Duquesne University

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Key stats

Key stats · 2026 · FBS rank

Each bar is the team’s national rank as a percentile. A longer bar is better, for defense too.

Points/game91st of 138
24.2
Pts allowed/game85th of 138
26.4
All 19 stats
Other
1st-half EPA/play allowed1st of 7
0.30.0/gm
Pass rate, 1st downs8th of 8
20.0%20.0%

FBS rankings · 2026 season · all stats vs 136 FBS programs

Player stats

Player stats · 2026 season

No player stats logged for this program yet — stats appear once the season is underway.

How scary each game got

Duquesne University lost to Long Island University after being 96% to win; the closest win was against Wagner, down to 19%

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Tap a game for its score and win chances.

Each bar runs from the lowest to the highest chance our model gave Duquesne University during that game; the thick mark is where it started. Numbers are the game week.

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Scheme claimsFive specific, testable claims about how this team plays.

How much of Duquesne University’s number is the schedule?

Raw EPA/play through week 10 is 0.04; adjusted for opponent strength, it's 0.02. The widest gap came in week 2: −0.25 raw vs. −0.01 adjusted.

0.08-0.11-0.29Wk 2Wk 6Wk 10Raw EPA/playOpponent-adjusted
0.08-0.11-0.29Wk 2Wk 6Wk 10RawAdjusted
Source CFB Zeitgeist · season-to-date, opponent-adjusted model
Havoc & trenchesDefense havoc rate 0.179, 74th percentile

Disruption, run-blocking, and down-and-distance efficiency.

Havoc rate (D) 0.179
74th
Havoc allowed (O) 0.190
4th
Front-seven havoc (D) 0.115
78th
Secondary havoc (D) 0.063
59th
Stuff rate (D) 0.225
77th
Stuff rate allowed (O) 0.192
36th
Line yards (O) 2.777
21st
Line yards allowed (D) 2.614
78th
Standard-downs success (O) 0.400
5th
Standard-downs success allowed (D) 0.459
44th
Passing-downs success (O) 0.285
28th
Passing-downs success allowed (D) 0.312
37th
Screened 12 claims, 12 survived · 2026 season, FBS only, min. 3 games with data this season
Historical echoPrograms whose arc bent the same way — then what happened.

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; matched among current FBS programs at a comparable level.

CFB Zeitgeist “Go Dukes.”
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