1929 Duquesne Dukes football team
American college football season
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The 1929 Duquesne Dukes football team was an American football team that represented Duquesne University as a member of the Tri-State Conference during the 1929 college football season. In their third year under head coach Elmer Layden, the Dukes compiled a 9â0â1 record (3â0 in conference games), outscored opponents by a total of 154 to 53, and won the Tri-State championship.[1] In three years under Layden, the Dukes improved from four losses in 1927 to one loss in 1928 to zero losses in 1929.[2][3]
- Elmer Layden (3rd season)
| 1929 Duquesne Dukes football | |
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Tri-State champion | |
| Conference | Tri-State Conference |
| Record | 9â0â1 (3â0 Tri-State) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Aldo Donelli |
| Home stadium | Duquesne campus, Forbes Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duquesne $ | 3 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 9 | â | 0 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thiel | 2 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 2 | â | 5 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Waynesburg | 2 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Westminster (PA) | 2 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Geneva | 1 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 2 | â | 6 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bethany (WV) | 0 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 1 | â | 7 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team captain and halfback Aldo Donelli won a reputation as "one of the most certain passers and kickers in the game."[2] The team's key players also included junior tackle Tom Kirby,[4] fullback Kass Kovalcheck, tackle Babe Kelleher, quarterback Bud Divinney, and center Maurice Silverstein.[5]
Duquesne played two home games on Bluff Field on the school's Pittsburgh campus and six homes games at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 21 | Edinboro* |
| W 12â0 | 4,000 | [6] | ||
| September 28 | Slippery Rock* |
| W 12â0 | 3,000 | [7][8] | ||
| October 5 | at West Virginia* | Morgantown, WV | T 7â7 | [9] | |||
| October 12 | Albion* |
| W 18â0 | [10] | |||
| October 19 | Loyola (IL)* |
| W 7â6 | [11] | |||
| November 1 | Geneva |
| W 27â7 | 20,000 | |||
| November 9 | at Catholic University* | Brookland, Washington, DC | W 19â13 | 5,000 | [12] | ||
| November 15 | Westminster (PA) |
| W 31â7 | 18,000 | [13] | ||
| November 23 | Haskell* |
| W 7â6 | 5,000 | [14] | ||
| November 27 | Waynesburg |
| W 14â7 | 5,000 | [15] | ||
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