1931 Duquesne Dukes football team

The 1931 Duquesne Dukes football team was an American football team that represented Duquesne University as an independent during the 1931 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Elmer Layden, Duquesne compiled a 3–5–3 record and was outscored by a total of 85 to 56.^[1] The team played its home games at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 18	Geneva	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 13–7
September 26	at West Virginia	Morgantown, WV	L 6–14
October 2	Oglethorpe	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 6–0
October 9	West Virginia Wesleyan	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–12
October 16	Georgetown	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	T 0–0
October 23	Western Maryland	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	T 0–0
October 30	Catholic University	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	L 12–20
November 7	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 0–12
November 20	North Dakota	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 13–7
November 26	at Howard (AL)	Birmingham, AL	L 6–13	^[2]
December 5	Carnegie Tech	Pittsburgh, PA	T 0–0

^ "Duquesne Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2016-04-18. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
^ "Duquesne bows before Howard U., 13–6". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 27, 1931. Retrieved August 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

v t Duquesne Dukes football
Venues	Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field (1993–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1937 Orange Bowl
Culture & lore	""
People	NFL draftees
Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904–1912 1913 1914 1915–1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951–1968 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
National championship seasons in bold

1931 Eastern college football independents records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Colgate		–		8	–	1	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		8	–	1	–	0
Cornell		–		7	–	1	–	0
Drexel		–		7	–	1	–	0
Harvard		–		7	–	1	–	0
Temple		–		8	–	1	–	1
Bucknell		–		6	–	0	–	3
Columbia		–		7	–	1	–	1
Massachusetts State		–		7	–	1	–	1
Syracuse		–		7	–	1	–	1
Fordham		–		6	–	1	–	2
Army		–		8	–	2	–	1
Yale		–		5	–	1	–	2
Franklin & Marshall		–		6	–	2	–	0
Brown		–		7	–	3	–	0
Providence		–		7	–	3	–	0
Penn		–		6	–	3	–	0
NYU		–		6	–	3	–	1
Boston College		–		6	–	4	–	0
Washington & Jefferson		–		6	–	4	–	0
Tufts		–		3	–	2	–	2
Villanova		–		4	–	3	–	2
La Salle		–		4	–	4	–	0
Duquesne		–		3	–	5	–	3
Carnegie Tech		–		3	–	5	–	1
CCNY		–		2	–	5	–	1
Boston University		–		2	–	7	–	0
Penn State		–		2	–	8	–	0
Princeton		–		1	–	7	–	0
Vermont		–		1	–	8	–	0