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Oct 03, 2022
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It has been nearly sixty years since the University of Detroit lost a football game, the last coming in a 17-9 loss at Boston College in 1964. However, the Titans once had a proud football tradition that began in 1896, playing a mid-tier schedule competing with other Catholic and private universities, plus a few nearby public schools.

The University of Detroit football stadium opened in 1922 with a capacity of 20,000, later expanded to 25,000.

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