1950 Duquesne Dukes football team

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]

1950 Duquesne Dukes football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–6–1
Head coach
Home stadiumForbes Field, Pitt Stadium
Seasons
← 1949
1969 →
1950 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
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
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

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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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17at Saint VincentLatrobe, PAT 14–149,800[3]
September 23at VillanovaL 28–39
September 30at FloridaL 14–2818,500[4]
October 7Boston University L 7–2110,000[5]
October 21St. Bonaventure
W 25–12[6]
October 289:00 p.m.at LouisvilleW 27–2012,000[7][8][9]
November 4at No. 14 ClemsonL 20–5317,000[10]
November 12at DetroitL 14–477,129[11][12]
November 17at ChattanoogaL 20–328,500[13]

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.