1915 Detroit Tigers football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1915 Detroit Tigers football Independent 1–5 Harry Costello 1st Mack Park The 1915 Detroit Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Detroit in the 1915 college football season. In its first season under head coach Harry Costello, the team compiled a 1–5 record and was outscored by its opponents by a combined total of 207 to 18.Detroit Yearly Results (1915-1919) David DeLassus College Football Data Warehouse December 8, 2015 http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/discontinued/d/detroit/yearly_results.php?year=1915 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052258/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/discontinued/d/detroit/yearly_results.php?year=1915 March 4, 2016 In its schedule for the 1915 University of Detroit football team, College Football Data Warehouse erroneously included an undated game against Hutchinson Central High School from Buffalo, New York. However, the Detroit Free Press for October 17, 1915, at page 23, shows that the game against Hutchinson was played on October 16 at Elmwood Field by the "Detroit University School", a high school team in Detroit, not by the University of Detroit. In fact, the University of Detroit team played a game against Olivet College at Mack Park on the same afternoon.D.U.S. Shuts Out Buffalo in Hard Tilt Detroit Free Press October 17, 1915 23 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20354527/olivet_beats_university_in_initial_half/ Newspapers.com Schedule y October 2 Detroit alumni Mack Park Detroit, MI W 7-6 Both Tilts Are Taken by 7 to 6: University of Detroit Beats Alumni, While Eastern Loses to Ypsi in Football Double-Header at Mack Park Detroit Free Press October 3, 1915 19 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20354579/both_tilts_are_taken_by_7_to_6/ Newspapers.com October 9 at 1915 Heidelberg Heidelberg Armstrong Field Tiffin, OH L 8-30 Heidelberg Is Too Much for U. of D. Eleven: Ohioans Score Four Touchdowns and Safety on Local University, Scoring 30 Points Detroit Free Press October 10, 1915 20 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20354677/heidelberg_is_too_much_for_u_of_d/ Newspapers.com October 16 1915 Olivet Crimson Olivet Mack Park Detroit, MI L 3-25 Olivet Beats University in Initial Half Detroit Free Press October 17, 1915 23 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20354527/olivet_beats_university_in_initial_half/ Newspapers.com October 23 at Michigan State Normal Normal Field Ypsilanti, MI L 0-46 Ypsi Crushes University in Easy Fashion: Strong Normals Run Up Score of 46 to 0 on Coach Costello's Green Team Detroit Free Press K.W. Hall October 24, 1915 22 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17189651/ypsi_crushes_university_in_easy/ Newspapers.com October 30 Polish Seminary Mack Park Detroit, MI L 0-21 Poles Trounce U. of D. Team in First Half: Score 21 Points in First 30 Minutes But Are Held Scoreless After That Detroit Free Press October 31, 1915 18 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20354605/poles_trounce_u_of_d_team_in_first/ Newspapers.com November 13 at Michigan freshmen Ferry Field Ann Arbor, MI L 0-79 University Is Handed Severe Jolt by Fresh: Michigan Yearlings Sprint Through and Around Detroiters for Total of 79 Points Detroit Free Press November 14, 1915 21 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20354642/university_is_handed_severe_jolt_by/ Newspapers.com References Detroit Category:Detroit Titans football seasons Detroit Tigers football Detroit Tigers football