1949 Duquesne Dukes football team

1949 Duquesne Dukes football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–6
Head coach	Phil Ahwesh (1st season)
Home stadium	Forbes Field

1949 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Saint Vincent			–					10	–	0	–	0
No. 4 Army			–					9	–	0	–	0
Trinity (CT)			–					8	–	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

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.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 17	at Wake Forest	Wake Forest, NC	L 7–22
October 1	at Muhlenberg	Allentown, PA	W 14–6
October 7	at Alabama	Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL	L 8–48
October 15	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 40–14
October 22	Villanova	Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–20
October 29	Saint Louis	Pittsburgh, PA	W 51–14
November 12	at Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	L 20–33
November 19	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	L 0–40
November 24	at Chattanooga	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 0–13