1933 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 1933 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1933 college football season. Hall of Famer Fred Crawford was a consensus All-American this year; the first from North Carolina.

Duke upset Robert Neyland's Tennessee Volunteers 10 to 2. It was Tennessee's first loss in over two and a half seasons.^[1][2] It caused Neyland to say of Crawford: "He gave the finest exhibition of tackle play I have ever seen."^[3]

This was also the first season in which Duke played longtime rival Georgia Tech, the teams would go on to meet on the football field every year uninterrupted until 2023.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	vs. VMI	World War Memorial Stadium Greensboro, NC	W 37–6	10,000	[4]
October 7	Wake Forest*	Duke Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	W 22–0	8,000	[5]
October 14	Tennessee*	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 10–2	22,000	[6]
October 21	at Davidson*	Richardson Field Davidson, NC	W 19–7		[7]
October 28	at Kentucky*	Stoll Field Lexington, KY	W 14–7	15,000	[8]
November 4	Auburn*	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 13–7		[9]
November 11	Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 38–7	10,000	[10]
November 18	North Carolina	Duke Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	W 21–0	32,000	[11]
November 25	NC State	Duke Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	W 7–0	10,000	[12]
December 2	at Georgia Tech*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 0–6	16,000	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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