1942 Duquesne Dukes football team

1942 Eastern college football independents records
	Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Duquesne Dukes football team was an American football team that represented Duquesne University as an independent during the 1942 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Aldo Donelli, Duquesne compiled a 6–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 143 to 58.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 26	Waynesburg		Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 26–0
October 3	at Holy Cross		Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 25–0
October 10	Kansas State		Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 33–0
October 17	at North Carolina	No. 13	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 6–13
October 24	at Manhattan		Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 7–10
October 31	Saint Vincent		Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 14–0
November 7	Saint Mary's		Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	T 7–7
November 14	at Mississippi State		Scott Field Starkville, MS	L 6–28
November 22	at Villanova		Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	W 6–0
November 26	Lakehurst NAS		Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 13–0
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "1942 Duquesne Dukes Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 8, 2020.

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

1942 Eastern college football independents records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Williams		–		7	–	1	–	0
No. 19 Penn State		–		6	–	1	–	1
No. 8 Boston College		–		8	–	2	–	0
Buffalo		–		6	–	2	–	0
Bucknell		–		6	–	2	–	1
Colgate		–		6	–	2	–	1
Army		–		6	–	3	–	0
Syracuse		–		6	–	3	–	0
Duquesne		–		6	–	3	–	1
Yale		–		5	–	3	–	0
Fordham		–		5	–	3	–	1
Penn		–		5	–	3	–	1
No. T–19 Holy Cross		–		5	–	4	–	1
Dartmouth		–		5	–	4	–	0
Brown		–		4	–	4	–	0
Villanova		–		4	–	4	–	0
Vermont		–		4	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech		–		3	–	3	–	0
Boston University		–		4	–	5	–	0
Cornell		–		3	–	5	–	1
Princeton		–		3	–	5	–	1
Temple		–		2	–	5	–	3
Columbia		–		3	–	6	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		3	–	6	–	0
Tufts		–		2	–	5	–	1
Franklin & Marshall		–		1	–	4	–	2
Massachusetts State		–		2	–	5	–	0
Harvard		–		2	–	6	–	1
Drexel		–		2	–	6	–	0
Manhattan		–		2	–	6	–	0
CCNY		–		1	–	7	–	1

Rankings from AP Poll