1932 Detroit City College Tartars football team
The 1932 Detroit City College Tartars football team represented Detroit City College (later renamed Wayne State University) as an independent during the 1932 college football season. The team compiled a 1–6 record and was outscored by its opponents by a combined total of 95 to 10.[1]
| 1932 Detroit City College Tartars football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| 1932 record | 1–6 |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Clarence Mumma |
| Home stadium | Kelsey Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western State (MI) | – | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | – | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Reserve | – | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detroit | – | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | – | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DePaul | – | 5 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan State Normal | – | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | – | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marquette | – | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | – | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Haskell | – | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detroit City | – | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Joe Gembis was hired as the team's head coach in July 1932. He succeeded Norman Wann as head coach. Gembis, a native of Vicksburg, Michigan, had played fullback for the Michigan Wolverines football team from 1927 to 1929; he coached Chesapeake High School in Chesapeake, Ohio, to a 14-4 record in 1931. Gembis agreed to coach the Detroit City College team in exchange for post graduate work.[2]
On October 8, the Tartars defeated Toledo, 3–0, for their only victory of the 1932 season. Dan Dobbins, a substitute halfback, kicked a field goal in the last eight seconds.[3]
During Gembis' 14-year tenure as the school's head football coach, the team began playing a higher caliber of opponents, including regular games against regular Michigan State, the University of Detroit, Central Michigan, Western Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Cincinnati, and Bowling Green. Gembis compiled an overall record of 42–51–8 at Detroit City College/Wayne University.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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| September 30 | at Albion | Albion, MI | L 0–7 | [4] |
| October 8 | at Toledo | Toledo, OH | W 3–0 | [3] |
| October 15 | Valparaiso |
| L 0–27 | [5] |
| October 29 | Central State |
| L 0–13 | [6] |
| November 5 | Kalamazoo |
| L 0–3 | [7] |
| November 11 | at Hope | Holland, MI | L 0–32 | [8] |
| November 19 | Defiance |
| L 7–13 | [9] |
References
- "2016 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Wayne State University. pp. 111, 114. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
- "Gembis Is New Tartar Coach". Detroit Free Press. July 24, 1932. p. Sports 1.
- "Tartars Beat Toledo Eleven". Detroit Free Press. October 9, 1932. p. 34 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Albion Victor Over Tartars". Detroit Free Press. October 1, 1932. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Tartars Lose to Valparaiso". Detroit Free Press. October 16, 1932. p. Sports 3 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Central State Downs Tartars". Detroit Free Press. October 30, 1932. p. 39 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Tartars Lose by Field Goal". Detroit Free Press. November 6, 1932. p. Sports 2 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Hope Crushes Tartar Eleven". Detroit Free Press. November 12, 1932. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
- "City College Is Defeated by Defiance Eleven, 13 to 7". Detroit Free Press. November 20, 1937. p. Sports 2.