1936 Duquesne Dukes football team

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1936 Duquesne Dukes football
Orange Bowl champion
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 14
1936 record8–2
Head coach
Seasons
← 1935
1937 →
1936 Eastern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Anselm   –   6 – 0 – 1
No. 3 Pittsburgh   –   8 – 1 – 1
No. 10 Penn   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 12 Yale   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 13 Dartmouth   –   7 – 1 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   7 – 1 – 1
No. 14 Duquesne   –   8 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   6 – 1 – 2
Boston University   –   5 – 1 – 2
No. 15 Fordham   –   5 – 1 – 2
Holy Cross   –   7 – 2 – 1
Villanova   –   7 – 2 – 1
Army   –   6 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   6 – 3 – 0
Drexel   –   6 – 3 – 0
Temple   –   6 – 3 – 2
Buffalo   –   5 – 3 – 0
Columbia   –   5 – 3 – 0
NYU   –   5 – 3 – 1
Princeton   –   4 – 2 – 2
Manhattan   –   6 – 4 – 0
La Salle   –   6 – 4 – 1
Northeastern   –   5 – 4 – 0
Bucknell   –   4 – 4 – 1
CCNY   –   4 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   3 – 3 – 1
Harvard   –   3 – 4 – 1
Cornell   –   3 – 5 – 0
Penn State   –   3 – 5 – 0
Brown   –   3 – 7 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   2 – 6 – 0
Massachusetts State   –   2 – 6 – 0
Syracuse   –   1 – 7 – 0
Vermont   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1936 Duquesne Dukes football team represented Duquesne University in the 1936 college football season. The Dukes were led by first-year head coach John "Clipper" Smith. An upset victory over cross-town rival and national powerhouse Pittsburgh thrust Duquesne into the national spotlight.[1] Another upset victory over previously undefeated Marquette[2] secured the team a spot in the 1937 Orange Bowl, where they defeated Mississippi State, 13–12. Duquesne was ranked 14th in the final poll of the AP Poll in its inaugural year.[3]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 25WaynesburgPittsburgh, PAW 14–0
October 2Rice
W 14–0
October 9GenevaPittsburgh, PAW 33–0
October 17vs. Pittsburgh
W 7–0
October 23West Virginia WesleyanNo. 11Pittsburgh, PAL 0–2
October 30at Detroit
L 7–14
November 6at Washington University
W 26–0
November 14at Carnegie Tech
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 13–0
November 21No. 7 MarquetteNo. 20Pittsburgh, PAW 13–0
January 1vs. Mississippi StateNo. 14
W 13–12
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References[]

  1. ^ "Duquesne Upsets Pitt, 7-0". The Atlanta Constitution. October 18, 1936. p. 1B.
  2. ^ "Duquesne Crushes Marquette Rose Bowl Hopes With Upset". The Washington Post. November 22, 1936. p. X1.
  3. ^ "1936 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  4. ^ "Duquesne Routs Rice". The Washington Post. October 3, 1936. p. X18.
  5. ^ "1936 Duquesne Dukes Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
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