1950 Duke Blue Devils football team

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1950 Duke Blue Devils football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record7–3 (5–2 SoCon)
Head coach
MVPBilly Cox
CaptainBilly Cox
Home stadiumDuke Stadium
Seasons
← 1949
1951 →
1950 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 18 Washington and Lee $ 6 0 0 8 3 0
No. 10 Clemson 3 0 1 9 0 1
VMI 5 1 0 6 4 0
Wake Forest 6 1 1 6 1 2
Maryland 4 1 1 7 2 1
Duke 5 2 0 7 3 0
North Carolina 3 2 1 3 5 2
George Washington 4 3 0 5 4 0
NC State 4 4 1 5 4 1
William & Mary 3 3 0 4 7 0
The Citadel 2 3 0 4 6 0
South Carolina 2 4 1 3 4 2
Furman 2 4 0 2 8 1
West Virginia 1 3 0 2 8 0
Davidson 1 5 0 3 6 0
Richmond 1 8 0 2 8 0
VPI 0 8 0 0 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1950 Duke Blue Devils football team was an American football team that represented Duke University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1950 college football season. In their 16th year under head coach Wallace Wade, the Blue Devils complied an overall record of 7–3, with a conference record of 5–2, and finished sixth in the SoCon.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23at South CarolinaNo. 16W 14–025,000[2]
September 30Pittsburgh*No. 16W 28–1425,000[3]
October 7Tennessee*No. 14
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 7–2830,000[4]
October 14at NC StateW 7–017,000[5]
October 21at RichmondW 41–04,000[6]
October 28Maryland
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 14–2622,577[7]
November 4Georgia Tech*dagger
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 30–2130,000[8]
November 11Wake Forest
L 7–1325,000[9]
November 18vs. VPIW 47–66,000[10]
November 25at North CarolinaW 7–040,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1950 Duke Blue Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
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