1950 Duquesne Dukes football team

American college football season

1950 Duquesne Dukes football

Conference| Independent
Record| 2–6–1
Head coach|

* Doc Skender (1st season)

Home stadium| Forbes Field, Pitt Stadium

Seasons

<- 1949

1969 ->

1950 Eastern college football independents records

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Franklin & Marshall |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 0  | - | 0
No. 6 Princeton |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 0  | - | 0
St. Lawrence |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 0
Thiel |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 0  | - | 0
No. 2 Army |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
Fordham |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
Carnegie Tech |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0
Drexel |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0
Cornell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Gannon |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Bucknell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Penn |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Yale |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Buffalo |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Colgate |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Penn State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Syracuse |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  | - | 0
Temple |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 1
Tufts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 1
Columbia |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Villanova |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Holy Cross |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 1
Dartmouth |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 1
Boston University |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Duquesne |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 1
Hofstra |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0
NYU |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 5  | - | 1
CCNY |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0
Harvard |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0
Brown |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 0
Pittsburgh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 0
Boston College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 9  | - | 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Duquesne Dukes football team was an American football team that represented Duquesne University as an independent during the 1950 college football season. In its first and only season under acting head coach Doc Skender, Duquesne compiled a 2–6–1 record and was outscored by a total of 265 to 169.[1]

In January 1951, Duquesne president, the Rev. Vernon F. Gallagher, announced that the school had decided to suspend its participation in intercollegiate football. As reasons for the suspension, the school cited the manpower shortage resulting from the Korean War and noted that the school had suffered "heavy financial losses" from football over the last four years.[2] The school did not resume competition in the sport until 1969.

## Schedule

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Date| Time| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 17| | at Saint Vincent| Latrobe, PA| T 14–14| 9,800| [3]
September 23| | at Villanova|

* Villanova Stadium
* Villanova, PA

| L 28–39| |
September 30| | at Florida|

* Florida Field
* Gainesville, FL

| L 14–28| 18,500| [4]
October 7| | Boston University|

* Pitt Stadium
* Pittsburgh, PA

| L 7–21| 10,000| [5]
October 21| | St. Bonaventure|

* Forbes Field
* Pittsburgh, PA

| W 25–12| | [6]
October 28| 9:00 p.m.| at Louisville|

* duPont Manual Stadium
* Louisville, KY

| W 27–20| 12,000| [7][8][9]
November 4| | at No. 14 Clemson|

* Memorial Stadium
* Clemson, SC

| L 20–53| 17,000| [10]
November 12| | at Detroit|

* University of Detroit Stadium
* Detroit, MI

| L 14–47| 7,129| [11][12]
November 17| | at Chattanooga|

* Chamberlain Field
* Chattanooga, TN

| L 20–32| 8,500| [13]

* Homecoming
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Eastern time

## References

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1. ^ "1950 Duquesne Dukes Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
2. ^ "Dukes Drop Football As Too Costly". The Pittsburgh Press. January 21, 1951. p. 33 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "St. Vincent Surprises in 14-14 Tie with Duquesne". Pittsburgh Press. September 18, 1950. p. 23 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Florida storms past Duquesne for 27–14 victory". The Orlando Sentinel-Sun. October 1, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "B.U. Downs Duquesne, 21-7: Pavlikowski Stars". The Boston Globe. October 8, 1950. p. 47 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "Dukes Stop Marchibroda, Spoils St. Bona's Clean Grid Slate, 25-12". Olean Times Herald. October 23, 1950 - via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ Brown, Jimmy (October 28, 1950). "U. L., Duquesne Collide Tonight". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. p. 4, section 2. Retrieved December 29, 2023 - via Newspapers.com .
8. ^ Brown, Jimmy (October 29, 1950). "3 Louisville Errors Give Duquesne 27-20 Victory". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. p. 1, section 2. Retrieved December 29, 2023 - via Newspapers.com .
9. ^ Brown, Jimmy (October 29, 1950). "U. L. Edged By Duquesne On 3 Errors (continued)". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. p. 6, section 2. Retrieved December 29, 2023 - via Newspapers.com .
10. ^ "Hair leads Clemson in 53–20 rout". Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. November 5, 1950. Retrieved December 27, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
11. ^ Dick Peters (November 13, 1950). "U-D Goes Record-Crazy to Drub Duquesne, 47–14". Detroit Free Press. p. 26 - via Newspapers.com.
12. ^ "Chicagoans Help Detroit Titans To Trounce Duquesne". Port Huron Times Herald. November 13, 1950. p. 12 - via Newspapers.com.
13. ^ "Dukes lose to Chattanooga as late rally falls short". The Pittsburgh Press. November 18, 1950. Retrieved August 21, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.

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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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