1955 Duke Blue Devils football team

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1955 Duke Blue Devils football
ACC co-champion
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
Record7–2–1 (4–0 ACC)
Head coach
MVPRobert A. Pascal
CaptainJesse Birchfield
Home stadiumDuke Stadium
Seasons
← 1954
1956 →
1955 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Maryland + 4 0 0 10 1 0
Duke + 4 0 0 7 2 1
Clemson 3 1 0 7 3 0
Wake Forest 3 3 1 5 4 1
North Carolina 3 3 0 3 7 0
NC State 0 2 1 4 5 1
South Carolina 1 5 0 3 6 0
Virginia 0 4 0 1 9 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1955 Duke Blue Devils football team was an American football team that represented Duke University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1955 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach William D. Murray, the Blue Devils complied an overall record of 7–2–1, with a conference record of 4–0, and finished as ACC co-champion.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24NC StateW 33–720,000[3]
October 1at Tennessee*No. 16W 21–025,500[4]
October 82:30 p.m.William & Mary*No. 13
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 47–715,000[5]
October 15at No. 14 Ohio State*No. 11W 20–1482,254[6]
October 22Pittsburgh*daggerNo. 5
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 7–2631,000[7]
October 29at No. 12 Georgia Tech*No. 17L 0–2740,000[8]
November 5vs. No. 9 Navy*T 7–727,119[9]
November 12at South CarolinaNo. 18W 41–718,000[10]
November 19Wake ForestNo. 20
W 14–015,000[11]
December 3North Carolina
W 6–034,000[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1955 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  2. ^ "1955 Duke Blue Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
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