James F. Duffy
Encyclopedia
James F. Duffy was an American football
coach. He was the head coach for the University of Detroit
Titans
for six seasons, from 1917 until 1924. He compiled a record of 43–12–1, giving him the highest winning percentage of any coach in Detroit Titans history. His 43 wins ranks second in school history behind Gus Dorais
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American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
coach. He was the head coach for the University of Detroit
University of Detroit Mercy
University of Detroit Mercy is a private, Roman Catholic co-educational university in Detroit, Michigan, United States, affiliated with the Society of Jesus and the Sisters of Mercy. Antoine M. Garibaldi is the president. With origins dating from 1877, it is the largest Roman Catholic university...
Titans
Detroit Titans football
The Detroit Titans were the college football team representing the University of Detroit from 1896 to 1964. In 1928, the Detroit Titans won a College Football National Championship under Gus Dorais, with a record of 9-0-0.-Championships:...
for six seasons, from 1917 until 1924. He compiled a record of 43–12–1, giving him the highest winning percentage of any coach in Detroit Titans history. His 43 wins ranks second in school history behind Gus Dorais
Gus Dorais
Charles Emile "Gus" Dorais was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He played college football as a quarterback at the University of Notre Dame, where he was an All-American in 1913, and then professionally with the Fort Wayne Friars and Massillon Tigers...
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