1948 Duquesne Dukes football team

1948 Duquesne Dukes football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–7
Head coach	Kass Kovalcheck (2nd season)
Home stadium	Forbes Field

1948 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Army			–					8	–	0	–	1
Penn State			–					7	–	1	–	1
Buffalo			–					6	–	1	–	1
Villanova			–					8	–	2	–	1
Boston University			–					6	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	2	–	2
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	3	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					5	–	3	–	1
CCNY			–					3	–	4	–	1
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	1
Colgate			–					3	–	6	–	0
Fordham			–					3	–	6	–	0
NYU			–					3	–	6	–	0
Temple			–					2	–	6	–	1
Duquesne			–					2	–	7	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					1	–	7	–	0
Hofstra			–					0	–	6	–	2
Bucknell			–					1	–	8	–	0
Syracuse			–					1	–	8	–	0
Drexel			–					0	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Duquesne Dukes football team was an American football team that represented Duquesne University as an independent during the 1948 college football season. In its second season under head coach Kass Kovalcheck, Duquesne compiled a 2–7 record and was outscored by a total of 240 to 102.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	West Virginia Wesleyan	Pittsburgh, PA	W 34–6
September 26	vs. Alliance	Erie Stadium Erie, PA	W 15–7	3,000
October 1	at Villanova	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	L 0–46
October 8	at Alabama	Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL	L 6–48
October 16	Wake Forest	Pittsburgh, PA	L 15–41
October 30	at Ohio	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	L 13–14
November 6	Holy Cross	Pittsburgh, PA	L 13–16
November 16	NC State	Pittsburgh, PA	L 6–20
November 20	at No. 9 Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	L 0–42
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game