The team compiled a 1–6 record and was outscored by its opponents by a combined total of 95 to 10.
[1] Joe Gembis was hired as the team's head coach in July 1932.
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.
Dan Dobbins, a substitute halfback, kicked a field goal in the last eight seconds.