The Duquesne Dukes look good on paper for the upcoming 2015 season and the rest of the Northeast Conference has taken notice. Duquesne placed five members on the preseason NEC team and was picked to finish second in the league in the preseason coaches poll, right behind Bryant University. Sacred Heart, which finished first and won the conference's automatic bid to the FCS playoffs each of the past two seasons, was picked to finish third. Wagner was picked fourth, followed by St. Francis ... Read More
WPIAL passing leader Brett Brumbaugh arrested
Brett Brumbaugh, WPIAL’s all-time passing leader and a Duquesne University football recruit, has been charged with loitering and prowling and resisting arrest. Brumbaugh, 18, led the South Fayette Lions to back-to-back WPIAL and PIAA Double-A titles in 2013 and 2014 and is the all-time WPIAL passing leader with 9,644 yards. In November, Brumbaugh committed to play quarterback at Duquesne University. He also played for the Pennsylvania team in last weekend’s Big 33 game against ... Read More
Duquesne notches first win against Dayton
After two losses to start the 2014 season, the Duquesne Dukes were able to use the big play to break loose and get their first win of the season at Rooney Field Saturday afternoon, easily handling the Dayton Flyers by a final score of 33-13. The Dukes were paced by three touchdowns over 50 yards, one in each phase of the game. Holding a 9-6 lead in the second quarter, the Dukes first long TD came from the defense on a 75-yard interception return by Malik Shegog that would stretch the lead to ... Read More
Former Pitt DB Trenton Coles transfers to Duquesne
It didn’t take former Pitt cornerback Trenton Coles a long time to land at a new school. After announcing his decision to transfer from Pitt during training camp, the Clairton product has announced that he will enroll at Duquesne. Coles will be eligible to play immediately for the Dukes and was scheduled to practice on Tuesday. Coles appeared in all 11 games for the Panthers last season as a freshman and began training camp with Pitt on Aug. 3 as a projected starter. He injured his ... Read More
Duquesne K Austin Crimmins earns NEC honor
The Duquesne Dukes upset bid of FBS Buffalo on Saturday fell a bit short as the Dukes opened the 2014 campaign with a 38-28 loss. However despite the defeat, Dukes’ kicker Austin Crimmins earned himself a Northeast Conference honor. The sophomore blasted two of his five kickoffs for touchbacks, holding Buffalo to only 20.3 yards per return, and went 4-for-4 on PAT’s. That was enough to earn Crimmins Special Teams Player of the Week honors for the season’s opening week. After Duquesne ... Read More
Duquesne has eyes set on NEC crown
After closing the 2013 campaign strong by winning three of their last four, capturing a share of the NEC regular season title for the second time in three years, the Duquesne Dukes are looking to build on things and put together a solid 2014 season. The Dukes were picked to finish second in the preseason NEC poll, right behind defending champion Sacred Heart, but there is a lot of optimism surrounding Jerry Schmitt’s team entering the season. A lot of that has to do with Schmitt, who tends to ... Read More
Duquesne looks sharp in 35-24 win over Albany
Emotions were running high at Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field for the home and season opener for the Duquesne football team on Saturday. Both the players and coaches were feeling excited, anxious, nervous, and maybe a little hesitant for Albany. In his first collegiate start, freshman Dillon Buechel looked anything but a freshman, tossing for 309 yards and three touchdowns in the Dukes’ 35-24 win over former Northeast Conference foe Albany. Junior running back Ryan Ho contributed two ... Read More
Duquesne Dukes Look Back at Missed Opportunities
When Duquesne Dukes head coach Jerry Schmitt looks back on the 2012 season, he will look back on missed opportunities and a great senior class. While it will be very hard to replace a successful class of seniors that included: running back Larry McCoy, quarterback Sean Patterson, safety Serge Kona, linebacker Horvin Latimer and others, it will be the missed opportunities throughout the season that prevented this Dukes team from potentially repeating their success from a season ago and ... Read More