Duquesne joins the ranks of FCS over FBS Teams:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/fcs-wins-vs-fbs-teams-all-time-victories-upsets%3famp

Last edited by coffee (9/12/2021 7:38 am)

What a great effort by the Dukes. They basically outplayed the other side for 3 3/4 of the ball game dominating time of possession and plays ran. You usually see don't that that in huge upsets. So, that being said this team is pretty darn good team and I think we'll see that the TCU loss wasn't so bad as we did play pretty even with them the last couple quarters. This is a loaded TCU team who expects to be in the Playoff picture and I think they will be when all said and done. What a great win and coaching job. Everybody played well. The O-Line was awesome as well as the young QB and all the playmakers. The D was as equally impressive. Hats off to the Dukes. What a great win.

Last edited by Rayrich (9/11/2021 7:56 pm)

The athletic department needs to be more precise.
The Dukes program was nationally ranked.  This is not the first major win in program history.   Dr. Vardy is turning over in his grave.

Get to know the history. The Dukes won the 1937 Orange Bowl. How many College Football analysts/announcer would know that? The 36 team beat Rose Bowl Bound Pitt 7-0 the year before. Dukes, Carnegie, and Pitt were all powers back then. Carnegie, Geneva, or Westminster (not sure which) beat Knute Rockne's ND squad a decade before.
 

Rayrich  respectfully, I am very much aware of Duquesne football tradition and history and I appreciate your pointing out  those great wins of the past but I  did say  biggest win since 1969.(check post again) I grew up hearing about Boyd Brumbaugh  from my dad and had the great pleasure of meeting  center  and true hero Al DeMao in DC in 1977 after we beat Catholic to get to National Club Championship,  and maybe my favorite playing moment. There have been some great wins the last 50 years but this is the biggest IMHO in that time span. Others might argue Towson in the NCAA playoffs or after the move to D3 and the upset of CMU a D3 power on local TV. This however is first FBS win.We had Buffalo another MAC school on the ropes in 2013 only to lose in last 2 minutes but never a win. Thanks for posting

I’m not going to compare this win to wins in the 30s and 40s because there is no comparison. The only real debate is if it’s the biggest win since football was revived. I came up with a top ten of those games. I’ll present them in chronological order so you can decide.

1973 vs. Mattatuck CC - Completed an undefeated season at Three Rivers to win the club football national championship

1981 vs. Carnegie Mellon - Beat CMU in season opener at Three Rivers on WPXI.

1994 vs. Iona - Beat Iona at Rooney Field on ESPN2 in just second year in 1-AA.

1995 vs. Wagner - Win ECAC Bowl at Rooney Field to cap off 10-1 season and clinch 1-AA mid-major national championship.

2002 vs. Fairfield - Cap off 11-0 regular season at home keeping hopes alive for first ever playoff bid.

2003 vs. Monmouth - Win ECAC Bowl at home to clinch 1-AA mid-major national championship.

2006 @ Robert Morris - Beat local rival on Fox Sports Pittsburgh in first TV game in 12 years.

2015 vs. St. Francis - Clinch first ever playoff bid on ESPN3 in winner take all game at Rooney Field.

2018 @ Towson - First ever playoff win and win over FCS ranked team.

2021 @ Ohio - First win over opponent from highest division since 1949.

No doubt it’s a huge win for the program. I’d personally put the Towson, Wagner, and St. Francis games ahead of it since there was more on the line. No complaints from me if you want to call it the biggest win in 80 years though.

Wow. Didn’t see this one coming after losing the starting QB and coming off a tough physical game against TCU. Great win for the Dukes program. Congratulations to the players and to Coach Schmidt, who had his team team fully believing that they could win this game in spite of the adversity.

Special shout-out to our kicker, BRIAN BRUZDEWICZ. 4-4 on FG and 2-2 on XP.  The Dukes have had some heartbreaks over the years due to kicking issues. Brian was a big part of the first win last year against Sacred Heart; this was even more impressive. And he’s only a sophomore.

Judge, I am so glad you were able to see this game in person  You were a big part of the modern day DU Football history, and in establishing the roots and winning tradition. Looking forward to great things from this Program.  Go Dukes!

Thanks CLK and Rayrich!!! I appreciate you guys and your posts!  Your Dad sounds like he was like mine and my dad was a Leon Hart fan.I was at a funeral home in Turtle Creek a year or so ago and they had a lot of Leon Hart memorabilia and it was so cool!! I love it and again I love reading old Duquesne sports history and there was a great piece on Jim Tucker on PBS recently! I think we forget about him sometimes and a great Duquesne story! Again love the duquesne history guys thanks for posting!