Duquesne at Marquette

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 21, 1937, page 27

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  DUQUESNEIS UPSET BY marquette, 1876 Loser Five Times in Row, Golden Avalanche Passes to Win After Foe Scores. MILWAUKEE, Nov. 20.-Marquette, beaten down in five straight games, uncovered . forward passing scoring punch to register one Of the seasons major upsets today by beat ing Duquesne, 13 to 6. Rated Is q Stool underdog before the game, the Golden Avalanche came through with its finest performance Of the year, playing the strong Eastern squad to standstill after . flrst period that was all Duquesne. Marquette came from behind late in the second to gain the lead. Before that the Dukes had run up six of their 10 first downs, threatening three times and scoring once. After that the invaders never were beyond the Marquette IS. Marquette made five first downs four in the final half. A tumble by Andy Bakula, Mar quette back, recovered by Ted Grabinski, Duquesne center, led to the visitors score. Duquene got the ball on the l6 and rammed it to the /, from which point Frank zoppetti carried it over. Geno Onder’s kick from placement was wide. A minute before the half time gun, Bill staffeld, sub Marquette back, and Harry Leysenaar, another back, COM bined on 60-yard pass play that brought Marquette’s score. Leysenaar caught a 20-yard pass from staffeld and OUTRAGED the Duquesne secondary 40 yards for q touchdown. Rush Niles, sub fullback, kicked from placement to give Marquette the lead. In the third, Marquette marched 10 yards to score again, ripping through the line on spinners and delayed bucks. The pay-off came on . 15-yard pass from Johnny Maltsch, Quarterback, to Leysenaar in the end zone.

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  Imperial Valley press, California, November 21, 1937, page 1 (results column)

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  Football Results Harvard 13; Yale 6 FOrdham 6; st. Mary’s 0 Pitt %; Pen State Z Syracuse 0; Colgate Lehigh0; Lafayette 6 Holy Cross 0; Carnegie Tech 0 Columbia 0; Dartmouth q Army Al; st. Johns 6 Duke 20; North Carolina Z Mich. 0; Ohio State 81 Princeton 26; Navy 6 Purdue 13; Indiana ! Notre Dame !; Northwestern 0 Texas Christian !; Rice 2 MINI. 13; Wise. 6 Marquette 13; Duquesne 6 Iowa State 13; Kansas State 7 Tulane 33; Sewanee Z

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Duquesne leads 4–⁠1 in five meetings, counting the three since this game.