1930 Duquesne Dukes football team

1930 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Colgate		–		9	–	1	–	0
Fordham		–		8	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Army		–		9	–	1	–	1
No. 8 Dartmouth		–		7	–	1	–	1
St. John's		–		7	–	1	–	0
NYU		–		7	–	3	–	0
Cornell		–		6	–	2	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		6	–	2	–	1
Washington & Jefferson		–		6	–	2	–	1
Tufts		–		5	–	2	–	0
Temple		–		7	–	3	–	0
Bucknell		–		6	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech		–		6	–	3	–	0
Duquesne		–		6	–	3	–	0
Syracuse		–		5	–	2	–	2
Yale		–		5	–	2	–	2
CCNY		–		5	–	2	–	1
Brown		–		6	–	3	–	1
Drexel		–		6	–	3	–	1
Franklin & Marshall		–		5	–	3	–	1
Manhattan		–		4	–	3	–	1
Columbia		–		5	–	4	–	0
Penn		–		5	–	4	–	0
Boston College		–		5	–	5	–	0
Villanova		–		5	–	5	–	0
Penn State		–		3	–	4	–	2
Harvard		–		3	–	4	–	1
Providence		–		3	–	4	–	1
Princeton		–		1	–	5	–	1
Boston University		–		1	–	7	–	1
Vermont		–		1	–	7	–	1
Massachusetts		–		1	–	8	–	0

Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1930 Duquesne Dukes football team was an American football team that represented Duquesne University as an independent during the 1930 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Elmer Layden, Duquesne compiled a 7–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 131 to 56.^[1] The team played its home games at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	West Virginia	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–7	25,000	^[2]
September 26	Slippery Rock	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 27–0	8,000	^[3]
October 3	Detroit Tech	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 38–0	10,000	^[4]
October 10	at Loyola (IL)	Loyola Stadium Chicago, IL	W 7–6		^[5]
October 17	Howard	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 14–9	5,000	^[6]
October 24	Catholic University	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 12–0		^[7]
November 7	North Dakota	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	L 6–14		^[8]
November 15	at Geneva	Reeves Stadium Beaver Falls, PA	L 0–7
November 22	West Virginia Wesleyan	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 12–7
November 27	Providence	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 15–6		^[9]

^ "Duquesne Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 18, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
^ "25,000 See Mountaineers Beat Dukes". The Pittsburgh Press. September 20, 1930. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Duquesne Crushes Detroit Tech, 38 to 0: Duquesne Defeats Slippery Rock, 27 To 0". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. September 27, 1930. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Bluffmen's Drive Gains Momentum Late In Contest". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. October 4, 1930. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Loyola Loses To Duquesne, 7 To 6, On Missed Kick". Chicago Tribune. October 11, 1930. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Dukes Defeat Howard College, 14 to 9". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. October 18, 1930. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Duquesne Defeats Catholic U., 13 to 0". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. October 25, 1930. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "North Dakota Too Tough, Night Riders Lose, 14-6". The Pittsburgh Press. November 8, 1930. pp. 13, 14 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Seniors In Star Role As Duquesne Flattens Providence, 15-6". The Pittsburgh Press. November 28, 1930. p. 53 – 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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