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Duquesne vs. Mississippi State

Duquesne and Mississippi State have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1936; the series is tied 3–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s even at 3–⁠3, and Mississippi State has won the last 2.

Duquesne wins
3
Mississippi State wins
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1936
Longest streak
2 Duquesne
Current streak
2 Mississippi State
Last 10 meetings
even at 3–⁠3
Most recent
1947

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s2–⁠1
1940s1–⁠2
Both ranked
1 meeting: Duquesne 1, Mississippi State 0
Average margin
14.5 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Duquesne
1–⁠1 Duquesne’s record at home
At Mississippi State
2–⁠1 Mississippi State’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 Duquesne first
Shutouts
3

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Duquesne’s biggest win1941: Duquesne 16, Mississippi State 0by 16 points
  2. Mississippi State’s biggest win1947: Mississippi State 34, Duquesne 0by 34 points
  3. Ranked showdown1941: Duquesne 16, Mississippi State 0No. 13 Mississippi State at No. 10 Duquesne

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Duquesne and Mississippi State, 1936 on130015001700194019501960197019801990200020102020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1936 game: U. WASHINGTON LOSES CONTEST TO PITTSBURGH Huskies Are Unable to Put Across One Score in Rose Bowl Game

    1936 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Jan 2, 1937

  • The Evening star's story of the 1937 game: DUQUESNE VICTOR W|THLATEPO|NTS Field Goal and Touchdown in Last 2 Minutes Beat Mississippi State.

    1937 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Dec 5, 1937

  • The Evening star's story of the 1941 game

    1941 · Evening star, Nov 15, 1941

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Oct 18, 1947Mississippi State 34, Duquesne 0at Mississippi State
Nov 14, 1942Mississippi State 28, Duquesne 6at Mississippi State
Nov 15, 194110Duquesne 16, 13Mississippi State 0at Duquesne
Oct 21, 1938Mississippi State 12, Duquesne 7at Duquesne
Dec 4, 1937Duquesne 9, Mississippi State 0at Mississippi State
Jan 1, 193712Duquesne 13, Mississippi State 12Neutral siteOrange Bowl

Every game is listed as played on the field.