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- ↑ "Duquesne Upsets Pitt, 7-0". The Atlanta Constitution. October 18, 1936. p. 1B.
- ↑ "Duquesne Crushes Marquette Rose Bowl Hopes With Upset". The Washington Post. November 22, 1936. p. X1.
- ↑ "1936 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
- ↑ "Duquesne Routs Rice". The Washington Post. October 3, 1936. p. X18.
- ↑ Written at Pittsburgh. "DUQUESNE IS UPSET BY W.VA. WESLEYAN; Bobcats' 2-0 Victory Sends Pitt's Conqueror Tumbling From Football Heights". The New York Times. New York City. October 23, 1936. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
Duquesne University, which scaled the gridiron heights in the East last week by upsetting the mighty Pitt Panthers, were jolted right out of their championship aspirations tonight by a fighting band of Bobcats from West Virginia Wesleyan who won, 2–0, at Forbes Field.
- ↑ Jack Sell (October 31, 1936). "Detroit Rally Duquesne, 14-7". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Biederman, Lester (November 22, 1936). "Dukes snap Marquette's win streak, 13–0". The Pittsburgh Press. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
- ↑ "1936 Duquesne Dukes Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 14, 2017.