1929 Duquesne Dukes football team

The 1929 Duquesne Dukes football team was an American football team that represented Duquesne University as an independent during the 1929 college football season. In its third season under head coach Elmer Layden, Duquesne compiled a 9–0–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 154 to 53.[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	Edinboro	Pittsburgh, PA	W 12–0	4,000	[2]
September 28	Slippery Rock	Duquesne campus Pittsburgh, PA	W 12–0	3,000	[3][4]
October 5	at West Virginia	Morgantown, WV	T 7–7
October 12	Albion	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 18–0		[5]
October 19	Loyola (IL)	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 7–6		[6]
November 1	Geneva	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 27–7	20,000
November 9	at Catholic University	Brookland, Washington, DC	W 19–13	5,000	[7]
November 15	Westminster (PA)	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 31–7	18,000	[8]
November 23	Haskell	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 7–6	5,000	[9]
November 27	Waynesburg	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 14–7		[10]
Homecoming

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"Duquesne Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
Max E. Hannum (September 22, 1929). "Dukes Open Local Grid Season With 14-0 Win: Layden's Men Score Twice". The Pittsburgh Press. p. Sporting 1 – via Newspapers.com.
"Bluffmen Register Win Over Teachers". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. September 29, 1929. p. III-1 – via Newspapers.com.
"Duquesne Defeats Teachers". The Pittsburgh Press. September 29, 1929. p. Sporting 1 – via Newspapers.com.
"Dukes Defeat Albion". The Pittsburgh Press. October 13, 1929 – via Newspapers.com.
"Final Period Rally Gives Duquense Win By One Point". The Pittsburgh Press. October 20, 1929 – via Newspapers.com.
"Dukes Win Stubborn Battle, 19-13". The Pittsburgh Press. November 10, 1929. p. Sporting 1 – via Newspapers.com.
"Dukes Overwhelm Westminster, 31 to 7". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 16, 1929. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
"Duquesne Beats Haskell, 7-6". The Pittsburgh Press. November 23, 1929. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
"Dukes Rally To Beat Jackets, 14 to 7". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 28, 1929. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.

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Duquesne Dukes football
Venues	Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field (1993–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1937 Orange Bowl
Culture & lore	Duke "The Victory Song (Red and Blue)"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	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
National championship seasons in bold

1929 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Duquesne		–		9	–	0	–	1
Pittsburgh		–		9	–	1	–	0
Colgate		–		8	–	1	–	0
Fordham		–		7	–	0	–	2
Penn		–		7	–	2	–	0
Boston College		–		7	–	2	–	1
Villanova		–		7	–	2	–	1
Cornell		–		6	–	2	–	0
Tufts		–		5	–	1	–	2
Harvard		–		5	–	2	–	1
Yale		–		5	–	2	–	1
NYU		–		7	–	3	–	0
Franklin & Marshall		–		6	–	3	–	0
Penn State		–		6	–	3	–	0
Syracuse		–		6	–	3	–	0
Drexel		–		6	–	3	–	1
Temple		–		6	–	3	–	1
Carnegie Tech		–		5	–	3	–	1
Army		–		6	–	4	–	1
Brown		–		5	–	5	–	0
Columbia		–		4	–	5	–	0
Princeton		–		2	–	4	–	1
Vermont		–		2	–	7	–	0