Duquesne at Mississippi State

Saturday, December 4, 1937

Duquesne beat Mississippi State 9–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, Duquesne led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayDuquesne6–⁠4 in 1937
9
HomeMississippi State5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1937
0

FinalHigh 53°F, low 30°F, 0.1 in. of rainAttendance 6,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: DUQUESNE VICTOR W|THLATEPO|NTS Field Goal and Touchdown in Last 2 Minutes Beat Mississippi State.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, December 5, 1937, page 35

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    DUQUESNE VICTOR W|THLATEPO|NTS Field Goal and Touchdown in Last 2 Minutes Beat Mississippi State. - TATE COLLEGE. Miss, Dec. A. Duquesne University turned scoreless So minutes into a 90 - victory over Mississippi State here today on the wings of a field goal and q last-minute touchdown from an intercepted pass With two minutes to play, the Dukes pulled up to the State 6-yard line with a first down, but three plays left the oval yards short of the goal. zoppetti replaced Uyrctrey at quarter and called for place kick He held the ball on the is and Brumbaugh booted it between the uprights to give the Dukes a 3-point lead.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT BALL Ms lRI3SW{5 rs re

    The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, December 6, 1937, page 1 (results column)

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    FOOT BALL Ms lRI3SW{5 rs re The following are final scores Of football games played last Saturday afternoon: Florida 6; Kentucky O. Tennessee 80; Mississippi 0. Duquesne 9; Mississippi State 0. Centenary 7; Louisiana Tech Z; tie. Rice IS; Southern Methodist 7. Texas A. and M. AZ; San Fran cisco 0. Oregon 6; Arizona 20. Southern California 10; UCLA 10.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Mississippi State 54% to win. Duquesne won as Elo’s underdog.

Tied 3–⁠3 in six meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
1947Mississippi State 34, Duquesne 0
1942Mississippi State 28, Duquesne 6
1941Duquesne 16, Mississippi State 0
1938Mississippi State 12, Duquesne 7
1937Duquesne 9, Mississippi State 0
1936Duquesne 13, Mississippi State 12Orange Bowl

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