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1939 Duquesne Dukes football team

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1939 Duquesne Dukes football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 10
Record8–0–1
Head coach
Home stadiumForbes Field
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   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

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Illinois WesleyanW 31–0
October 6Waynesburg
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 20–0
October 14at ManhattanW 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. 12W 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

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  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.