Mississippi State at Duquesne

Saturday, November 15, 1941

No. 10 Duquesne beat No. 13 Mississippi State 16–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Duquesne led the series 3–⁠1.

Away13Mississippi State8–⁠1–⁠1 in 1941
0
Home10Duquesne8–⁠0 in 1941
16

FinalHigh 66°F, low 39°FAttendance 31,483

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, November 15, 1941, page 29

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    the four where it was second down as the period ended Score: DuqueSne, g; Mississippi State, 0. Fourth Quarter. Two plays later Gottlieb bulleted through left guard for a touchdown. Rokisky kicked the point. Score: DuqueSne, Is; State, O. On the second play after the kick off Black fumbled and Duquesne recovered on the State 80 Unable to gain, Duquesne punted over the goal line. The Maroons reached their own “a, but stalled and Goode returned Murphy’s punt II yards to the Duquesne 80. Duquesne’s lineup was heavily studded with reserves and the understudies were unable to gain in the closing minutes. kielbasa punted to Bruce, who slipped and fell on his own 13 State started to move against the Duke reserves and made three straight first downs in an advance 10 the DuqueSne al. where the game ended. Final: Duquesne, 16; Mississippi State, 0.

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)

Duquesne 56% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Tied 3–⁠3 in six meetings, counting the two 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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