1939 Duquesne Dukes football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 10
Record8–0–1
Head coach
Home stadiumForbes Field
1939 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Cornell   –  8 –0 –0
No. 10 Duquesne   –  8 –0 –1
Swarthmore   –  6 –0 –1
Scranton   –  7 –0 –2
Princeton   –  7 –1 –0
La Salle   –  6 –1 –1
Penn State   –  5 –1 –2
No. 11 Boston College   –  9 –2 –0
No. 17 Fordham   –  6 –2 –0
Villanova   –  6 –2 –0
Boston University   –  5 –3 –0
Brown   –  5 –3 –1
Dartmouth   –  5 –3 –1
Hofstra   –  4 –3 –0
NYU   –  5 –4 –0
Pittsburgh   –  5 –4 –0
Harvard   –  4 –4 –0
Manhattan   –  4 –4 –0
Penn   –  4 –4 –0
Syracuse   –  3 –3 –2
Vermont   –  3 –3 –2
Tufts   –  3 –4 –1
Yale   –  3 –4 –1
Army   –  3 –4 –2
Bucknell   –  3 –5 –0
Carnegie Tech   –  3 –5 –0
Providence   –  3 –5 –0
Columbia   –  2 –4 –2
Massachusetts State   –  2 –5 –2
Colgate   –  2 –5 –1
Temple   –  2 –7 –0
CCNY   –  1 –7 –0
Buffalo   –  0 –7 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Duquesne Dukes football team represented Duquesne University in the 1939 college football season. The Dukes were led by first-year head coach Aldo Donelli. For the second time in four years, the Dukes upset cross-town rivals Pittsburgh, this time as the Panthers were the number one team in the US.[1] The Dukes finished undefeated, with a record of 8–0–1, and ranked 10th in the AP Poll.[2] They were ranked at No. 32 in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Illinois Wesleyan
W 31–0
October 6Waynesburg
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 20–0
October 14at Manhattan
W 7–0[4]
October 21at No. 1 Pittsburgh
W 21–1323,000–25,000[5][6]
October 27Texas TechNo. 11
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 13–0
November 4MarquetteNo. 13
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 21–1312,000[7]
November 11at NC StateNo. 12
W 7–013,000[8]
November 25at Carnegie TechNo. 12
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 22–737,500
December 2DetroitNo. 6
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
T 10–1023,691[9]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ↑ "Duquesne's Last-Half Surge Topples Pitt, 21-13". The Washington Post. October 22, 1939. p. X1.
  2. ↑ "1939 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  3. ↑ E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Duquesne Conquers Manhattan, 7 to 0". New York Daily News. October 15, 1939. p. C39 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Tom Hopkins (October 22, 1939). "Bluffites Rally to Hand Panthers First Defeat". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. p. Part 3-1. Retrieved November 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Chester L. Smith (October 22, 1039). "Hilltoppers Fight Back to Wipe Away 13–0 Lead". The Pittsburgh Press. p. Section 2–5. Retrieved November 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Chester L. Smith (November 5, 1939). "Dukes Trip Marquette, 21 to 13: Hilltoppers Spot Foemen Two Scores". The Pittsburgh Press. pp. Sports 1, 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Dukes beat N.C. State, 7–0". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. November 12, 1939. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Lester Biederman (December 3, 1939). "Detroit Ties Duquesne, 10-10". The Pittsburgh Press – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "1939 Duquesne Dukes Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
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