1949 Duquesne Dukes football team

The 1949 Duquesne Dukes football team was an American football team that represented Duquesne University as an independent during the 1949 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Phil Ahwesh, Duquesne compiled a 3–6 record and was outscored by a total of 210 to 140.[1]

1949 Duquesne Dukes football
ConferenceIndependent
1949 record3–6
Head coach
Home stadiumForbes Field
1949 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Army    9 0 0
Brown    8 1 0
No. 12 Cornell    8 1 0
No. 13 Villanova    8 1 0
Bucknell    6 2 0
Dartmouth    6 2 0
Buffalo    6 3 0
Pittsburgh    6 3 0
Princeton    6 3 0
Fordham    5 3 0
Tufts    5 3 1
Carnegie Tech    5 3 1
Penn State    5 4 0
Temple    5 4 0
Penn    4 4 0
Yale    4 4 0
Boston College    4 4 1
Syracuse    4 5 0
Drexel    3 3 1
Duquesne    3 6 0
Franklin & Marshall    2 5 2
CCNY    2 5 1
NYU    3 6 0
Columbia    2 7 0
Hofstra    1 5 1
Colgate    1 8 0
Harvard    1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17at Wake ForestL 7–2212,000
October 1at MuhlenbergAllentown, PAW 14–6
October 7at AlabamaL 8–4815,000
October 15at Holy CrossW 40–147,500 [2]
October 22VillanovaPittsburgh, PAL 0–20
October 29Saint LouisPittsburgh, PAW 51–14
November 12at ClemsonL 20–33
November 19at GeorgiaL 0–40
November 24at ChattanoogaL 0–138,000[3]

References

  1. "1949 Duquesne Dukes Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  2. Drum, Bob (October 28, 1949). "Holy Cross' Team Bows to Underdogs". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. p. 37 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Dukes beaten by Chattanooga, 13–0". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 25, 1949. Retrieved September 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
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