1930 Duquesne Dukes football team

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.

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

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.