The 1938 Duquesne Dukes football team was an

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team that represented

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as an independent during the

1938 college football season The 1938 college football season ended with the Horned Frogs of Texas Christian University (TCU) being named the nation's No. 1 team by 55 of the 77 voters in the final Associated Press writers' poll in early December. Tennessee was also chosen b ...

. In its third and final season under head coach

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, Duquesne compiled a 4–6 record and was outscored by a total of 114 to 96. The team played its home games at

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Duquesne Dukes football : ''For information on all Duquesne University sports, see Duquesne Dukes'' The Duquesne Dukes football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Duquesne University located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The team competes in th ...