1938 Duquesne Dukes football team

1938 Eastern college football independents records
	Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 Duquesne Dukes football team was an American football team that represented Duquesne University as an independent during the 1938 college football season. In its third and final season under head coach John "Clipper" Smith, Duquesne compiled a 4–6 record and was outscored by a total of 114 to 96.^[1]^[2] The team played its home games at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 23	Waynesburg	Pittsburgh, PA	W 34–7
September 30	Texas Tech	Pittsburgh, PA	L 6–7
October 8	at Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–27
October 14	West Virginia Wesleyan	Pittsburgh, PA	W 13–0
October 21	Mississippi State	Pittsburgh, PA	L 7–12
October 28	Detroit	Pittsburgh, PA	W 14–6
November 5	at South Carolina	Columbia, SC	L 0–7
November 12	at No. 12 Carnegie Tech	Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–21
November 18	at Miami (FL)	Burdine Stadium Miami, FL	L 7–21
November 24	Niagara	Pittsburgh, PA	W 15–6
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "Duquesne Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2016-04-18. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
^ "1938 Duquesne Dukes Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 9, 2020.

v t e Duquesne Dukes football
Venues	Forbes Field Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field (1993–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1937 Orange Bowl
Culture & lore	Duke "The Victory Song (Red and Blue)"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
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 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
National championship seasons in bold

1938 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 18 Villanova		–		8	–	0	–	1
No. 9 Holy Cross		–		8	–	1	–	0
Boston College		–		6	–	1	–	2
No. 15 Fordham		–		6	–	1	–	2
No. 12 Cornell		–		5	–	1	–	1
Army		–		8	–	2	–	0
No. 8 Pittsburgh		–		8	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech		–		7	–	2	–	0
No. 20 Dartmouth		–		7	–	2	–	0
Vermont		–		4	–	2	–	1
Brown		–		5	–	3	–	0
Bucknell		–		5	–	3	–	0
Syracuse		–		5	–	3	–	0
CCNY		–		4	–	3	–	0
Penn		–		3	–	2	–	3
Manhattan		–		5	–	4	–	0
Harvard		–		4	–	4	–	0
La Salle		–		4	–	4	–	0
NYU		–		4	–	4	–	0
Boston University		–		3	–	4	–	1
Penn State		–		3	–	4	–	1
Princeton		–		3	–	4	–	1
Hofstra		–		2	–	3	–	1
Duquesne		–		4	–	6	–	0
Temple		–		3	–	6	–	1
Providence		–		3	–	5	–	0
Columbia		–		3	–	6	–	0
Massachusetts State		–		3	–	6	–	0
Colgate		–		2	–	5	–	0
Buffalo		–		2	–	6	–	0
Yale		–		2	–	6	–	0
Tufts		–		1	–	6	–	1

Rankings from AP Poll