Duquesne Dukes
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The Duquesne Dukes are the athletic teams of Duquesne University
of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
.
Duquesne has played men's basketball only in NCAA
Division I and has played football as a club team from 1891–1894, 1896–1903, 1913–1914, and 1920–1928, in the NCAA
Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) from 1929–1942 and 1947–1950, again as a club team from 1969–1978, in NCAA
Division III from 1979–1992, and in the NCAA
Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) from 1993–present.
, the French governor of Canada, who first brought Catholic observances to the Pittsburgh area.
Since a Marquis and a Duke are not visually distinct (and the name "Duquesne" implies a "Duke"), the unofficial symbol of the school's athletic teams became a man dressed in a top hat, tails and a regal sash across his chest. "Dukes" being more readily recognized than "Marquis," the name Duke was popularly assigned to the symbol and stuck ever since the fall of 1911.
The Duquesne Department of Athletics unveiled its most notable "Duke" mascot prior to the January 18, 2003 game against the University of Richmond. The Duke is 7-feet tall with an oversized head and sports a dapper navy blue suit with red piping, a red shirt with a red bow tie, and red gloves, with a black top hat. The new Duke replaces "Duke the Bear" who was a fixture at DU athletic events since 1996.
At the December 13, 2008 game versus West Virginia, Duquesne introduced its new human-figure mascot to replace the 7 feet (2.1 m) character mascot. "Dickie Duke" is the name of the mascot who traditionally sports his black jacket with coat-tails and overbearing top-hat.
Before the 2010 City Game vs the Pittsburgh Panthers, Duquesne introduced the new character mascot at an annual alumni event.
Duquesne's school colors of red and blue, the colors of the , have been in place since the school's inception.
championship in 1955. (At the time, the NIT was the premier collegiate basketball tournament in the country.) The men's basketball Dukes annually play their cross-town rival, the University of Pittsburgh Panthers, in Pittsburgh
's much anticipated and highly attended City Game
. The current head coach is Ron Everhart
, who has a two-year record of 27-32 (13-19 in the Atlantic 10 Conference).
The Dukes women's basketball team also plays the University of Pittsburgh every year in the women's version of the City Game. The current head coach is Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
r Suzie McConnell-Serio, who has a two-year record of 35-27.
.
. In recent years, Duquesne Football was a member of the NCAA Division I Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
, winning or sharing 11 conference titles, including nine in a row and 11 of the past 13.
Duquesne was the ECAC
Bowl champions and NCAA Division I FCS Mid-Major National Champions in 2003. (The team was the 1995 ECAC
Bowl Champions as well. Duquesne was rated #1 NCAA Division 1 in the Nation by the Massey Ratings in 1941 and won a NCFA- Club National Championship in 1973)
college football's alignment into divisions. Duquesne won the 1934 Festival of Palms Bowl
(now known as the "Orange Bowl") and 1937 Orange Bowl.
ranking while leading the nation in scoring defense, rushing defense, and total defense. (Duquesne also led all of NCAA Division I Football in scoring defense in 2002 and rushing defense, passing defense, and total defense in 2005.)
is credited with devising the system of hand signals that officials use today. The signal system was put to use for the first time on November 11, 1928, when Duquesne hosted Thiel College at Pitt Stadium
. Layden
was also the first coach to use two sets of uniform jerseys for home and away contests. In 1929, graduate student manager John Holohan conceived the idea of Pittsburgh's first night game at Forbes Field
. On the evening of November 1 that year, the Dukes made history by defeating Geneva College, 27-7, in front of more than 27,000 spectators. This led to the Duquesne Football team's nickname "the Night Riders."
At the club level, Duquesne won the 1973 National Club Football Association National Championship and was runner-up in 1977.
The Dukes football team also boasts the greatest all-time intraconference winning streak in NCAA Division I FCS history with 39 straight wins in the MAAC
. The 39-game streak also ties for the second-longest intraconference winning streak in NCAA
Division I Football history, five games shy of the all-time record.
The National Football League
's Pittsburgh franchise has drafted more players out of Duquesne University than any other institution.
1891-1892: Results Unavailable
Duquesne fielded an NCAA varsity rifle team for many years (a coed sport). This team competed in the Middle Atlantic Rifle Conference, claiming a share of the conference title in the 2001-02 season. The team officially disbanded after the 2003-04 season.
Recently, Duquesne's Olympic/"non-revenue" sports were led by distance runner Tom Slosky, a member of the university's cross country and indoor and outdoor track & field teams. Slosky is a five-time Atlantic 10 champion—winning a team and individual cross country title in 2005 and 2007, respectively, and the conference's 3,000-meter steeplechase as a member of Duquesne's outdoor track & field program in 2005, 2006 and 2008—as well as a three-time IC4A
champion in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (2006, 2007 and 2008). Slosky also was a 3,000-meter steeplechase competitor in the NCAA
Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships in 2006, 2007 and 2008—advancing to the final heat in 2007—and a competitor in the 2007 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships.
Duquesne fields many club, or non-varsity, teams that compete regularly against other schools. Club sports offered at Duquesne are tennis
, men's indoor track & field, men's rowing, men's ice hockey
, and men's roller hockey
.
The Duquesne Club Tennis team started in the Fall of 2008. They are a part of the USTA's Tennis on Campus program.
The men's indoor track & field program practices and competes alongside Duquesne's varsity women's indoor track & field program during the winter months and is affiliated with the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America
. The men's team is recognized as varsity during the spring months when it becomes an outdoor track & field program and competes in the Atlantic 10, although it maintains its affiliation with the IC4A
.
The men's rowing program generally practices and competes alongside Duquesne's varsity women's rowing team.
The men's ice hockey team is affiliated with the Division I level of the American Collegiate Hockey Association
, competing in the College Hockey Mid-America
conference. The team was CHMA
champions during the 2006–07 season.
The men's roller hockey team competed as a Division II team in the National Collegiate Roller Hockey Association
(NCRHA)'s Eastern Collegiate Roller Hockey Association (ECRHA)
, specifically in the Central Conference.
The Dukes have crowned numerous full Atlantic 10 individual champions in men's cross country (1), women's rowing (5), men's and women's swimming [23 (men), 11 (women)], women's indoor track and field (8), and men's and women's outdoor track & field [11 (men), 8 (women)].
Men's Cross Country (1)
Women's Rowing (5)
Men's Swimming & Diving (23)
Women's Swimming & Diving (11)
Women's Indoor Track & Field (8)
Men's Outdoor Track & Field (11)
Women's Outdoor Track & Field (8)
Men's Soccer (3)
Women's Lacrosse (2)
Duquesne University
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit is a private Catholic university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded by members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, Duquesne first opened its doors as the Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost in October 1878 with an enrollment of...
of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
.
Duquesne has played men's basketball only in NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
Division I and has played football as a club team from 1891–1894, 1896–1903, 1913–1914, and 1920–1928, in the NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) from 1929–1942 and 1947–1950, again as a club team from 1969–1978, in NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
Division III from 1979–1992, and in the NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) from 1993–present.
Mascot
The "Dukes" nickname dates back to 1911, when what is now Duquesne University changed its name to honor the Marquis Du QuesneMarquis Duquesne
Michel-Ange Du Quesne de Menneville, Marquis Du Quesne was a French Governor General of New France. He was born in Toulon....
, the French governor of Canada, who first brought Catholic observances to the Pittsburgh area.
Since a Marquis and a Duke are not visually distinct (and the name "Duquesne" implies a "Duke"), the unofficial symbol of the school's athletic teams became a man dressed in a top hat, tails and a regal sash across his chest. "Dukes" being more readily recognized than "Marquis," the name Duke was popularly assigned to the symbol and stuck ever since the fall of 1911.
At the December 13, 2008 game versus West Virginia, Duquesne introduced its new human-figure mascot to replace the 7 feet (2.1 m) character mascot. "Dickie Duke" is the name of the mascot who traditionally sports his black jacket with coat-tails and overbearing top-hat.
Before the 2010 City Game vs the Pittsburgh Panthers, Duquesne introduced the new character mascot at an annual alumni event.
Duquesne's school colors of red and blue, the colors of the , have been in place since the school's inception.
University fight song
The Victory Song (Red and Blue) was written in 1926. Words and music were composed by Father Thomas J. Quigley (class of 1927).Basketball
The Dukes men's basketball team has had great success over the years, playing twice in national championship games in the 1950s and winning the National Invitation TournamentNational Invitation Tournament
The National Invitation Tournament is a men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. There are two NIT events each season. The first, played in November and known as the Dick's Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off , was founded in 1985...
championship in 1955. (At the time, the NIT was the premier collegiate basketball tournament in the country.) The men's basketball Dukes annually play their cross-town rival, the University of Pittsburgh Panthers, in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
's much anticipated and highly attended City Game
City Game
The City Game is an annual college basketball game between the University of Pittsburgh Panthers and the Duquesne University Dukes. The term "City Game" is also used refer to women's basketball games played annually between the two universities and may also be used to refer to other athletic...
. The current head coach is Ron Everhart
Ron Everhart
Ron Everhart is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Duquesne University. Previously, he held the same position at Northeastern University and McNeese State University....
, who has a two-year record of 27-32 (13-19 in the Atlantic 10 Conference).
The Dukes women's basketball team also plays the University of Pittsburgh every year in the women's version of the City Game. The current head coach is Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame honors men and women who have contributed to the sport of women's basketball. The Hall of Fame opened in 1999 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA...
r Suzie McConnell-Serio, who has a two-year record of 35-27.
Fictional portrayals
A Duquesne Dukes men's basketball player's heart ailment serves as the major plot device for the pilot episode of Pittsburgh-based CBS medical drama Three RiversThree Rivers (TV series)
Three Rivers is a medical drama, which premiered on CBS on October 4, 2009 and aired Sundays at 9 pm Eastern Time/Pacific Time. The series was set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at a fictional hospital specializing in transplants, with Alex O'Loughlin starring as a famous transplant surgeon...
.
Football
The Dukes play in the NCAA Division I Northeast ConferenceNortheast Conference
The Northeast Conference is a college athletic conference whose schools are members of the NCAA. The NCAA designates the Northeast Conference to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision for Division I Men's Football and to Division I Sports for all other sports.Founded in 1981 as the ECAC-Metro...
. In recent years, Duquesne Football was a member of the NCAA Division I Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. MAAC teams compete in the NCAA's Division I. Most of the members are Catholic or formerly Catholic institutions; the only exception is the private but secular Rider...
, winning or sharing 11 conference titles, including nine in a row and 11 of the past 13.
Duquesne was the ECAC
Eastern College Athletic Conference
The Eastern College Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference comprising schools that compete in 21 sports . It has 317 member institutions in NCAA Divisions I, II, and III, ranging in location from Maine to North Carolina and west to Illinois...
Bowl champions and NCAA Division I FCS Mid-Major National Champions in 2003. (The team was the 1995 ECAC
Eastern College Athletic Conference
The Eastern College Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference comprising schools that compete in 21 sports . It has 317 member institutions in NCAA Divisions I, II, and III, ranging in location from Maine to North Carolina and west to Illinois...
Bowl Champions as well. Duquesne was rated #1 NCAA Division 1 in the Nation by the Massey Ratings in 1941 and won a NCFA- Club National Championship in 1973)
Major Bowl Games
The Dukes had some success before NCAANational Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
college football's alignment into divisions. Duquesne won the 1934 Festival of Palms Bowl
Festival of Palms Bowl
The Festival of Palms Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game held New Year's Day in Miami, Florida. The game was held twice, following the 1932 and 1933 seasons, before being renamed the Orange Bowl....
(now known as the "Orange Bowl") and 1937 Orange Bowl.
AP Poll Appearances
From 1933-42, Duquesne was among the elite college football teams in the United States, garnering the sixth-highest winning percentage (71-22-2, 0.762) in the nation behind Alabama, Tennessee, Duke, Fordham, and Notre Dame. In 1941, Duquesne finished the season undefeated and untied, earning a No. 8 Associated PressAssociated Press
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ranking while leading the nation in scoring defense, rushing defense, and total defense. (Duquesne also led all of NCAA Division I Football in scoring defense in 2002 and rushing defense, passing defense, and total defense in 2005.)
- October 19, 1936 #11
- November 16, 1936 #20
- November 23, 1936 #12
- November 30, 1936 #14 FINAL
- November 1, 1937 #16
- October 23, 1939 #11
- October 30, 1939 #13
- November 6, 1939 #12
- November 13, 1939 #10
- November 20, 1939 #20
- November 27, 1939 #6
- December 4, 1939 #10
- December 11, 1939 #10 FINAL
- October 27, 1941 #16
- November 3, 1941 #12
- November 10, 1941 #10
- November 17, 1941 #6
- November 24, 1941 #5
- December 1, 1941 #8 FINAL
- October 12, 1942 #13
Innovations
Duquesne is noted for establishing numerous firsts in collegiate football. Former head coach Elmer LaydenElmer Layden
Elmer Francis Layden was an American football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and professional sports executive. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame where he starred at fullback as a member of the legendary "Four Horsemen" backfield...
is credited with devising the system of hand signals that officials use today. The signal system was put to use for the first time on November 11, 1928, when Duquesne hosted Thiel College at Pitt Stadium
Pitt Stadium
Pitt Stadium was a stadium located on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania from 1925 to 1999. It served primarily as the home of the University of Pittsburgh's football team, the Pittsburgh Panthers...
. Layden
Elmer Layden
Elmer Francis Layden was an American football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and professional sports executive. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame where he starred at fullback as a member of the legendary "Four Horsemen" backfield...
was also the first coach to use two sets of uniform jerseys for home and away contests. In 1929, graduate student manager John Holohan conceived the idea of Pittsburgh's first night game at Forbes Field
Forbes Field
Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to 1971. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball team, and the first home of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's National Football League franchise...
. On the evening of November 1 that year, the Dukes made history by defeating Geneva College, 27-7, in front of more than 27,000 spectators. This led to the Duquesne Football team's nickname "the Night Riders."
At the club level, Duquesne won the 1973 National Club Football Association National Championship and was runner-up in 1977.
The Dukes football team also boasts the greatest all-time intraconference winning streak in NCAA Division I FCS history with 39 straight wins in the MAAC
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. MAAC teams compete in the NCAA's Division I. Most of the members are Catholic or formerly Catholic institutions; the only exception is the private but secular Rider...
. The 39-game streak also ties for the second-longest intraconference winning streak in NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
Division I Football history, five games shy of the all-time record.
The National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
's Pittsburgh franchise has drafted more players out of Duquesne University than any other institution.
Yearly football results
(yellow = .500 record; soft orange = above .500 record; green = undefeated)| Year | Wins | Losses | Ties | Coach | Rankings | Regular Season/Bowl Championships | National Championships |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 380 | 281 | 20 | ||||
| 2011 | 9 | 2 | 0 | Jerry Schmidt | NEC Co-Champions | ||
| 2010 | 7 | 4 | 0 | Jerry Schmitt | |||
| 2009 | 3 | 8 | 0 | Jerry Schmitt | |||
| 2008 | 3 | 7 | 0 | Jerry Schmitt | (First season in Northeast Conference Northeast Conference The Northeast Conference is a college athletic conference whose schools are members of the NCAA. The NCAA designates the Northeast Conference to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision for Division I Men's Football and to Division I Sports for all other sports.Founded in 1981 as the ECAC-Metro... ) |
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| 2007 | 6 | 4 | 0 | Jerry Schmitt | #8 National Collegiate Athletic Association National Collegiate Athletic Association The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States... Division I FCS Mid-Major (http://www.sportsnetwork.com/) |
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. MAAC teams compete in the NCAA's Division I. Most of the members are Catholic or formerly Catholic institutions; the only exception is the private but secular Rider... Champions |
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| 2006 | 7 | 3 | 0 | Jerry Schmitt | #6 NCAA Division I FCS Mid-Major (Sports Network) | MAAC Champions | |
| 2005 | 7 | 3 | 0 | Jerry Schmitt | #3 NCAA Division I FCS Mid-Major (Sports Network) | MAAC Champions | |
| 2004 | 7 | 3 | 0 | Greg Gattuso | #5 NCAA Division I FCS Mid-Major (Sports Network) | MAAC Champions | |
| 2003 | 8 | 3 | 0 | Greg Gattuso | #1 NCAA Division I FCS Mid-Major (Sports Network) | MAAC Champions Eastern College Athletic Conference Eastern College Athletic Conference The Eastern College Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference comprising schools that compete in 21 sports . It has 317 member institutions in NCAA Divisions I, II, and III, ranging in location from Maine to North Carolina and west to Illinois... Bowl Champions |
NCAA Division I FCS Mid-Major National Champions NCAA Division I-AA Consensus Mid-Major Football National Championship The NCAA Division I FCS Mid Major National Football Championship was a label that began in 2001 and ended after the 2007 season. Prior to 2001, mid-major National Champions were named by various polls like Don Hansen's National Weekly Football Gazette and the Dopke collegesportsreport.com polls,... |
| 2002 | 11 | 1 | 0 | Greg Gattuso | #2 NCAA Division I FCS Mid-Major (Sports Network) | MAAC Champions | |
| 2001 | 8 | 3 | 0 | Greg Gattuso | #4 NCAA Division I FCS Mid-Major (Sports Network) | MAAC Champions | |
| 2000 | 10 | 1 | 0 | Greg Gattuso | MAAC Champions | ||
| 1999 | 8 | 3 | 0 | Greg Gattuso | MAAC Champions | ||
| 1998 | 8 | 3 | 0 | Greg Gattuso | |||
| 1997 | 7 | 3 | 0 | Greg Gattuso | |||
| 1996 | 10 | 1 | 0 | Greg Gattuso | MAAC Champions | ||
| 1995 | 10 | 1 | 0 | Greg Gattuso | MAAC Champions ECAC Eastern College Athletic Conference The Eastern College Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference comprising schools that compete in 21 sports . It has 317 member institutions in NCAA Divisions I, II, and III, ranging in location from Maine to North Carolina and west to Illinois... Bowl Champions |
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| 1994 | 6 | 4 | 0 | Greg Gattuso | (First season in MAAC) | ||
| 1993 | 4 | 6 | 0 | Greg Gattuso | (First season at NCAA Division I FCS level) | ||
| 1992 | 5 | 4 | 0 | Dan McCann | |||
| 1991 | 0 | 9 | 0 | Dan McCann | |||
| 1990 | 1 | 8 | 1 | Dan McCann | |||
| 1989 | 6 | 4 | 0 | Dan McCann | |||
| 1988 | 2 | 7 | 0 | Dan McCann | |||
| 1987 | 2 | 7 | 0 | Terry Russell | |||
| 1986 | 5 | 3 | 1 | Terry Russell | |||
| 1985 | 3 | 6 | 0 | Terry Russell | |||
| 1984 | 3 | 5 | 1 | Terry Russell | |||
| 1983 | 5 | 4 | 1 | Dan McCann | |||
| 1982 | 6 | 3 | 0 | Dan McCann | |||
| 1981 | 4 | 5 | 0 | Dan McCann | |||
| 1980 | 4 | 5 | 0 | Dan McCann | |||
| 1979 | 5 | 4 | 0 | Dan McCann | (First season at NCAA National Collegiate Athletic Association The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States... Division III level) |
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| 1978 | 5 | 3 | 0 | Dan McCann | #7 club football (National Club Football Association) | ||
| 1977 | 7 | 2 | 0 | Dan McCann | #2 club football (NCFA) | ||
| 1976 | 6 | 2 | 0 | Dan McCann | #4 club football (NCFA) | ||
| 1975 | 5 | 4 | 0 | Dan McCann | |||
| 1974 | 5 | 2 | 0 | Dan McCann | #6 club football (NCFA) | ||
| 1973 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Dan McCann | #1 club football (NCFA) | NCFA National Champions | |
| 1972 | 7 | 1 | 0 | Dan McCann | #3 club football (NCFA) | ||
| 1971 | 4 | 4 | 0 | Dan McCann | |||
| 1970 | 4 | 3 | 1 | Dan McCann | #15 club football (NCFA) | ||
| 1969 | 2 | 4 | 0 | Joe Nicoletti | (School brings football back at the club level) | ||
| 1950 | 2 | 6 | 1 | Phil Ahwesh / Doc Skender | |||
| 1949 | 3 | 6 | 0 | Phil Ahwesh | |||
| 1948 | 2 | 7 | 0 | Kass Kovalcheck | |||
| 1947 | 2 | 8 | 0 | Kass Kovalcheck | |||
| 1942 | 6 | 3 | 0 | Aldo Donelli Aldo Donelli Aldo "Buff" Teo Donelli was an American football and soccer player. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.-Club:... |
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| 1941 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Aldo Donelli | #8 NCAA Division I FBS (Associated Press Associated Press The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists... ) |
#1 NCAA Division I FBS (Massey Ratings) | |
| 1940 | 7 | 1 | 0 | Aldo Donelli | |||
| 1939 | 8 | 0 | 1 | Aldo Donelli | #10 NCAA Division I FBS (AP) | ||
| 1938 | 4 | 6 | 0 | Clipper Smith | |||
| 1937 | 6 | 4 | 0 | Clipper Smith | |||
| 1936 | 8 | 2 | 0 | Clipper Smith | #14 NCAA Division I FBS (AP) | Orange Bowl Champions | |
| 1935 | 6 | 3 | 0 | Christy Flanagan | |||
| 1934 | 8 | 2 | 0 | Joe Bach | |||
| 1933 | 10 | 1 | 0 | Elmer Layden Elmer Layden Elmer Francis Layden was an American football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and professional sports executive. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame where he starred at fullback as a member of the legendary "Four Horsemen" backfield... |
Festival of Palms Bowl Festival of Palms Bowl The Festival of Palms Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game held New Year's Day in Miami, Florida. The game was held twice, following the 1932 and 1933 seasons, before being renamed the Orange Bowl.... Champions |
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| 1932 | 7 | 2 | 1 | Elmer Layden | |||
| 1931 | 3 | 5 | 3 | Elmer Layden | |||
| 1930 | 7 | 3 | 0 | Elmer Layden | |||
| 1929 | 9 | 0 | 1 | Elmer Layden | |||
| 1928 | 8 | 1 | 0 | Elmer Layden | |||
| 1927 | 4 | 4 | 1 | Elmer Layden | |||
| 1926 | 2 | 5 | 1 | Frank McDermott | |||
| 1925 | 0 | 7 | 0 | Frank McDermott | |||
| 1924 | 2 | 4 | 2 | Mike Shortley | |||
| 1923 | 4 | 4 | 0 | Hal Ballin | |||
| 1922 | 0 | 8 | 0 | Hal Ballin | |||
| 1921 | 0 | 4 | 1 | E.A. Jake Stahl | |||
| 1920 | 3 | 3 | 1 | E.A. Jake Stahl | |||
| 1914 | 1 | 5 | 0 | Dr. Budd | |||
| 1913 | 3 | 5 | 1 | Dr. Budd | |||
| 1903 | 3 | 5 | 0 | T.A. Giblin | |||
| 1902 | 1 | 6 | 0 | T.A. Giblin | |||
| 1901 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Coach Unknown | Record Incomplete | ||
| 1900 | 2 | 3 | 1 | Coach Unknown | Record Incomplete | ||
| 1899 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Walker | Record Incomplete | ||
| 1898 | 5 | 4 | 1 | J. Van Cleve | Record Incomplete | ||
| 1897 | 2 | 4 | 1 | J.P. Wolfe | Record Incomplete | ||
| 1896 | 12 | 1 | 0 | Mr. Brown | |||
| 1894 | 7 | 2 | 1 | Dr. G.S. Proctor | |||
| 1893 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Coach Unknown | Record Incomplete |
1891-1892: Results Unavailable
Other varsity sports
The Dukes wrestling squad has also been immensely successful, although it competes as an Independent in NCAA Division I. The Dukes wrestlers have won two NCAA Division I East Regional Championships (2000 and 2005) and have sent at least one wrestler to the NCAA Championships every year during John Hartupee's 11 seasons as head coach, the position he currently holds. However, the wrestling program has since been disbanded because of budget cuts and the disproportionate male to female ratio at the university.Duquesne fielded an NCAA varsity rifle team for many years (a coed sport). This team competed in the Middle Atlantic Rifle Conference, claiming a share of the conference title in the 2001-02 season. The team officially disbanded after the 2003-04 season.
Recently, Duquesne's Olympic/"non-revenue" sports were led by distance runner Tom Slosky, a member of the university's cross country and indoor and outdoor track & field teams. Slosky is a five-time Atlantic 10 champion—winning a team and individual cross country title in 2005 and 2007, respectively, and the conference's 3,000-meter steeplechase as a member of Duquesne's outdoor track & field program in 2005, 2006 and 2008—as well as a three-time IC4A
Eastern College Athletic Conference
The Eastern College Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference comprising schools that compete in 21 sports . It has 317 member institutions in NCAA Divisions I, II, and III, ranging in location from Maine to North Carolina and west to Illinois...
champion in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (2006, 2007 and 2008). Slosky also was a 3,000-meter steeplechase competitor in the NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships in 2006, 2007 and 2008—advancing to the final heat in 2007—and a competitor in the 2007 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships.
Club sports
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, men's indoor track & field, men's rowing, men's ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
, and men's roller hockey
Roller hockey
Roller Hockey is a form of hockey played on a dry surface using skates with wheels. The term "Roller Hockey" is often used interchangeably to refer to two variant forms chiefly differentiated by the type of skate used. There is traditional "Roller Hockey," played with quad roller skates, and...
.
The Duquesne Club Tennis team started in the Fall of 2008. They are a part of the USTA's Tennis on Campus program.
The men's indoor track & field program practices and competes alongside Duquesne's varsity women's indoor track & field program during the winter months and is affiliated with the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America
Eastern College Athletic Conference
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. The men's team is recognized as varsity during the spring months when it becomes an outdoor track & field program and competes in the Atlantic 10, although it maintains its affiliation with the IC4A
Eastern College Athletic Conference
The Eastern College Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference comprising schools that compete in 21 sports . It has 317 member institutions in NCAA Divisions I, II, and III, ranging in location from Maine to North Carolina and west to Illinois...
.
The men's rowing program generally practices and competes alongside Duquesne's varsity women's rowing team.
The men's ice hockey team is affiliated with the Division I level of the American Collegiate Hockey Association
American Collegiate Hockey Association
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, competing in the College Hockey Mid-America
College Hockey Mid-America
College Hockey Mid-America is an American Collegiate Hockey Association Division I club ice hockey conference with teams in Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, and West Virginia...
conference. The team was CHMA
College Hockey Mid-America
College Hockey Mid-America is an American Collegiate Hockey Association Division I club ice hockey conference with teams in Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, and West Virginia...
champions during the 2006–07 season.
The men's roller hockey team competed as a Division II team in the National Collegiate Roller Hockey Association
National Collegiate Roller Hockey Association
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(NCRHA)'s Eastern Collegiate Roller Hockey Association (ECRHA)
Eastern Collegiate Roller Hockey Association (ECRHA)
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, specifically in the Central Conference.
Atlantic 10 Championships
Duquesne's first full/"postseason" Atlantic 10 team championship came in 1977 with a men's championship in the Eastern Collegiate Basketball League (the forerunner to the Eastern Athletic Association—now known as the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Dukes' only other full/"postseason" Atlantic 10 team championship came in 2005 by way of men's cross country, but the Dukes have also won numerous regular season Atlantic 10 team championships. Men's basketball was co-champion of the league's regular seasons in both 1980 and 1981 when it was known as the Eastern Athletic Association. Men's soccer was co-champion of the league's regular season in 2003, sole champion in 2004, and again co-champion in 2005. Women's lacrosse was co-champion of the league's regular seasons in both 2004 and 2005.The Dukes have crowned numerous full Atlantic 10 individual champions in men's cross country (1), women's rowing (5), men's and women's swimming [23 (men), 11 (women)], women's indoor track and field (8), and men's and women's outdoor track & field [11 (men), 8 (women)].
Team (2)
Men's Basketball (1)- 1977 – Eastern Collegiate Basketball League (the forerunner to the Eastern Athletic Association—now known as the Atlantic 10 Conference)
Men's Cross Country (1)
- 2005
Individual (67)
Men's Cross Country (1)- Tom Slosky – 2007
Women's Rowing (5)
- Novice 4 – 1999
- Novice 4 – 2007
- Lightweight 4 – 2007
- Lightweight 8 - 2008
- Lightweight 8 - 2009
Men's Swimming & Diving (23)
- 100-yard Freestyle – Edwin Wicker – 2003
- 100-yard Backstroke – Scott Darwin – 2005
- 200-yard Backstroke – Scott Darwin – 2005
- 50-yard Freestyle – Scott Darwin – 2006
- 100-yard Freestyle – Edwin Wicker – 2006
- 200-yard Freestyle Relay – Edwin Wicker, Ian Walsh, Mike Ley and Scott Darwin – 2006
- 50-yard Freestyle – Edwin Wicker – 2007
- 200-yard Freestyle Relay – Eric Bugby, Scott Darwin, Mike Ley and Edwin Wicker – 2007
- 100-yard Butterfly – Eric Bugby – 2007
- 400-yard Freestyle Relay – Eric Bugby, Scott Darwin, Ian Walsh and Edwin Wicker – 2007
- 800-yard Freestyle Relay – Jim O'Hara, Brendan Schilling, Ian Walsh and Edward LeBlanc – 2008
- 500-yard Freestyle – Edward LeBlanc – 2008
- 200-yard Freestyle Relay – Brendan Schilling, Jim O'Hara, Rich Ryan and Edward LeBlanc – 2008
- 200-yard Freestyle – Edward LeBlanc – 2008
- 400-yard Freestyle Relay – Jim O'Hara, Brendan Schilling, Ian Walsh and Edward LeBlanc – 2008
- 200-yard Freestyle - Edward LeBlanc - 2009
- 100-yard Breaststroke - Ian Walsh - 2009
- 800-yard Freestyle Relay - Jim O'Hara, Chris Kobela, Roman Becicka, Edward LeBlanc - 2010
- 500-yard Freestyle - Edward LeBlanc - 2010
- 200-yard Freestyle Relay - Brendan Schilling, Edward LeBlanc, Roman Becicka, Jim O'Hara - 2010
- 200-yard Freestyle - Edward LeBlanc - 2010
- 100-yard Freestyle - Edward LeBlanc - 2010
- 400-yard Freestyle Relay - Brendan Schilling, Jim O'Hara, Roman Becicka, Edward LeBlanc - 2010
Women's Swimming & Diving (11)
- 50-yard Freestyle – Katrina Streiner – 2006
- 200-yard Backstroke – Kyla Favret – 2006
- 100-yard Freestyle – Melissa Johnson – 2007
- 1,650-yard Freestyle – Liz Yager – 2007
- 200-yard Freestyle Relay – Melissa Johnson, Lauren Stephens, Christina Sherrard and Katrina Streiner – 2008
- 200-yard Freestyle – Melissa Johnson – 2008
- 200-yard Backstroke – Kyla Favret – 2008
- 100-yard Freestyle – Melissa Johnson – 2008
- 50-yard Freestyle - Christina Sherrard - 2009
- 100-yard Freestyle - Christina Sherrard - 2009
- 400-yard IM - Miriam McGeath - 2011
Women's Indoor Track & Field (8)
- Triple Jump – Shea McMillan – 2002
- 4,000-meter Distance Medley Relay – Michelle Flynn, Julie Tyo, Alison Buchanan and Carrie Hucko – 2003
- 1,000-meter Run – Tara Gerlach – 2004
- 3,200-meter Relay – Tara Gerlach, Elizabeth Graham, Alison Buchanan and Michelle Flynn – 2004
- 4,000-meter Distance Medley Relay – Tara Gerlach, Emily Beahan, Ashley Earnest and Amy Ruffolo – 2006
- 1,000-meter Run – Emily Beahan – 2007
- 4,000-meter Distance Medley Relay – Amy Ruffolo, Ashley Earnest, Emily Beahan and Samantha Howard – 2007
- Pole Vault – Daniela Siciliano – 2007
Men's Outdoor Track & Field (11)
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– 2002 - 10,000-meter Run – Ryan Bender – 2004
- High Jump – Mike Murawski – 2005
- Hammer Throw – Chuck Mohan – 2005
- Discus Throw – Chuck Mohan – 2005
- 3,000-meter Steeplechase – Tom Slosky – 2005
- 3,000-meter Steeplechase – Tom Slosky – 2006
- Discus Throw – Robert Healy, III – 2006
- 3,000-meter Steeplechase – Derek Dutille – 2007
- 10,000-meter Run – Josh Eddy – 2007
- 3,000-meter Steeplechase – Tom Slosky – 2008
Women's Outdoor Track & Field (8)
- 100-meter Hurdles – Nicole Wiley – 2001
- 400-meter Hurdles – Kathleen McCabe – 2002
- Triple Jump – Shea McMillan – 2002
- Discus Throw – Melissa Stewart – 2003
- Pole Vault – Sarah Fetterman – 2004
- Pole Vault – Sarah Fetterman – 2005
- 400-meter Hurdles – Kristen Micsky – 2005
- 3,000-meter Steeplechase – Amy Ruffolo – 2005
Team (7)
Men's Basketball (2)- 1980 – Co-Champions – Eastern Athletic Association
- 1981 – Co-Champions – Eastern Athletic Association
Men's Soccer (3)
- 2003 – Co-Champions
- 2004
- 2005 – Co-Champions
Women's Lacrosse (2)
- 2004 – Co-Champions
- 2005 – Co-Champions