1896 Detroit College Tigers football team

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

1896 Detroit College Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2
Head coach
1896 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Carthage    4 0 0
Washburn    6 1 1
Iowa Agricultural    8 2 0
Central Michigan    3 1 0
Miami (OH)    3 1 0
Ohio Wesleyan    6 2 0
Detroit College    5 2 0
North Dakota Agricultural    3 1 1
Heidelberg    2 1 0
Indiana    6 3 0
Ohio    4 2 1
Missouri    7 5 0
Beloit    2 1 3
Butler    4 3 0
Iowa State Normal    4 3 0
Notre Dame    4 3 0
Cincinnati    4 3 1
Wittenberg    5 4 0
Baldwin–Wallace    2 2 0
Kansas State    0 1 1
Ohio State    5 5 1
Lake Forest    3 4 1
Mount Union    3 4 1
Wabash    3 4 0
Drake    2 3 0
Chicago P&S    2 4 2
Michigan Agricultural    1 2 1
Indiana State    0 1 0
Buchtel    0 1 0
Washington University    0 2 0
Haskell    0 4 0
Doane    0 5 0

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

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
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 0–20[3]

Players

The team included the following players:

References

  1. "Detroit Yearly Results (1896-1900)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  2. "University of Detroit Football Collection". University of Detroit. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  3. "Garnet and Gold Won: St. Ignatius College Beat the Detroit Boys 20 to 0". Detroit Free Press. November 27, 1896. p. 4.
  4. "College Boys Won". The Detroit Free Press. November 13, 1896. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "First Game for Detroit College". The Detroit Free Press. October 15, 1896. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "The College Juniors Won the Game". The Detroit Free Press. October 16, 1896. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Football: Students Shut Out Soldiers". The Detroit Free Press. October 23, 1896. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Football: College and High School To-Day". The Detroit Free Press. October 29, 1896. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "College and Cadets Meet To-day". The Detroit Free Press. November 19, 1896. p. 2 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "The Detroit College Beat the Cadets". The Detroit Free Press. November 20, 1896. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Ernest A. O'Brien, Federal Judge, Dies". Detroit Free Press. October 10, 1948. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Ex-Dem Chairman Debo Dies". Detroit Free Press. March 8, 1960. p. 18 via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Msg. M. W. Chawke, Flint Pastor, Dies at 79". Detroit Free Press. January 30, 1950. p. 13 via Newspapers.com.
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