| 1952 Detroit Titans football | |
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 3–6 (1–3 MVC) |
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| Captain | Peter Bonnani, John Koster |
| Home stadium | University of Detroit Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Tulsa | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detroit | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wichita | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1952 Detroit Titans football team represented the University of Detroit in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1952 college football season. In its second year under head coach Dutch Clark, Detroit compiled finished with a 3–6 record (1–3 against conference opponents), finished fourth in the MVC, and was outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 224 to 206.[1]
Ted Marchibroda, who later spent more than 40 years in the NFL as a player and coach, was the team's starting quarterback. Marchibroda led the nation with 1,813 yards of total offense in 1952, which included 1,637 passing yards.[2] On November 14, in his last home game for the Titans, Marchibroda set a new national, single-game record with 390 passing yards.[3]
The team's staff included Wally Fromhart (backfield coach), Bill Pritula (line coach), Edmund J. Barbour (freshmen coach), and Dr. Raymond D. Forsyth (trainer).[4] The team's co-captains were fullback Richard John Koster and end Peter Bonnani.[5]
- ^ "1952 Detroit Mercy Titans Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
- ^ "Ted Marchibroda Leads Nation in Total Yards". Binghamton Press. December 11, 1952. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
DFPTulsawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Game program: Detroit vs. Tulsa". University of Detroit. 1952. p. 5.
- ^ Detroit vs. Tulsa program, p. 7.