1939 Duquesne Dukes football team

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1939 Duquesne Dukes football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 10
1939 record8–0–1
Head coach
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Eastern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   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
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
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]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 29Illinois WesleyanPittsburgh, PAW 31–0
October 6WaynesburgPittsburgh, PAW 20–0
October 14at Manhattan
W 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. 12
W 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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