1936 Duquesne Dukes football team

The 1936 Duquesne Dukes football team represented Duquesne University in the 1936 college football season. The Dukes were led by first-year head coach John "Clipper" Smith. An upset victory over cross-town rival and national powerhouse Pittsburgh thrust Duquesne into the national spotlight.[1] Another upset victory over previously undefeated Marquette[2] secured the team a spot in the 1937 Orange Bowl, where they defeated Mississippi State, 13–12. Duquesne was ranked 14th in the final poll of the AP Poll in its inaugural year.[3]

1936 Duquesne Dukes football
Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 13–12 vs. Mississippi State
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 14
1936 record	8–2
Head coach	John "Clipper" Smith (1st season)

1936 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Saint Anselm			–					6	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Pittsburgh			–					8	–	1	–	1
No. 10 Penn			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Yale			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 13 Dartmouth			–					7	–	1	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					7	–	1	–	1
No. 14 Duquesne			–					8	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	1	–	2
No. 15 Fordham			–					5	–	1	–	2
Holy Cross			–					7	–	2	–	1
Villanova			–					7	–	2	–	1
Army			–					6	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					6	–	3	–	0
Drexel			–					6	–	3	–	0
Temple			–					6	–	3	–	2
Buffalo			–					5	–	3	–	0
Columbia			–					5	–	3	–	0
NYU			–					5	–	3	–	1
Princeton			–					4	–	2	–	2
Manhattan			–					6	–	4	–	0
La Salle			–					6	–	4	–	1
Northeastern			–					5	–	4	–	0
CCNY			–					4	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					3	–	3	–	1
Harvard			–					3	–	4	–	1
Cornell			–					3	–	5	–	0
Penn State			–					3	–	5	–	0
Brown			–					3	–	7	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					2	–	6	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	6	–	0
Syracuse			–					1	–	7	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 25	Waynesburg		Pittsburgh, PA	W 14–0
October 2	Rice		Forbes Field[4] Pittsburgh, PA	W 14–0
October 9	Geneva		Pittsburgh, PA	W 33–0
October 17	vs. Pittsburgh		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	W 7–0
October 23	West Virginia Wesleyan	No. 11	Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–2
October 30	at Detroit		University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	L 7–14
November 6	at Washington University		Francis Field St. Louis, MO	W 26–0
November 14	at Carnegie Tech		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	W 13–0
November 21	No. 7 Marquette	No. 20	Pittsburgh, PA	W 13–0
January 1	vs. Mississippi State	No. 14	Miami Field Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	W 13–12
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

1. "Duquesne Upsets Pitt, 7-0". The Atlanta Constitution. October 18, 1936. p. 1B.
2. "Duquesne Crushes Marquette Rose Bowl Hopes With Upset". The Washington Post. November 22, 1936. p. X1.
3. "1936 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
4. "Duquesne Routs Rice". The Washington Post. October 3, 1936. p. X18.
5. "1936 Duquesne Dukes Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 14, 2017.