1949 Duquesne Dukes football team

1949 Eastern college football independents records
	Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Duquesne Dukes football team was an American football team that represented Duquesne University as an independent during the 1949 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Phil Ahwesh, Duquesne compiled a 3–6 record and was outscored by a total of 210 to 140.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Wake Forest, NC	L 7–22	12,000
October 1	at Muhlenberg	Allentown, PA	W 14–6
October 7	at Alabama	Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL	L 8–48	15,000
October 15	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 40–14	7,500	^[2]
October 22	Villanova	Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–20
October 29	Saint Louis	Pittsburgh, PA	W 51–14
November 12	at Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	L 20–33
November 19	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	L 0–40		^[3]
November 24	at Chattanooga	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 0–13	8,000	^[4]

^ "1949 Duquesne Dukes Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
^ Drum, Bob (October 28, 1949). "Holy Cross' Team Bows to Underdogs". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Georgia routs Duquesne, 40–0". The Atlanta Constitution. November 20, 1949. Retrieved February 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Dukes beaten by Chattanooga, 13–0". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 25, 1949. Retrieved September 8, 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

1949 Eastern college football independents records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 4 Army		–		9	–	0	–	0
Brown		–		8	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Cornell		–		8	–	1	–	0
No. 13 Villanova		–		8	–	1	–	0
Bucknell		–		6	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth		–		6	–	2	–	0
Buffalo		–		6	–	3	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		6	–	3	–	0
Princeton		–		6	–	3	–	0
Fordham		–		5	–	3	–	0
Tufts		–		5	–	3	–	1
Carnegie Tech		–		5	–	3	–	1
Penn State		–		5	–	4	–	0
Temple		–		5	–	4	–	0
Penn		–		4	–	4	–	0
Yale		–		4	–	4	–	0
Boston College		–		4	–	4	–	1
Syracuse		–		4	–	5	–	0
Drexel		–		3	–	3	–	1
Duquesne		–		3	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall		–		2	–	5	–	2
CCNY		–		2	–	5	–	1
NYU		–		3	–	6	–	0
Columbia		–		2	–	7	–	0
Hofstra		–		1	–	5	–	1
Colgate		–		1	–	8	–	0
Harvard		–		1	–	8	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll