1939 Duquesne Dukes football team

1939 Duquesne Dukes football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 10
Record8–0–1
Head coach
Home stadiumForbes Field
1939 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Cornell    8 0 0
No. 10 Duquesne    8 0 1
Swarthmore    6 0 1
Scranton    7 0 2
Princeton    7 1 0
La Salle    6 1 1
Penn State    5 1 2
No. 11 Boston College    9 2 0
No. 17 Fordham    6 2 0
Villanova    6 2 0
Boston University    5 3 0
Brown    5 3 1
Dartmouth    5 3 1
Hofstra    4 3 0
NYU    5 4 0
Pittsburgh    5 4 0
Harvard    4 4 0
Manhattan    4 4 0
Penn    4 4 0
Syracuse    3 3 2
Vermont    3 3 2
Tufts    3 4 1
Yale    3 4 1
Army    3 4 2
Bucknell    3 5 0
Carnegie Tech    3 5 0
Providence    3 5 0
Columbia    2 4 2
Massachusetts State    2 5 2
Colgate    2 5 1
Temple    2 7 0
CCNY    1 7 0
Buffalo    0 7 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Duquesne Dukes football team was an American football team that represented Duquesne University as an independent the 1939 college football season. In their first year under head coach Aldo Donelli, the Dukes compiled an 8–0–1 record, shut out five of nine opponents, outscored all opponents by a total of 152 to 43, and were ranked No. 10 in the final AP poll and No. 32 in the final Litkenhous Ratings.

For the second time in four years, the Dukes upset cross-town rivals Pittsburgh, this time as the Panthers were the number one team in the AP poll.

Tackle Carl Nery won third-team honors on the 1939 All-America team and second-team honors on the All-Eastern team. Other key players included halfback/fullback George Gonda.

The team played its home games at Forbes Field (five games) and Pitt Stadium (two games) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania