdrian, MIW 6–5[68]
October 26Michigan State Normal
L 0–7[69]
November 9Detroit Athletic ClubDetroit, MIL 0–30[70]
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1908

No team

1909

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1909 Detroit College Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–1–2
Head coach
Seasons
 1907
1910 
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1909 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Iowa State Normal  600
Notre Dame  701
Michigan Agricultural  810
Carthage  610
Michigan  610
Western State Normal  610
Mount Union  820
Lake Forest  511
Haskell  720
Detroit College  312
Butler  530
Central Michigan  430
St. Mary's (OH)  430
Cincinnati  431
Doane  323
Buchtel  440
Rose Poly  440
Marquette  221
North Dakota Agricultural  221
Wabash  341
Miami (OH)  340
Ohio  242
Saint Louis  350
Michigan State Normal  240
Western Illinois  120
Fairmount  251
Northern Illinois State  260
South Dakota State  130
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The 1909 Detroit College Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Detroit College (later renamed the University of Detroit) as an independent during the 1909 college football season. In its second season under head coach George A. Kelly, the team compiled a 3–1–2 record and shut out four opponents, but was outscored by its opponents by a combined total of 35 to 17. The team opened the season with a 27–0 loss to Michigan Agricultural (later renamed Michigan State University).[58]

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 7at Michigan AgriculturalEast Lansing, MIL 0–27[71]
October 16OlivetT 0–0[72]
October 21at AdrianAdrian, MIW 5–0[73]
October 29Hillsdale
  • Detroit Athletic Club
  • Detroit, MI
W 3–0[74]
November 4at FindlayFindlay, OHT 0–0[75]
November 13Michigan State Normal
  • Detroit Athletic Club
  • Detroit, MI
W 9–8[76]
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