1950 Duquesne Dukes football team

American college football season

1950 Duquesne Dukes football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–6–1
Head coach	Doc Skender (1st season)
Home stadium	Forbes Field, Pitt Stadium
Seasons← 1949 1969 →

1950 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	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

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.

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. The school did not resume competition in the sport until 1969.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 17		at Saint Vincent	Latrobe, PA	T 14–14	9,800
September 23		at Villanova	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	L 28–39
September 30		at Florida	Florida Field Gainesville, FL	L 14–28	18,500
October 7		Boston University	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 7–21	10,000
October 21		St. Bonaventure	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 25–12
October 28	9:00 p.m.	at Louisville	duPont Manual Stadium Louisville, KY	W 27–20	12,000
November 4		at No. 14 Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	L 20–53	17,000
November 12		at Detroit	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	L 14–47	7,129
November 17		at Chattanooga	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 20–32	8,500
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

References

"1950 Duquesne Dukes Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
"Dukes Drop Football As Too Costly". The Pittsburgh Press. January 21, 1951. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
"St. Vincent Surprises in 14-14 Tie with Duquesne". Pittsburgh Press. September 18, 1950. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
"Florida storms past Duquesne for 27–14 victory". The Orlando Sentinel-Sun. October 1, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
"B.U. Downs Duquesne, 21-7: Pavlikowski Stars". The Boston Globe. October 8, 1950. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
"Dukes Stop Marchibroda, Spoils St. Bona's Clean Grid Slate, 25-12". Olean Times Herald. October 23, 1950 – via Newspapers.com.
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 [REDACTED] .
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 [REDACTED] .
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 [REDACTED] .
"Hair leads Clemson in 53–20 rout". Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. November 5, 1950. Retrieved December 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
Dick Peters (November 13, 1950). "U-D Goes Record-Crazy to Drub Duquesne, 47–14". Detroit Free Press. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
"Chicagoans Help Detroit Titans To Trounce Duquesne". Port Huron Times Herald. November 13, 1950. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
"Dukes lose to Chattanooga as late rally falls short". The Pittsburgh Press. November 18, 1950. Retrieved August 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e Duquesne Dukes football
Venues	Forbes Field Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field (1993–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1937 Orange Bowl City Game (Pittsburgh)
Culture & lore	Duke "The Victory Song (Red and Blue)"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904–1912 1913 1914 1915–1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951–1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
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