1936 Duquesne Dukes football team

1936 Duquesne Dukes football
Orange Bowl champion
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 14
Record8–2
Head coach
Home stadiumForbes Field
Seasons
← 1935
1937 →
1936 Eastern college football independents records
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
La Salle   –   6 – 3 – 1
Buffalo   –   5 – 3 – 0
Columbia   –   5 – 3 – 0
Princeton   –   4 – 2 – 2
Saint Vincent   –   5 – 3 – 0
NYU   –   5 – 3 – 1
Manhattan   –   6 – 4 – 0
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
Westminster (PA)   –   2 – 4 – 1
Brown   –   3 – 7 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   2 – 6 – 0
Massachusetts State   –   2 – 6 – 0
Providence   –   1 – 7 – 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

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
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[5]
October 30at Detroit
L 7–1415,000[6]
November 6at Washington University
W 26–0
November 14at Carnegie Tech
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 13–0
November 21No. 7 MarquetteNo. 20
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 13–027,871[7]
January 1vs. Mississippi StateNo. 14
W 13–129,210
  • 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. ^ Written at Pittsburgh. "DUQUESNE IS UPSET BY W.VA. WESLEYAN; Bobcats' 2-0 Victory Sends Pitt's Conqueror Tumbling From Football Heights". The New York Times. New York City. October 23, 1936. Retrieved June 20, 2023. Duquesne University, which scaled the gridiron heights in the East last week by upsetting the mighty Pitt Panthers, were jolted right out of their championship aspirations tonight by a fighting band of Bobcats from West Virginia Wesleyan who won, 2–0, at Forbes Field.
  6. ^ Jack Sell (October 31, 1936). "Detroit Rally Duquesne, 14-7". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Biederman, Lester (November 22, 1936). "Dukes snap Marquette's win streak, 13–0". The Pittsburgh Press. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
  8. ^ "1936 Duquesne Dukes Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 14, 2017.