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1937 Duquesne

6–⁠4, coached by Clipper Smith.

Schedule and results

Duquesne in 1937, game by game: won vs. Waynesburg 33–7; won vs. West Virginia Wesleyan 39–0; lost at Pittsburgh 0–6; won vs. St. Vincent’s (Pennsylvania) 26–0; won vs. Richmond 24–0; lost vs. Carnegie Mellon 0–6; lost at Texas Tech 0–13; lost at Marquette 6–13; won vs. Detroit Mercy 14–7; won at Mississippi State 9–0+39−13Won 33–7 vs. Waynesburg+26WaynesburgWon 39–0 vs. West Virginia Wesleyan+39West Virginia W…Lost 0–6 at Pittsburgh-6PittsburghWon 26–0 vs. St. Vincent’s (Pennsylvania)+26St. Vincent’s (…Won 24–0 vs. Richmond+24RichmondLost 0–6 vs. Carnegie Mellon-6Carnegie MellonLost 0–13 at Texas Tech-13Texas TechLost 6–13 at Marquette-7MarquetteWon 14–7 vs. Detroit Mercy+7Detroit MercyWon 9–0 at Mississippi State+9Mississippi Sta…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24vsWaynesburgW 33–⁠794%
Oct 1vsWest Virginia WesleyanW 39–⁠092%
Oct 9atPittsburghL 0–⁠632%
Oct 15vsSt. Vincent’s (Pennsylvania)W 26–⁠093%
Oct 29vsRichmondW 24–⁠085%
Nov 6vsCarnegie MellonL 0–⁠679%
Nov 11atTexas TechL 0–⁠1352%
Nov 20atMarquetteL 6–⁠1356%
Nov 25vsDetroit MercyW 14–⁠749%
Dec 4atMississippi StateW 9–⁠046%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Mississippi State 9–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 9th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 44 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 16

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1937.

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
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AP final
Unranked peak No. 16
Points
151–⁠52
Coach
Clipper Smith
Elo
1572 −31 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
2.4 No. 54 of 126 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1938

The 1938 draft
Rd 1Boyd Brumbaugh BBrooklyn Dodgers
Rd 6George Platukis EPittsburgh Pirates