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1934 Duquesne Dukes football team

The 1934 Duquesne Dukes football team was an American football team that represented Duquesne University as an independent during the 1934 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Joe Bach, Duquesne compiled an 8–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 322 to 22.[1][2] The team played its home games at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.

1934 Duquesne Dukes football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–2
Head coach
Home stadiumForbes Field
Seasons
← 1933
1935 →
1934 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tufts   –   8 – 0 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   7 – 0 – 0
La Salle   –   7 – 0 – 1
Washington College   –   5 – 0 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 4 Pittsburgh   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 8 Colgate   –   7 – 1 – 0
Columbia   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 5 Princeton   –   7 – 1 – 0
Duquesne   –   8 – 2 – 0
Holy Cross   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 15 Temple   –   7 – 1 – 2
No. 10 Syracuse   –   6 – 2 – 0
Bucknell   –   7 – 2 – 2
No. 14 Army   –   7 – 3 – 0
Northeastern   –   6 – 1 – 1
Rochester   –   5 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth   –   6 – 3 – 0
Saint Anselm   –   6 – 3 – 0
Amherst   –   5 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 3 – 0
Yale   –   5 – 3 – 0
Massachusetts State   –   5 – 3 – 1
CCNY   –   4 – 3 – 0
Providence   –   4 – 3 – 0
Drexel   –   4 – 3 – 1
Boston College   –   5 – 4 – 0
Bates   –   3 – 3 – 1
Middlebury   –   3 – 3 – 1
Penn   –   4 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   4 – 4 – 0
Williams   –   4 – 4 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 5 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   4 – 5 – 0
Villanova   –   3 – 4 – 2
NYU   –   3 – 4 – 1
Boston University   –   3 – 4 – 0
Colby   –   3 – 4 – 0
Springfield   –   2 – 3 – 3
Manhattan   –   3 – 5 – 1
Harvard   –   3 – 5 – 0
Vermont   –   2 – 4 – 2
Wesleyan   –   3 – 5 – 0
Brown   –   3 – 6 – 0
Geneva   –   2 – 5 – 2
Saint Joseph's   –   2 – 5 – 1
Cornell   –   2 – 5 – 0
Lafayette   –   2 – 6 – 0
Norwich   –   2 – 6 – 0
Bowdoin   –   0 – 6 – 1
Lowell Textile   –   0 – 7 – 1
Rankings from Associated Press

Fullback Art Strutt led the team, and ranked second in the East, with 18 touchdowns and 108 points scored.[3]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21Waynesburg
W 39–0
September 28West Virginia
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 0–725,000[4]
October 5Ashland
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 99–0
October 12Bucknell
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 12–010,000[5]
October 198:15 p.m.Haskell
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 67–07,000[6][7]
October 26at Detroit
W 20–615,000[8]
November 28:15 p.mWest Virginia Wesleyan
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 39–6[9][10]
November 10Oklahoma A&M
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 32–0
November 17at Carnegie TechPittsburgh, PAL 0–3
November 24Catholic University
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 14–07,500[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Duquesne Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 18, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  2. ^ "1934 Duquesne Dukes Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  3. ^ "Shepherd Takes Scoring Honors". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. December 3, 1934. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "W. Virginia trips Duquesne 7 to 0". The Kane Republican. September 29, 1934. Retrieved July 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Duquesne Wins Over Bucknell, 12 to 0". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. October 13, 1934. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Duke Favored Over Haskell Indians Tonight". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 19, 1934. p. 45. Retrieved October 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  7. ^ "Duquesne Smothers Haskell, 67 To 0". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 20, 1934. p. 15. Retrieved October 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  8. ^ Lewis H. Walter (October 27, 1934). "Duquesne Hands Titans First Defeat of Season, 20 to 6". Detroit Free Press. pp. 13, 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Dukes Face Bobcats, Eyeing New Scoring Record". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 2, 1934. p. 55. Retrieved June 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  10. ^ Sell, Jack (November 3, 1934). "Dukes Wallop W. Va. Wesleyan, 39 To 6". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 13. Retrieved June 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  11. ^ "Duquesne defeats Catholic University". The Morning Call. November 25, 1934. Retrieved February 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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