1950 Detroit Titans football team
American college football season
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The 1950 Detroit Titans football team represented the University of Detroit in the 1950 college football season. Detroit outscored its opponents by a combined total of 226 to 143 and finished with a 6–3–1 record in its sixth year under head coach Chuck Baer.[1] It was the 56th season of intercollegiate football for the University of Detroit.[2]
- Chuck Baer (6th season)
- Tom Costello
- Nick Galante
| 1950 Detroit Titans football | |
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 6–3–1 (2–1–1 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | University of Detroit Stadium |
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| No. 19 Tulsa $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detroit | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wichita | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bradley | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Titans had won the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) championship in 1949 and were co-favorites with Tulsa to win the conference championship in 1950.[3] The Titans ultimately finished in second place behind Tulsa.
Two Titans were selected as first-team players on the 1950 All-Missouri Valley Conference football team: guards Alex Smail and Ed Wood.[4]
Dutch Clark, later inducted into both the Pro and College Football Halls of Fame, joined the Titans' staff as backfield coach in 1950.[5][6] Bob Ivory and Eddie Barbour were also assistant coaches for the 1950 team. Bob O'Malley and Mike Kaysserian were hired to coach the freshman team.[7]
End Tom Costello and Nick Galante were co-captains of the 1950 team.[8] After the season, fullback Mike Goggins and tackle Joe Kutz were named captains of the 1951 team.[4]
In late December 1950, Chuck Baer resigned as the Titans' head football coach, citing "personal reasons". The resignation was considered a surprise, but followed rumors of a shakeup after the university president, the Very Rev. Celestin J. Steiner, appointed a committee to investigate and make recommendations about the university's entire athletic program.[9]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 22 | Hillsdale* | W 40–0 | 12,451 | [10] | |||
| September 29 | Wayne* |
| W 34–0 | 19,257 | [11] | ||
| October 6 | Wichita |
| L 13–21 | [12] | |||
| October 13 | Marquette* |
| L 13–27 | 12,356 | [13] | ||
| October 21 | at Tulsa | T 13–13 | 12,356 | [14] | |||
| October 27 | Drake |
| W 14–13 | 6,255 | [15] | ||
| November 3 | Villanova* |
| W 18–7 | 8,775 | [16] | ||
| November 12 | Duquesne* |
| W 47–14 | 7,129 | [17][18] | ||
| November 18 | at Oklahoma A&M | W 20–13 | [19] | ||||
| November 26 | at San Francisco* | L 13–35 | 11,783 | [20][21] | |||
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Players
- Ed Beirne, end
- Tom Costello, end and co-captain
- Miles Currie, end
- Nick Galante, guard and co-captain
- Mike Goggins, fullback
- Ron Horwath, left halfback
- Danny Kerins, tackle
- Johnny "Red" O'Connor, quarterback
- Jack O'Leary, right halfback
- Dick Neveux, quarterback
- John Packo, center
- Alex Smail, guard
- Lee Wittmer, tackle
- Ed Wood, guard