1952 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 1952 Duke Blue Devils football team was an American football team that represented Duke University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1952 college football season. In their second year under head coach William D. Murray, the Blue Devils complied an overall record of 8–2, with a conference record of 5–0, and finished as SoCon champion.^[1]

Duke won the 1952 Southern Conference Championship, and finished the season ranked 16th in the final AP poll.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20		Washington and Lee	No. 19	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 34–0	16,000	[2]
September 26		at SMU*	No. 19	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	W 14–7	28,000	[3]
October 4		No. 11 Tennessee*	No. 10	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	W 7–0	35,000	[4]
October 11		at South Carolina	No. 6	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	W 33–7	22,000–24,000	[5]
October 18		at NC State	No. 5	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	W 57–0	11,500	[6]
October 25		at No. 9 Virginia*	No. 6	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	W 21–7	34,000–35,000	[7]
November 1		No. 4 Georgia Tech*	No. 6	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	L 7–28	45,000	[8]
November 8		Navy*	No. 12	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	L 6–16	25,000–30,000	[9]
November 15	2:00 p.m.	at Wake Forest		Groves Stadium Wake Forest, NC (rivalry)	W 14–7	14,000	[10][11][12]
November 22		at North Carolina	No. 20	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)	W 34–0	34,000–42,000	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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