1941 Duquesne Dukes football team

1941 Duquesne Dukes football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 8
Record8–0
Head coach
Home stadiumForbes Field
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Duquesne     8 0 0
Thiel     7 0 0
Saint Francis (PA)     6 0 1
No. 6 Fordham     8 1 0
Rochester     6 1 0
Trinity (CT)     6 1 0
Wagner     5 1 0
Franklin & Marshall     5 1 1
Penn State     7 2 0
Temple     7 2 0
Coast Guard     6 2 0
Norwich     6 2 0
Hofstra     5 2 0
Boston College     7 3 0
Syracuse     5 2 1
Bucknell     6 3 0
Drexel     4 2 1
Boston University     5 3 0
La Salle     5 3 0
Tufts     5 3 0
Army     5 3 1
CCNY     4 4 0
Villanova     4 4 0
Manhattan     4 4 1
Holy Cross     4 4 2
Colgate     3 3 2
Providence     3 3 2
Buffalo     3 4 1
Massachusetts State     3 4 1
Pittsburgh     3 6 0
Vermont     2 6 0
NYU     2 7 0
Carnegie Tech     1 7 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1941 Duquesne Dukes football team was an American football team that represented Duquesne University as an independent during the 1941 college football season. Duquesne finished undefeated, with a record of 8–0, and was ranked eighth in the final AP Poll.[1][2] They secured their perfect season by beating previously-undefeated Mississippi State in a rematch of the 1937 Orange Bowl.[3]

Aldo Donelli was the head coach for the first two games but then resigned to become head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Steve Sinko took over as Duquesne's acting head coach after Donelli's resignation.[4] National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Duquesne records credit the entire season to Donelli's head coaching record.[5][6]

Duquesne's John Rokisky was selected by the Associated Press a first-team end on the 1941 All-Eastern football team. Center Al DeMao was named to the second team.[7]

  1. ^ "1941 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  2. ^ "1941 Duquesne Dukes Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  3. ^ "Duquesne Takes 8th Straight, 16-0". The New York Times. November 16, 1941.
  4. ^ Claire M. Burcky (September 27, 1941). "Donelli To Devote Full Time To Steelers". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Archived Team-By-Team Final Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  6. ^ "Duquesne Football Record Book" (PDF). Duquesne Athletics. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  7. ^ "MacKinney and Peabody on A.P. Eastern Eleven". The Boston Daily Globe. December 5, 1941. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.