Duquesne Dukes
NECPittsburgh, PAArthur J. Rooney Athletic Field
2026: 2–4 (1–1 NEC). Last: won at Stonehill 14–7. Next: Wagner, Saturday, Oct 24, noon ET.
- L 0–34at Air Force
- L 13–70at Youngstown State
- L 7–48at Washington State
- W 53–0University of Rio Grande
- L 14–17Long Island University
- W 14–7at Stonehill
- Oct 24Wagner
- Oct 31at New Haven
- Nov 7Robert Morris
- Nov 14Mercyhurst
- Nov 21at Central Connecticut
Duquesne has played football since 1891 and is officially 420–317–18; 391 of its 755 games are in our file. Their best finish in the final AP poll is No. 8, in 1941. They have won 11 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference titles (the last in 2007) and seven Northeast Conference titles, counting shared titles. Aldo Donelli (1939–1942) won more games here than any other coach: 21. The most-played rival is Saint Francis: 20 meetings, Duquesne leads 15–5. This season, they’re 2–4.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 420–317–18 official; 233–152–6 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 1–1 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 17 ranked
- Elo now
- 1285
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 95 · Composite No. 113 in FCS, Oct 17; up 12 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 18 last in 2024
- Bowl record
- 5–4 official, bowls only
- Seasons
- 44 since 1914, 391 games
Identity
- Fight song
- The Victory Song (Red and Blue)
2026 season 2–4
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | at Air Force | L 0–34 | 24% |
| Sep 12 | at Youngstown State | L 13–70 | 34% |
| Sep 19 | at Washington State | L 7–48 | 16% |
| Sep 26 | vsUniversity of Rio Grande | W 53–0 | 67% |
| Oct 10 | vs Long Island University | L 14–17 | 66% |
| Oct 17 | at Stonehill | W 14–7 | 48% |
| Oct 24 | vs Wagner | Preview | 77% |
| Oct 31 | at New Haven | Preview | 56% |
| Nov 7 | vs Robert Morris | Preview | 69% |
| Nov 14 | vs Mercyhurst | Preview | 73% |
| Nov 21 | at Central Connecticut | Preview | 37% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterThe moneyOn the 2026 team
- Luke Miller45 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 1 INT (leads Duquesne in tackles)
- Carson Camp831 passing yards, 4 TD (leads Duquesne in passing yards)
- Johness Davis300 rushing yards, 1 TD (leads Duquesne in rushing yards)
- Ryan Petras19 catches, 243 yards, 1 TD (leads Duquesne in receiving yards)
- Nico Pate29 tackles
- Bernard Blakey15 tackles, 3 sacks
Program greats See all
Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Duquesne.
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
Program strength since 1914
Best seasons everHead coaches
| Coach | Years | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Doc Skender | 1950 | 2–6–1 |
| Phil Ahwesh | 1949 | 3–6 |
| Kass Kovalcheck | 1947–1948 | 4–15 |
| Aldo Donelli | 1939–1942 | 21–4–2 |
| Clipper Smith | 1936–1938 | 18–12 |
| Christie Flanagan | 1935 | 6–3 |
| Joe Bach | 1934 | 8–2 |
 Elmer Layden | 1929–1933 | 12–4–3 |
Most-played series
All rivalries- Saint Francis
15–5 in 20
- 2015 W 30–20
- 2016 L 10–14
- 2017 W 24–7
- 2018 W 27–20
- 2019 W 30–21
- 2021 L 10–17
- 2022 L 14–51
- 2023 W 38–35
- 2024 W 38–7
- 2025 W 52–7
Won the last three.
- Robert Morris
14–5 in 19
- 2012 L 13–17
- 2013 W 21–20
- 2014 W 22–0
- 2015 W 16–7
- 2016 W 31–24
- 2017 W 51–14
- 2018 W 48–24
- 2019 L 21–41
- 2024 W 31–6
- 2025 W 20–17
Won the last two.
Next: Nov 7
- Wagner
14–4 in 18
- 2016 W 28–20
- 2017 W 38–0
- 2018 W 47–30
- 2019 W 28–24
- 2020 W 17–0
- 2021 W 44–0
- 2022 W 33–0
- 2023 W 34–26
- 2024 W 42–21
- 2025 L 13–24
Lost the last one.
Next: Oct 24
| Opponent | Games | DUQ record |
|---|---|---|
| Saint Francis | 20 | 15–5 |
| Robert Morris | 19 | 14–5 |
| Wagner | 18 | 14–4 |
| Sacred Heart | 17 | 14–3 |
| Central Connecticut | 16 | 9–7 |
| Bryant | 14 | 6–8 |
| Dayton | 12 | 9–3 |
| Bucknell | 12 | 6–6 |
Every opponent (114)
Every program Duquesne has played, A to Z, with Duquesne’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Air Force 0–1
- Akron 0–1
- Alabama 0–3
- Alderson-Broaddus 2–0
- Alliance 1–0
- Ashland 1–0
- Boston College 0–1
- Boston University 0–1
- Brown 0–1
- Bryant 6–8
- Bucknell 6–6
- Buffalo 0–1
- Butler 1–0
- Carnegie Mellon 4–3–1
- Catholic 1–1
- Central Connecticut 9–7
- Chattanooga 0–2
- Clemson 0–4
- Coastal Carolina 0–1
- Columbia 0–1
- Dayton 9–3
- Delaware 0–2
- Detroit Mercy 5–3–1
- Edinboro 1–0
- Florida 0–1
- Florida State 0–1
- Fordham 2–1
- Frostburg State 1–0
- Geneva 0–1
- Geneva 3–0
- Georgetown 1–1–1
- Georgia 0–1
- Haskell 1–0
- Hawai’i 0–2
- Holy Cross 3–1
- Illinois Wesleyan 2–0
- Iona 3–2
- Jacksonville 1–0
- Kansas State 1–1
- Kennesaw State 0–1
- Kentucky Christian 1–0
- La Salle 5–0
- Lakehurst NAS 1–0
- Lehigh 0–1
- Liberty 0–1
- Lincoln (PA) 1–0
- Lock Haven 1–0
- Long Island University 5–3
- Louisville 1–0
- Loyola (Baltimore) 1–0
- Manhattan 3–1
- Marist 4–0
- Marquette 4–1
- Maryland 0–1
- Massachusetts 0–1
- McDaniel 1–0
- Mercyhurst 2–0
- Merrimack 2–1
- Miami 1–1
- Mississippi State 3–3
- Monmouth 4–4
- Morehead State 1–1
- Muhlenberg 1–0
- NC State 1–1
- New Hampshire 0–1
- New Haven 1–0
- Niagara 2–0
- Nicholls 0–1
- North Carolina 0–1
- Ohio 1–1
- Oklahoma State 2–0
- Old Dominion 0–1
- Ole Miss 0–1
- Pennsylvania 0–2
- Pittsburgh 2–5
- Rice 1–1
- Richmond 1–0
- Robert Morris 14–5
- Sacred Heart 14–3
- Saint Francis 15–5
- Saint Louis 1–1
- Saint Mary’s (CA) 2–0–1
- San Francisco 0–1
- Siena 1–0
- South Carolina 1–1
- South Dakota State 0–2
- St. Bonaventure 1–0
- St. Peter’s 3–0
- St. Vincent’s (Pennsylvania) 3–0–1
- Stonehill 3–2
- TCU 0–1
- Texas Tech 1–2
- Thomas More 1–0
- Toledo 0–1
- Towson 1–0
- UAlbany 2–5
- University of Rio Grande 1–0
- Valparaiso 4–0
- Villanova 3–3
- Virginia Lynchburg 1–0
- Wagner 14–4
- Wake Forest 0–3
- Walsh 1–0
- Washington & Jefferson 3–0
- Washington St. Louis 2–0
- Washington State 0–1
- Waynesburg 9–0
- West Liberty 2–1
- West Virginia 3–5–1
- West Virginia Wesleyan 7–1
- Western Reserve 1–0
- Westminster (Pennsylvania) 1–0
- William & Mary 0–1
- Youngstown State 1–7
Conference titles
18, counting shared titlesAs the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.
Conferences
- Tri-State Conference 1929
- Independent 1930–1942, 1947–1950 and 1979–1993
- Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 1994–2007
- NEC since 2008
- 2008Joined the NEC from the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in football. Source
Duquesne’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Consensus All-Americans 1
| 1936 | Mike Basrak C |
In the NFL Draft
By college- Drafted, rounds 1–7
- 6 since 1937
- First-round picks
- 2
| 1938 | Boyd Brumbaugh B | No. 3, Brooklyn Dodgers |
| 1937 | Mike Basrak C | No. 5, Pittsburgh Pirates |
The school
Duquesne University- Enrollment
- 8,234 5,371 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Public or private
- Private nonprofit; Research 2
- Founded
- 1878
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $74,742 10 years after starting
Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1285 | ||||
| 2025 | 7–5 | 6–2 | 1315 | ||||
| 2024 | 8–3 | 6–1 | 1380 | ||||
| 2023 | 7–5 | 6–1 | 1318 | ||||
| 2022 | 4–7 | 3–4 | 1283 | ||||
| 2021 | 7–3 | 5–2 | 1375 | ||||
| 2020 | 4–0 | 1371 | |||||
| 2019 | 6–5 | 4–3 | 1312 | ||||
| 2018 | 9–4 | 5–1 | 1436 | ||||
| 2017 | 7–4 | 4–2 | 1409 | ||||
| 2016 | 8–3 | 5–1 | 1423 | ||||
| 2015 | 8–4 | 5–1 | 1390 | ||||
| 2014 | 6–6 | 2–4 | 1313 | ||||
| 2013 | 6–3 | 3–1 | 1350 | ||||
| 2012 | 5–5 | 3–4 | 1323 | ||||
| 2011 | 9–2 | 7–1 | 1403 | ||||
| 2010 | 7–4 | 5–3 | 1272 | ||||
| 2009 | 3–8 | 2–6 | 1137 | ||||
| 2008 | 3–7 | 2–6 | 1206 | ||||
| 2007 | 6–4 | 2–1 | 1307 | ||||
| 2006 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 1352 | ||||
| 2005 | 7–3 | 4–0 | 1383 | ||||
| 2004 | 7–3 | 4–0 | 1376 | ||||
| 2003 | 8–3 | 5–0 | 1413 | ||||
| 1950 | 2–6–1 | Doc Skender | 1334 |
Every season back to 1914 (19 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | 3–6 | Phil Ahwesh | 1365 | ||||
| 1948 | 2–7 | Kass Kovalcheck | 1326 | ||||
| 1947 | 2–8 | Kass Kovalcheck | 1364 | ||||
| 1942 | 6–3–1 | 13 | Aldo Donelli | 1616 | |||
| 1941 | 8–0 | 8 | 1699 | ||||
| 1940 | 7–1 | Aldo Donelli | 1629 | ||||
| 1939 | 8–0–1 | 10 | Aldo Donelli | 1605 | |||
| 1938 | 4–6 | Clipper Smith | 1451 | ||||
| 1937 | 6–4 | Clipper Smith | 1572 | ||||
| 1936 | 8–2 | 11 | 14 | Clipper Smith | 1654 | ||
| 1935 | 6–3 | Christie Flanagan | 1586 | ||||
| 1934 | 8–2 | Joe Bach | 1613 | ||||
| 1933 | 10–1 | Elmer Layden | 1581 | ||||
| 1932 | 2–1 | Elmer Layden | 1446 | ||||
| 1931 | 0–1–2 | Elmer Layden | 1364 | ||||
| 1930 | 0–1 | Elmer Layden | 1305 | ||||
| 1929 | 0–0–1 | Elmer Layden | 1228 | ||||
| 1928 | 2–1 | 1233 | |||||
| 1914few games on file | 0–1 | 1190 |
Officially 420–317–18 since 1891 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 233–152–6 (391 of its 755 games are on file). Our file starts in 1914; the program began in 1891. Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1915–27, 1943–46, 1951–2002: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.