1939 Duquesne Dukes football team

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]

1939 Duquesne Dukes football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 10
Record8–0–1
Head coach
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

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Illinois WesleyanPittsburgh, PAW 31–0
October 6WaynesburgPittsburgh, PAW 20–0
October 14at ManhattanW 7–0[4]
October 21at No. 1 Pittsburgh
W 21–1323,000–25,000[5][6]
October 27Texas TechNo. 11Pittsburgh, PAW 13–0
November 4MarquetteNo. 13Pittsburgh, PAW 21–1312,000[7]
November 11at NC StateNo. 12W 7–0
November 25Carnegie TechNo. 12Pittsburgh, PAW 22–7
December 2DetroitNo. 6Pittsburgh, PAT 10–10
  • 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. "1939 Duquesne Dukes Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
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