Duquesne University

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NEC · Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field · 2,200

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetat Washington State · our model 4% Duquesne University · a number, not a pick

LastL 13–70 at Youngstown State · Sat Sep 12 · Ryan Petras 52 rec yds, 1 TD

Nextat Washington State · Sat Sep 19 · 3:30 pm ET · Gesa Field · first meeting on record · Game preview

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Player stats — 2026 season

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Home-field advantage · Duquesne University · 2018–present · FBS opponents

Duquesne University is worth +42.6 points more at home than on the road.

Top tenth of FBS, 100th percentile of 133 programs

100% at home, 7% away against FBS opponents since 2018 (1–0 home, 1–13 away).

model 2.3 · books ~3Weakest home edge in FBSStrongest

Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge — per-team modelling was tested and did not survive scrutiny (why) — and the books use about 3. Against the closing line, Duquesne University has beaten the number by +9.3 more at home than away over 44 games — inside the ±10.0 that many games can resolve. Results here cannot tell the flat number apart from the building, and that is the honest reading of nearly every FBS stadium.

Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field seats 2,200 and has averaged 81% full (1,784, 11 games reported). Visitors cover a median 310 miles to get here (2018-present).

Edge = half the gap between average home margin and average road margin, FBS opponents only, non-neutral games since 2018; the interval is 95%. Market line: closing spread, seasons with lines on file. Trip length is straight-line miles from the visiting team's campus to the venue, measured across 33 of 35 home games since 2018. No national trip rank shown: the ranked field is FBS venues only and leaves out the service academies and venues with too few measured games.

Home1–0Away1–13Edge+42.6Visitor trip310 mi

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Historical echoPrograms whose arc bent the same way -- then what happened.

Historical echo

Duquesne University’s slide has precedent — and 3 of the 4 closest kept falling.

Programs whose stature fell in the same shape. The grey line is their decline; the color is what came next for them.

Utah State 1967–1972
kept sliding
Southern Miss 1984–1989
kept sliding
Indiana 1968–1973
stayed down
Purdue 1980–1985
kept sliding

An analogy on the shape of a program’s Zeitgeist stature arc — not a prediction. Interim calibration, medium confidence; matched among current FBS programs at a comparable level.

ConditionsThe weather and altitude visitors have to deal with.
Venue texture

62°F average kickoff temp; 12% of games had measurable precipitation; 7 mph average wind.

Based on 24 home games with weather data.

CFB Zeitgeist · team-pages synth v1.0 “Go Dukes.”
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