Duquesne at Manhattan

Saturday, October 24, 1942

Manhattan beat Duquesne 10–⁠7. It was their fourth meeting; Duquesne leads the series 3–⁠1.

AwayDuquesne6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1942
7
HomeManhattan2–⁠6 in 1942
10

Final

In the newspapers

  • The Detroit evening times's story: Titdns Among Nation S Best

    Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, October 26, 1942, page 1 (results column)

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    Titdns Among Nation S Best Continued from First Sport Page Dame opened the season with a tie and a loss. Than followed with victories over Stanford and Iowa Cadets. Saturday against Illinois the Irish came from behind twice TO win, 21–⁠14. Again Angelo Bertell was the star. CONFERENCE CHOICE-Ohio State which downed strong North western eleven. POS. Buckeyes don’t have Minnesota on their schedule. ROSE BOWL FAVORITE- Alabama which added Kentucky to its list of victims. Toughest part of ‘Bama’s schedule is behind il. GRIDIRON SURPRISE S- Princeton 33. Brown 13; Stanford Ii. Southern California 6; Baylor 6, Texas A. and M. O; Manhattan 10. Duquesne 7 SCORING vanderbilt Sc. Center 0: Tennessee 50. Fur man 7; Georgia 35, Cincinnati ID; Creighton 33, Drake Ia; Rose Poly 50, Earlham z; Holy Cross %, North Carolina 0; Missouri As, Iowa State 6; Oklahoma A. and M. 40, Washington (MoD 0: Will liams AZ, Tufts o; Maryland 81, Western Maryland 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 70% to win. Manhattan pulled the upset.

Duquesne leads 3–⁠1 in four meetings.

Recent meetings
1942Manhattan 10, Duquesne 7
1941Duquesne 26, Manhattan 7
1940Duquesne 10, Manhattan 6
1939Duquesne 7, Manhattan 0

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