1944 Duke Blue Devils football team

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1944 Duke Blue Devils football
SoCon champion
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 29–26 vs. Alabama
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 11
Record6–4 (4–0 SoCon)
Head coach
MVPTom Davis
CaptainGordon Carver
Home stadiumDuke Stadium
Seasons
← 1943
1945 →
1944 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 Duke $ 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Wake Forest 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Clemson 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
NC State 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
William & Mary 2 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Maryland 1 – 1 – 0 1 – 7 – 1
South Carolina 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 2
VMI 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
North Carolina 0 – 3 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
Richmond 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1944 Duke Blue Devils football team was an

AP Poll, and defeated Alabama in the 1945 Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day. The Blue Devils outscored opponents by a total of 230 to 118.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23 Richmond
W 61–78,250[3]
September 30 at Penn*
L 7–1840,000[4]
October 7
North Carolina Pre-Flight*
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 6–1319,000[5]
October 14 vs. No. 6
Municipal Stadium
  • Baltimore, MD
    		• L 0–725,000[6]
    October 28 vs. No. 2 Army*
    		L 7–2745,000[7]
    November 4 No. 5 Georgia Tech*dagger
    • Duke Stadium
    • Durham, NC
    		W 19–1330,000[8]
    November 11 No. 12 Wake Forest No. 20
    • Duke Stadium
    • Durham, NC
    		W 34–035,000[9]
    November 18 at South Carolina No. 10
    		W 34–712,000[10]
    November 25 at North Carolina No. 11
    		W 33–025,000[11]
    January 1, 1945 vs. No. 16 Alabama* No. 11
    		W 29–26 66,822 [12]
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    Rankings

    See also: 1944 NCAA football rankings
    Ranking movements
    Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
    — = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes
    Week
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    AP
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    References

    1. ^ "1944 Duke Blue Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
    2. ^ "Duke Football 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Duke University. 2016. p. 96. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
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    9. ^ "Spoilers of Southland: Duke Ends Another Perfect Record". The Pittsburgh Press. November 12, 1944. p. 32.
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