1933 Duquesne Dukes football team

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The 1933 Duquesne Dukes football team was an American football team that represented Duquesne University as an independent during the 1933 college football season. In its seventh and final season under head coach Elmer Layden, Duquesne compiled a 10–1 record, outscored opponents by a total of 206 to 33, and defeated the Miami Hurricanes in the Festival of Palms Bowl.[1][2]

ConferenceIndependent
Record10–1
Headcoach
HomestadiumForbes Field
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1933 Duquesne Dukes football
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–1
Head coach
Home stadiumForbes Field
Seasons
← 1932
1934 â†’
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1933 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Princeton â€“ 9–0–0
Duquesne â€“ 10–1–0
No. 9 Army â€“ 9–1–0
Boston College â€“ 8–1–0
Columbia â€“ 8–1–0
Pittsburgh â€“ 8–1–0
Colgate â€“ 6–1–1
Bucknell â€“ 7–2–0
Fordham â€“ 6–2–0
Tufts â€“ 6–2–0
Villanova â€“ 7–2–1
Harvard â€“ 5–2–1
Drexel â€“ 5–3–0
Massachusetts State â€“ 5–3–0
Temple â€“ 5–3–0
Manhattan â€“ 5–3–1
Cornell â€“ 4–3–0
Carnegie Tech â€“ 4–3–2
La Salle â€“ 3–3–2
Syracuse â€“ 4–4–0
Yale â€“ 4–4–0
Penn State â€“ 3–3–1
Brown â€“ 3–5–0
Vermont â€“ 3–5–0
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 4–5–0
NYU â€“ 2–4–1
Penn â€“ 2–4–1
Northeastern â€“ 1–3–1
Boston University â€“ 2–5–0
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 2–7–1
CCNY â€“ 1–5–1
Rankings from Dickinson System
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Guard George Rado was chosen by the Associated Press (AP) as a first-team player on the 1933 All-Eastern football team.[3] Other key players included tackles Steve Sinko[4] and Armand Niccolai, halfback Howard O'Dell, and Isadore Weinstock.[5]

Layden left Duquesne in December 1933 to become head coach at Notre Dame.

The team played its home games at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15WaynesburgW 18–612,000[6]
September 22West Virginia Wesleyan
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 25–07,500[7]
September 29West Virginia
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 19–722,000[8]
October 6Bucknell
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 6–0> 18,000[9]
October 13Western Maryland
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 13–010,000[10]
October 20Detroit
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 14–0> 25,000[11]
October 27Westminster (PA)
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 31–02,500
November 4at Washington & Jefferson
W 21–612,000[12]
November 11at Pittsburgh
L 0–760,000[13]
November 25Geneva
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 26–05,000[14]
January 1, 1934at Miami (FL) W 33–710,000[15]
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