1936 Duquesne Dukes football team

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)

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]

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 (MO)		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.

Source:^[5]

References

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

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
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
National championship seasons in bold

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