1940 Midwestern college football independents records
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t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Wayne
–
4
–
1
–
3
Detroit
–
7
–
2
–
0
Notre Dame
–
7
–
2
–
0
Xavier
–
7
–
3
–
0
Ohio
–
5
–
2
–
2
Dayton
–
6
–
3
–
0
Cincinnati
–
5
–
3
–
1
Wichita
–
6
–
4
–
0
Central Michigan
–
4
–
3
–
1
Marquette
–
4
–
4
–
0
Michigan State
–
3
–
4
–
1
Ohio Wesleyan
–
2
–
4
–
3
Akron
–
2
–
5
–
2
Western State Teachers (MI)
–
2
–
5
–
0
Michigan State Normal
–
1
–
5
–
1
Miami (OH)
–
0
–
7
–
1
The 1940 Detroit Titans football team represented the University of Detroit in the 1940 college football season. Detroit shut out six of nine opponents, outscored all opponents by a combined total of 147 to 27, and finished with a 7–2 record in its 16th year under head coach and College Football Hall of Fame inductee, Gus Dorais.[1] During the 1940 season, Dorais registered his 100th victory as coach of the Titans.[2] In his first 16 seasons with the University of Detroit, Dorais compiled a 101–42–7 record.
According to the American Football Statistical Bureau's 1940 yearbook, the Titans ranked first among the 13 major Midwestern schools (a category including the Western Conference teams) in total offense (322.3 yards per game), rushing offense (242.6 yards per game), total defense (140 yards per game), rushing defense (63.6 yards per game), first downs made (133), and fewest first downs against (58).[3]
Detroit was ranked at No. 38 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[4]
Detroit halfback Al Ghesquiere led the NCAA major college programs with 956 rushing yards, finishing ahead of Michigan's Heisman Trophy winner, Tom Harmon.[5] The team's center, Vince Banonis, was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. The team's captain was Casimere Brovarney. The assistant coaches were line coach Bud Boeringer and backfield coach Lloyd Brazil.[6]
^"1940 Detroit Mercy Titans Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
^W. W. Edgar (December 18, 1940). "Banonis Will Pilot 1941 Titan Football Team". Detroit Free Press. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
^"U. of D. Eleven Takes Offensive and Defensive Honors in Midwest". Detroit Free Press. December 22, 1940. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
^Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
^ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1182. ISBN 1401337031.(1940 NCAA Major College Statistical Leaders)
^Game program, 1940 Marquette game.
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