1931 Duquesne Dukes football team

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

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

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
October 2	Oglethorpe	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 6–0	6,000	^[2]
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	^[3]
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	^[4]
December 5	at Carnegie Tech	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	T 0–0	50,000	^[5]^[6]

^ "Duquesne Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 18, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
^ "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 .

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
National championship seasons in bold