1900 Pittsburgh College football team

American college football season

1900 Pittsburgh College football

Conference| Independent
Record| 3–3–1
Captain| J. J. Laux

Seasons

<- 1899

1901 ->

1900 Eastern college football independents records

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Yale |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 12  | - | 0  | - | 0
Penn |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 12  | - | 1  | - | 0
Harvard |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 1  | - | 0
Cornell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 2  | - | 0
Geneva |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 1
Lafayette |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 2  | - | 0
Syracuse |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 1
Princeton |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 3  | - | 0
Drexel |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0
Fordham |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 1  | - | 1
Army |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 1
Brown |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 1
Columbia |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 1
Villanova |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 2
Washington & Jefferson |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 1
Swarthmore |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 2
Holy Cross |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Carlisle |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 1
Buffalo |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 2
Western Univ. of Penn |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Bucknell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 1
Dickinson |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  | - | 0
Pittsburgh College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 1
Rutgers |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Vermont |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 1
Lehigh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 6  | - | 0
Frankin & Marshall |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Temple |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 1
Penn State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 1
Amherst |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 7  | - | 1
Dartmouth |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 4  | - | 2
NYU |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 1
Tufts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 1
Wesleyan |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 1
New Hampshire |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 5  | - | 1
Colgate |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 8  | - | 0
CCNY  |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0

The 1900 Pittsburgh College football team was an American football team that represented Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost—now known as Duquesne University—during the 1900 college football season. The team finished the season with a record of 3–3–1.

## Schedule

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Date| Time| Opponent| Site| Result| Source

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October 6| | at Homestead Library & Athletic Club|

* Steel Works Park
* Homestead, PA

| L 0–37| [1]
October 13| 2:00 p.m.| Boquet AC|

* Pittsburgh College grounds[a]
* Pittsburgh, PA

| W 32–0| [2][3]
October 20| | at East End Athletic Association|

* P. A. C. Park
* Pittsburgh, PA

| L 0–28| [4]
October 27| 3:30 p.m.| Crescent AC (Pittsburgh)|

* Pittsburgh College grounds
* Pittsburgh, PA

| W 24–11| [5][6]
November 3| | Geneva|

* Pittsburgh College grounds
* Pittsburgh, PA

| L 0–5| [7]
November 10| 3:30 p.m.| at United States Army (Allegheny Arsenal)|

* Arsenal grounds
* Pittsburgh, PA

| W 6–5| [8][9][10]
November 17| | Coraopolis AA|

* Pittsburgh College grounds
* Pittsburgh, PA

| T 0–0| [11]

* All times are in Eastern time

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## Notes

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1. ^ Also called "Bluff field", as the campus and its field were situated on The Bluff.

## References

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1. ^ "Homestead Has a Great Team". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 7, 1900. p. 14. Retrieved October 2, 2021 - via Newspapers.com .
2. ^ "Struggles On The Gridiron". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 13, 1900. p. 6. Retrieved October 2, 2021 - via Newspapers.com .
3. ^ "College Team Victorious". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 14, 1900. p. 6. Retrieved October 2, 2021 - via Newspapers.com .
4. ^ "Another For The East Enders". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 21, 1900. p. 6. Retrieved October 2, 2021 - via Newspapers.com .
5. ^ "Pittsburg College vs. Crescents". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 25, 1900. p. 6. Retrieved October 2, 2021 - via Newspapers.com .
6. ^ "Hot Game On The Bluff". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 28, 1900. p. 6. Retrieved October 2, 2021 - via Newspapers.com .
7. ^ "Geneva Had A Ringer". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 4, 1900. p. 15. Retrieved September 22, 2021 - via Newspapers.com .
8. ^ "Second Game Not Arranged". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 10, 1900. p. 6. Retrieved October 2, 2021 - via Newspapers.com .
9. ^ "Great Kicking". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 11, 1900. p. 6. Retrieved October 2, 2021 - via Newspapers.com .
10. ^ "Among the Amateurs". Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 10, 1900. p. 6. Retrieved January 25, 2025 - via Newspapers.com .
11. ^ "Darkness Ended The Game". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 18, 1900. p. 6. Retrieved October 2, 2021 - via Newspapers.com .
12. ^ "Duquesne Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 18, 2016. Retrieved June 28, 2017.

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Duquesne Dukes football

Venues|

* Forbes Field
* Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field (1993–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* 1937 Orange Bowl
* City Game (Pittsburgh)

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* Duke
* "The Victory Song (Red and Blue)"

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