1931 Duquesne Dukes football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–3
Head coach
Home stadiumForbes Field
Seasons
← 1930
1932 →
1931 Eastern college football independents records
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

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.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18Geneva
W 13–7
September 26at West Virginia
L 6–14
October 2Oglethorpe
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 6–06,000[2]
October 9West Virginia Wesleyan
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 0–12
October 16Georgetown
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
T 0–05,000
October 23Western Maryland
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
T 0–010,000[3]
October 30Catholic University
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 12–20
November 7at Holy Cross
L 0–12
November 20North Dakota
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 13–7
November 26at Howard (AL)
L 6–135,000[4]
December 5at Carnegie Tech
T 0–050,000[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Duquesne Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 18, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  2. ^ "Dukes turn back Oglethorpe eleven". The Pittsburgh Press. October 3, 1931. Retrieved February 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Al Abrams (October 24, 1931). "Dukes, W. Maryland in Scoreless Tie". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Duquesne bows before Howard U., 13–6". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 27, 1931. Retrieved August 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ 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 Open access icon.
  6. ^ Smith, Chester L. (December 6, 1931). "Tech-Duke (continued)". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 20. Retrieved February 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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