1931 Duquesne Dukes football team

The 1931 Duquesne Dukes football team was an American football team that represented Duquesne University as an independent during the 1931 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Elmer Layden, Duquesne compiled a 3–5–3 record and was outscored by a total of 85 to 56.^[1] The team played its home games at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.

1931 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Bucknell		–		6	–	0	–	3
Colgate		–		8	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Pittsburgh		–		8	–	1	–	0
Cornell		–		7	–	1	–	0
Drexel		–		7	–	1	–	0
No. 7 Harvard		–		7	–	1	–	0
Temple		–		8	–	1	–	1
Columbia		–		7	–	1	–	1
Massachusetts State		–		7	–	1	–	1
Syracuse		–		7	–	1	–	1
Fordham		–		6	–	1	–	2
No. 8 Yale		–		5	–	1	–	2
Army		–		8	–	2	–	1
Franklin & Marshall		–		6	–	2	–	0
Manhattan		–		4	–	2	–	1
Brown		–		7	–	3	–	0
Providence		–		7	–	3	–	0
Penn		–		6	–	3	–	0
NYU		–		6	–	3	–	1
Boston College		–		6	–	4	–	0
Washington & Jefferson		–		6	–	4	–	0
Tufts		–		3	–	2	–	2
Villanova		–		4	–	3	–	2
La Salle		–		4	–	4	–	0
Duquesne		–		3	–	5	–	3
Carnegie Tech		–		3	–	5	–	1
St. John's		–		3	–	5	–	1
CCNY		–		2	–	5	–	1
Boston University		–		2	–	7	–	0
Penn State		–		2	–	8	–	0
Princeton		–		1	–	7	–	0
Vermont		–		1	–	8	–	0

Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	Geneva	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 13–7
September 26	at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	L 6–14		^[2]
October 2	Oglethorpe	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 6–0	6,000	^[3]
October 9	West Virginia Wesleyan	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–12
October 16	Georgetown	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	T 0–0	5,000
October 23	Western Maryland	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	T 0–0	10,000	^[4]
October 30	Catholic University	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	L 12–20
November 7	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 0–12
November 20	North Dakota	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 13–7
November 26	at Howard (AL)	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	L 6–13	5,000	^[5]
December 5	at Carnegie Tech	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	T 0–0	50,000	^[6]^[7]

^ "Duquesne Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 18, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
^ "West Virginia raps Duquesne team, 14–6". The Morning Call. September 27, 1931. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Dukes turn back Oglethorpe eleven". The Pittsburgh Press. October 3, 1931. Retrieved February 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Al Abrams (October 24, 1931). "Dukes, W. Maryland in Scoreless Tie". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Duquesne bows before Howard U., 13–6". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 27, 1931. Retrieved August 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Smith, Chester L. (December 6, 1931). "Duquesne Ties Carnegie Tech, 0 To 0". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 19. Retrieved February 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Smith, Chester L. (December 6, 1931). "Tech-Duke (continued)". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 20. Retrieved February 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .