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]

1939 Duquesne Dukes football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 10
1939 record8–0–1
Head coach
1939 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Cornell      8 0 0
No. 10 Duquesne      8 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
Hofstra      4 3 0
Brown      5 3 1
Dartmouth      5 3 1
NYU      5 4 0
Pittsburgh      5 4 0
Harvard      4 4 0
Manhattan      4 4 0
Penn      4 4 0
Syracuse      3 3 2
Tufts      3 4 1
Yale      3 4 1
Army      3 4 2
Bucknell      3 5 0
Carnegie Tech      3 5 0
Columbia      2 4 2
Massachusetts State      2 5 2
Colgate      2 5 1
Temple      2 7 0
Buffalo      0 7 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 29Illinois WesleyanPittsburgh, PAW 31–0
October 6WaynesburgPittsburgh, PAW 20–0
October 14at ManhattanW 7–0
October 21vs. No. 1 Pittsburgh
W 21–13
October 27Texas TechNo. 11Pittsburgh, PAW 13–0
November 4MarquetteNo. 13Pittsburgh, PAW 21–13
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. Effrat, Louis (October 15, 1939). "Duquesne Subdues Manhattan, 7 to 0". New York Times. p. 85.
  4. "1939 Duquesne Dukes Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
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