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1960 Detroit Titans football team

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Conference
  
Independent

Head coach
  
Jim Miller (2nd year)

1960 record
  
7–2

Home stadium
  
University of Detroit Stadium

The 1960 Detroit Titans football team represented the University of Detroit in the 1960 college football season. Detroit outscored its opponents by a combined total of 181 to 136 and finished with a 7–2 record in its second year under head coach Jim Miller.

After losing the season opener to Iowa State, the Titans won seven games in a row, including victories over Cincinnati (14-0), Boston College (19-17), Marquette (32-12), and Villanova (13-7). The season ended with a 43-15 loss to Michigan State in East Lansing.

Four players from the 1960 team, Larry Vargo, Jim Shorter, Steve Stonebreaker, and Frank Jackunas went on to play in the NFL. In 2001, the 1960 Titans football team was inducted as a group into the Detroit Titans Hall of Fame.

Players

  • Fred Abele, end, 180 pounds, 6-1, Detroit
  • Billy Allen, halfback, 175 pounds, 5-10, Altoona, Pennsylvania
  • Tony Asher, guard, 205 pounds, 5-10, Detroit
  • Vic Battani, fullback, 205 pounds, 5-8, Detroit
  • Jim Cain, tackle, 223 pounds, 6-4, Toronto, Ontario
  • Paul Christ, guard, 190 pounds, 6-0, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Tom DeLuca, fullback, 205 pounds, 5-9, Akron, Ohio
  • Jerry Gross, quarterback, 168 pounds, 5-10, Bay City, Michigan
  • Tony Hanley, quarterback, 153 pounds, 5-9, Sunnyvale, California
  • Frank Jackunas, center, 215 pounds, 6-3, Baldwin, Michigan
  • Ted Karpowicz, halfback, 185 pounds, 6-0, Hamtramck, Michigan
  • Dave Loner, halfback, 185 pounds, 6-1/2, Southfield, Michigan
  • Bob Lusky, quarterback, 185 pounds, 6-0, Tamaqua, Pennsylvania
  • Tom Marshall, end, 190 pounds, 6-0, Lewes, Delaware
  • Jim Post, halfback, 185 pounds, 5-10, Coldwater, Michigan
  • Tom Shanahan, halfback, 170 pounds, 5-10, Chicago
  • Jim Shorter, halfback, 172 pounds, 5-10, Pontiac, Michigan
  • Steve Stonebreaker, end, 200 pounds, 6-3, Detroit
  • Joe Trapp, tackle, 220 pounds, 6-2, Scardsdale, New York
  • Larry Vargo, end 200 pounds, 6-3, Detroit

    • References

    1960 Detroit Titans football team Wikipedia
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