1942 Duquesne Dukes football team

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]

1942 Duquesne Dukes football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3–1
Head coach
Home stadiumForbes Field
1942 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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

Duquesne was ranked at No. 65 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[2]

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Waynesburg
W 26–0
October 3at Holy Cross
W 25–0
October 10Kansas State
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 33–0
October 17at North CarolinaNo. 13
L 6–1314,000[3]
October 24at Manhattan
L 7–10
October 31Saint Vincent
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 14–0
November 7Saint Mary's
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
T 7–713,995[4]
November 14at Mississippi State
L 6–28
November 22at Villanova
W 6–0
November 26Lakehurst NAS
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 13–08,083[5]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References
  1. "1942 Duquesne Dukes Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  2. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Dick Herbert (October 18, 1942). "Duke, Carolina Defeat Easterners: Joe Austin Gets Brace of Scores". The News and Observer. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Eddie Beachler (November 8, 1942). "Duquesne, St. Mary's Battle To 7-7 Tie: Kielbasa Gets First Tally on 63-Yard Run; St. Mary's Scores in Second Period For Deadlock". The Pittsburgh Press. p. II-1, II-2 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Dukes Defeat Lakehurst Fliers, 13-0". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 27, 1942. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
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