  Zitro Member Username: Zitro Post Number: 2402 Registered: 04-2008 |
The University. They had a program until about 1974 | ||
Zitro Member Username: Zitro Post Number: 2403 Registered: 04-2008 |
Not sure about the above date that was the last year a U of D grad played in the NFL. Here's a story about the Lions playing at U of D before moving to Briggs. Unlike previous Detroit pro football teams, the new Lions team was loaded with some of the finest players of the day and the team leader was Dutch Clark, a true triple-threat superstar and the last NFL dropkicker, who became a charter member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Playing in the University of Detroit Stadium before crowds of 12,000, the Lions won the NFL championship in their second year, 1935. Those early successes firmly established pro football in Detroit and for more than 60 years the sport has been an integral part of the Michigan sports scene. | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 4781 Registered: 04-2005 |
I wonder if they replaced the football field with Calahan Hall. | ||
Zitro Member Username: Zitro Post Number: 2404 Registered: 04-2008 |
I remember it being not too far from the tower. I may be confusing the Soup Bowl at U of D with the Goodfellow game too. Jokerman and Max Carey have already doone quite a bit of research on the topic on a thread a couple years ago. Here are the results from their efforts. http://www.shmsonline.org/CHSL /Boys+Sports+10650/Football+10 718/Football+-+Champions.htm | ||
Kellyroad Member Username: Kellyroad Post Number: 1235 Registered: 04-2007 |
Z: yes 1935. the year the Lions, Tigers, Wings, and Joe Louis were champions. UofD stadium was a nice size to watch a football game. The stadium was torn down in the 70s. Did you attend a game at UD high vs Notre Dame at U of D stadium? Eastburn did you? Jokerman? anyone else? Imagine watching an NFL game in a setting like that now..Outdoors, braving the elements, hot chocolate. Now imagine actually having a real NFL team represent your city..I digress | ||
Zitro Member Username: Zitro Post Number: 2405 Registered: 04-2008 |
If the Lions keep playing the way they are they might have to relocate back to a Stadium that only seats 12,000. Laing, now that your boys have finally lost a game, howz about asking them to lighten up this Thursday? You've got a lot of guys dinged up time to shake the rust off of Vince Young don't ya think? | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 4783 Registered: 04-2005 |
My daughter and her husband both went to UDM, and graduated from there, and I just don't remember a field. I know it was all about basketball when they were there. It was the Perry Watson years, and BB was king, so that could be why I never noticed. | ||
Kellyroad Member Username: Kellyroad Post Number: 1236 Registered: 04-2007 |
JC: The football field was along McNichols. It became a parking lot. | ||
Kellyroad Member Username: Kellyroad Post Number: 1237 Registered: 04-2007 |
  from the 1938 Tower yearbook | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 4784 Registered: 04-2005 |
Thanks, KR. You know, I remember when the Lions played outdoors at Tiger Stadium, and sitting in the snow and freezing cold to watch them. | ||
Eastburn Member Username: Eastburn Post Number: 553 Registered: 03-2008 |
I think I remember going to a ND game at U-D. But, then, I think I remember a lot of stuff that probably didn't happen. The effects of long-term drug & alcohol use, I'm afraid. Football was in full swing during my U-D years (62-66). I used to hang out with some of the players. The Lions also practiced there pre-season. Congratulations on our 7,000th post, KR! | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 4785 Registered: 04-2005 |
7000th?? | ||
12468_laing Member Username: 12468_laing Post Number: 273 Registered: 07-2008 |
zitro, that game sunday vs the jets was terrible to say the least. don't think young will be taking over the rest of the season - receivers dropped too many good passes, defense didn't tackle, and everyone seemed out of sync. all i can say for them is the monkey is off their backs. they were due to lose one or two, so now that it is over, onward. as for thursday's game, ya never know what can happen. thought the lions would pull it out vs the bucs - they ahd a good lead for a while. oh well. football and turkey - that is the answer for whatever ails ya. as for u of d football, my uncle played football when he was at UD in the 40's. | ||
Zitro Member Username: Zitro Post Number: 2406 Registered: 04-2008 |
Congrats on 7000 JC. KR, I must have went to the 65 Soup Bowl game against St. Ambrose. ND won 27-21. JC: I like BB King too. | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 4786 Registered: 04-2005 |
Yep, BB King is the greatest. I wonder if he played basketball? I'm confused by the 7000th comment, EB. Who has that many posts? | ||
Zitro Member Username: Zitro Post Number: 2408 Registered: 04-2008 |
Laing, some coaches don't put a lot of stock into a "Good" loss, but I think in this case it may have been what they needed to wake up and realize if they want it all it's going to be tough. Now all someone has to do is stick a sock in Lendale Whites mouth | ||
Zitro Member Username: Zitro Post Number: 2409 Registered: 04-2008 |
Must have been KR with the 7000th post, my bad. Check this out. It's from the 1943 Denby Navigator, I was looking to see if there was any reference to the Goodfellow game. Look at how they refer to an upcoming game against Hamtramck. At least they could have spelled Kielbasa right.  | ||
Campfire_girl Member Username: Campfire_girl Post Number: 38 Registered: 03-2008 |
Okay, I give up - how can you tell the number of the post? Lowell made me re-create my login id and password, so I don't even know how many posts I've made. and yes, to go back a few entries - there was nothing like a Lion's game seen from the 3rd upper deck in TS. I used to go there at lunch when I worked at the Book Bldg. The guard would let me in, and I would sit in the dugout -have some pictures by the goalposts. Loved that Stadium summer or winter! | ||
Kellyroad Member Username: Kellyroad Post Number: 1238 Registered: 04-2007 |
Remember very well the 1965 Goodfellow (the 1963 game wasn't mentioned in our 5th grade class and of course the events of that day overshadowed everything else) game at Tiger stadium. Our 7th grade teacher at St. Jude, Sr. Margaret Patrick, made a big deal out of that game. She asked who were fans of what school, who's going to win etc...It seemed 50/50. Many of the families at St. Jude had kids at Notre Dame or Denby. Notre Dame (and St. Ambrose) were the power house catholic football schools in the 60s..many of the catholic schools benefited from the excellent CYO football programs from schools such as St. Jude.....and powerhouse public schools like Denby also benefited from the CYO programs. The 1965 goodfellow game was especially significant because it was televised (I believe on WWJ channel 4)...of course that was during the day of only 3 to 4 local stations... and it was also during an era prior to state rankings, all the division playoffs, local access channel broadcasts etc. That goodfellow game in essence was a state championship game and all the bragging rights for the east side particularly...Yes the Kelly Road battles. In a way the result was disappointing..a 14-14 tie game. Also, in the fall of 1965 Sr. Margaret Patrick made a big deal out of the Michigan/Michigan State game....remember that was the year the Spartans along with the Fighting Irish were vying for the National Championship. Sr. put check marks on the board of who supported who...As I recall it was pretty even. | ||
Eastburn Member Username: Eastburn Post Number: 554 Registered: 03-2008 |
J, 7000th post in the thread. | ||
Kellyroad Member Username: Kellyroad Post Number: 1239 Registered: 04-2007 |
CFG: the 3rd deck of TS on a cold blizzard day trumps the morass that exists at Ford Field. | ||
Zitro Member Username: Zitro Post Number: 2410 Registered: 04-2008 |
I have a question for 7 or anyone else that may know. Do they have overtime rules for HS Football now? | ||
Zitro Member Username: Zitro Post Number: 2411 Registered: 04-2008 |
If I'm not confusing that game with a Soup Bowl game, I seem to recall Jim Navetta dropping a pass that would have been a sure touchdown with minutes to go in the game | ||
Kellyroad Member Username: Kellyroad Post Number: 1240 Registered: 04-2007 |
Z: OO Sa Sa Sa, Oo Sa Sa Sa, Hit em in the head with a big Kielbasa.... I get the feeling that the editors of the 43 Navigator lacked an unabridged dictionary and cultural sensitivity training. Besides, "kabassa" is a much more popular food to consume during a football game. On the grander scale it is interesting to see what was acceptable in yearbooks just a couple of generations ago. | ||
Campfire_girl Member Username: Campfire_girl Post Number: 39 Registered: 03-2008 |
KR - I agree!!!! EB - I understand the meaning of the number, I just don't know where to 'see" it. | ||
Zitro Member Username: Zitro Post Number: 2414 Registered: 04-2008 |
CFG: It's on the main page. Campfire_girl 7020 234 11-24-08 4:35 pm | ||
Kellyroad Member Username: Kellyroad Post Number: 1242 Registered: 04-2007 |
and now Zitro is 7021 at 4:55 and Kellyroad is 7022 at about 5:06 PM unless someone else sneaks one in (Message edited by kellyroad on November 24, 2008) | ||
12468_laing Member Username: 12468_laing Post Number: 274 Registered: 07-2008 |
i'll hang onto my 6000. that and a nickle may get me a cup of coffee. ha! | ||
Kellyroad Member Username: Kellyroad Post Number: 1243 Registered: 04-2007 |
Laing: be proud of your 6000. The millenium mark apparently is special. Ten thousand is not that far away. | ||
Campfire_girl Member Username: Campfire_girl Post Number: 40 Registered: 03-2008 |
Thanks Z - I never knew where to look when we hit the 6000 mark - and forgot about it until now. I always keep this window open, so I've never paid attention to the main page. It's enough for this work addled brain to keep up with messages, let alone message numbers. |
